Housing or habitat? Collier commissioners to vote on rezoning citrus grove near preserves

Housing or habitat? Collier commissioners to vote on rezoning citrus grove near preserves

Collier County commissioners will decide Tuesday whether to rezone a 169-acre citrus grove in East Naples for a housing development that could bring up to 423 new homes to the area.The vote focuses on property off Sabal Palm Road about a mile east of Collier Boulevard and next to the Picayune Strand State Forest. The proposal, which includes a large-scale amendment to the countys Growth Management Plan, has drawn thousands of signatures in oppos…