Florida's Growth Management Learning Curve
By Reid Ewing
INTRODUCTION
Florida's 1985 growth management law was groundbreaking. New Jersey, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Georgia, Washington, and Maryland borrowed concepts and even legal language from Florida's law. Yet, after a few years' experience, it became apparent that growth management in Florida was not working as intended, and the law has been fundamentally restructured since then. This piece describes in detail what planners have learned in Florida.
Florida's 1985 growth management law was groundbreaking. New Jersey, Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, Georgia, Washington, and Maryland borrowed concepts and even legal language from Florida's law. Yet, after a few years' experience, it became apparent that growth management in Florida was not working as intended, and the law has been fundamentally restructured since then. This piece describes in detail what planners have learned in Florida.