Environmental lands referendum one step closer to 2026 ballot

Environmental lands referendum one step closer to 2026 ballot

Commissioners are one step closer to adding a referendum to this year’s ballot that would allow Manatee County to protect more environmentally sensitive lands.The Trust for Public Land, a nationwide nonprofit that has aided municipalities in protecting land since 1972, presented a feasibility study to commissioners May 5. The initiative to protect more land in Manatee County will have to be presented on the ballot because the purchases will be v…