Willis Redevelopment LLC

07/24/2026

Florida's Everglades are not "empty land" waiting to be developed. They are one of the most important ecosystems on Earth.

As ethical developers and environmentalists, we know growth and conservation can coexist. Smart development belongs where it makes sense—not at the expense of irreplaceable ecosystems like the Everglades.

The Everglades provide habitat for countless species, help clean and store our water, reduce flooding, and act as a natural buffer that helps protect South Florida from hurricanes and storm surge. As we continue restoring this incredible ecosystem, the last thing we should be doing is allowing more unnecessary development that threatens its integrity.

Please take a few minutes to learn about this issue and add your voice. Protecting the Everglades means protecting our wildlife, our drinking water, our communities, and future generations.

🌿 Stop the Hyper Club proposal:
https://southfloridawild.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/stophyperclub?fbclid=Iwb21leATQLmhjbGNrBNAuYXBkb2YBZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeVBMg_gBEmPkwiTty6a-ULKnaaKyeMeoBuS5aCfe601XXD_SYLCk-WjvZW48_aem_3bpz5CDAil6z0HnBjfedGA

Once we lose these wild places, we can't simply rebuild them. Let's protect the Everglades while we still can. 💚🌎

06/29/2026

🚨 **This should concern EVERY American.** 🚨

Erin Brockovich—the same woman who exposed one of the biggest water contamination scandals in U.S. history—is sounding the alarm again… this time about **massive AI data centers being built across the country.**

👉 Read it here: [Guardian article](https://www.europesays.com/ie/559395/)

She’s hearing from thousands of everyday people who are asking the same questions:
- Why didn’t we know these were being built?
- What’s happening to our **water and energy**?
- Who is really paying the price? [1](https://www.europesays.com/ie/559395/)

These aren’t small projects. Some stretch across **hundreds of acres** and are being approved before communities even realize what’s happening. [1](https://www.europesays.com/ie/559395/)

💧 **Water:** Large AI data centers can use enormous amounts of water just to keep servers cool—sometimes on the scale of entire towns. [2](https://www.forbes.com/sites/sandycarter/2026/05/31/three-ai-data-center-concerns-with-erin-brockovich-leading-the-charge/)

⚡ **Energy:** They require massive electricity, and infrastructure costs can end up on **your power bill.** [2](https://www.forbes.com/sites/sandycarter/2026/05/31/three-ai-data-center-concerns-with-erin-brockovich-leading-the-charge/)

🏘️ **Communities:** People across the U.S. are raising concerns about health impacts, wildlife, and long-term environmental damage. [1](https://www.europesays.com/ie/559395/)

Brockovich herself warned this could be **“Hinkley on steroids”**—a reference to the infamous contamination case she helped expose. [1](https://www.europesays.com/ie/559395/)

This isn’t about being “anti-technology.” It’s about **transparency, accountability, and protecting our communities before it’s too late.**

We’ve seen what happens when powerful industries move too fast and the public is left in the dark.

🇺🇸 **Every American should care about this—because it affects our water, our energy costs, and our future.**

👉 Pay attention. Ask questions. Demand transparency.
👉 Support efforts to hold corporations and DEVELOPERS accountable.

Because once the damage is done… it’s a lot harder to undo.

When Erin Brockovich woke to find 30 emails from people from the same town, she realised something was going on. People email Brockovich all the time because

05/27/2026

Did you know the AI race is quietly moving into American neighborhoods — and your community may already be affected? 🤖⚡

Environmental advocate Erin Brockovich has launched a new awareness initiative mapping AI data centers across the U.S. These facilities can strain local water supplies, drive up energy costs, generate e-waste, and create constant noise for nearby residents.

Her site features:
✅ An interactive map of operational & under-construction data centers
✅ Community-reported issues from across the country
✅ A way for YOU to report what's happening in your area

Liberal or conservative, rural or urban — communities everywhere are pushing back and asking hard questions. Maine is already moving to ban new data centers over power grid concerns.



This is YOUR right to know. 👇
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Interactive map of major AI data centers across the United States — built or being built. Understand the community impact and report issues in your area.

05/24/2026

🐾 The Florida Panther is disappearing — and our government is letting it happen.

Only 120–230 panthers remain in the wild. Now, a 10,300-acre development is being built right next to the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge, destroying nearly 5,000 acres of critical Everglades habitat. Federal wildlife agencies — gutted by 26% staff cuts — greenlit it anyway.

This is the panther's last stand. Once this habitat is gone, it's gone forever.

We need you to act TODAY. Contact your U.S. Senators and Representative and demand they:

✅ Stop development in critical panther habitat
✅ Restore funding to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
✅ Protect the Everglades — for wildlife AND our drinking water

Find your representatives at usa.gov/elected-officials — it takes 5 minutes and it matters.



Share this post. Make the call. Save the panther. 🌿
🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10032026/florida-panther-usfws-cuts/

Florida conservation groups say they plan to sue after the federal government greenlit another development that threatens the habitat of the panther, the official state animal.

05/21/2026

This woman just donated 507 hectares of her family's native prairie grassland — land held for three generations — to permanent conservation. She didn't sell it. She gave it away forever. 🌾

Canada's Ecological Gifts Program made it possible by giving landowners real tax benefits for donating ecologically sensitive land. Since 1995 it's protected over 265,000 hectares of critical wildlife habitat.

The U.S. has the same crisis — native grasslands disappearing, ranching families with no good path to protect the land they love. We need a program like this.
Read her family's beautiful story, please tell your congressional representatives we need this type program:

An Albertan with deep roots in the Prairies donated 507 hectares of native prairie grassland along the Oldman River to be conserved under the federal government’s Ecological Gifts Program, which offers significant tax benefits for landowners willing to donate ecologically sensitive land

04/29/2026

This is open to ALL Stroke Survivors and caretakers in our community. Please RSVP by April 26, 2026.

03/25/2026

Thursday, March 26th at 6:00pm

We are fighting one of the biggest land use assaults on our community and we need your help!


HC/CPA 25-03 and HC/CPA 25-04 are comprehensive plan amendments which will fundamentally alter the rural character of 300 plus acres along Lutz Lake Fern Road (the Dibbs property), just west of the Suncoast. Right now, the land is agricultural/rural land and outside the urban service area. The proposed changes will increase the allowed amount of development by 20-fold and allow up to 1235 homes and 175,000 square feet of commercial uses on site. It places this rural property in the urban service area even though infrastructure cannot handle it. The Planning Commission already found these changes to be unacceptable but it is now up to the Board of County Commissioners to make the final decision. At the same hearing, Rezoning application RZ 25-0934 proposes 100,000 sq feet of commercial use with either a 392 space RV park or 392 single family home development.

These final decisions are scheduled to be heard on Thursday, March 26th at the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners Public CPA hearing.We need EVERYONE to attend this March 26th hearing!!

This hearing begins at 6:00pm. We are first on the agenda.

County Center, 2nd Floor Boardroom

601 E. Kennedy Blvd

Tampa, FL 33602


Please wear your Keystone buttons. There will also be buttons available on Thursday night.

The land use amendments and rezoning affect the rural Keystone community, Tarramor, Cheval, Ivy Lakes, Stonebriar, Villa Rosa, Heritage Harbor and those in Lutz who live and work on Lutz Lake Fern Rd.

Please call and email ALL county commissioners (and their aides) to tell them to oppose HC/CPA 25-03 and HC/CPA 25-04. (See bottom of email for contact information)

If you would like to speak, please sign up for the HC/CPA 25-03 and HC/CPA 25-04 amendments only. We have limited time of 10 minutes on the rezoning application RZ 25-0934 so please only sign up to speak for HC/CPA 25-03 and HC/CPA 25-04. These two amendments will be combined so you have up to 3 minutes to speak.

Sign up to speak here (link)

CPA Public Hearing | Hillsborough County, FL

CPA Public Comment Signup Form - Intellistack

The links are not live yet. You will be able to sign up 48 hours beforehand up to 5:30 pm day of the meeting, online. After that, sign up at the hearing itself if needed.

We do need volunteers who want to speak on specific bullet points. Please let us know ASAP if you are interested and we can help coordinate. [email protected]

If you sign up to speak and have pictures, maps, and/or videos showing our Keystone rural area, please bring them with you!

The Commission is voting on three different approvals, each contingent on the other for approval.

HC CPA 25-03: proposes to change adopted future land use of Agricultural Rural (1/5 – one unit per 5 acres) to a future land use designation of Residential-4 on 308.89 + acres on Lutz Lake Fern Road, west of the Suncoast. This increases the number of allowable dwelling units 20-fold on site, from 61 to over 1235 units! It also increases the allowable commercial square footage allowed from 40,000 sq feet to 175,000 sq feet.

HC CPA 25-04: expands the Urban Service Area northward by 295.6± acres to include the Dibbs property, which in turn allows the land use to change to increase density. This opens the door to changing the land use from agricultural to res-4. Without it, the land use cannot be changed. The request would also create a need for public infrastructure (county water and sewer) to be planned for this area. This is also a permanent change and has lasting impacts on the growth potential in the area, meaning it will not go away if Dibbs sells his property.

Rezoning (RZ 25-0934): approval for either a 392-unit RV park or 392 single family homes, plus in both options, 100,000+ sq feet of commercial use on site. This cannot be approved without the two items above being approved.

If you elect to speak and/or write commissioners, here are some helpful topics to address and focus on:

Doesn’t fit surrounding area: Request is not extension of existing surrounding development pattern in immediate area

Conflicts with Keystone Odessa Community Plan
Traffic problems, inadequate transportation analysis
Schools overcrowded, potential for redistricting :

Hammond Elementary, Martinez Middle and Steinbrenner High Schoos are projected to be over capacity

No need for additional population growth or job growth in area.

Strain on public infrastructure, creating inefficient use of land to provide public services.

Potable water and wastewater issues
Environmental sensitivity of area/trails/ wellhead protection act

The proposed expansion will result in a significant increase in the density of houses adjacent to ELAPP lands. This increase in density could potentially limit the ability of CELM or other agencies or contractors to manage the adjacent nature preserve with prescribed fire. As a result, the affected nature preserves, and adjacent homes could be vulnerable to damaging wildfires.

Flooding issues
Increase in density- 20 times more plus opening door to much more intensive commercial uses on site
Rural character of area- agricultural/large lots- pictures/bring this to life/maps/viability of agriculture in area/ noise/safety/character/

This amendment could impact Fire Rescue's call and response times due in population and road traffic, consideration of adding additional FR units to stations closest to this area is recommended to accommodate the increase.

Keystone-Odessa community plan addresses no utilities in the rural service area. This Urban Area Expansion would allow the extension of utilities into Keystone.

The existing potable water infrastructure may not have sufficient capacity to serve development within the expansion area.

The existing wastewater infrastructure does not have sufficient capacity to serve development within the expansion area.

Keystone-Odessa Community plan directs commercial zoning to Gunn Hwy/North Mobley. This proposed commercial zoning is outside of these boundaries
Here are some tips for speaking:

Do’s

Say where you live in relation to the project. Explain how you are more impacted than an average person
Focus on one or more of the topics above, tailoring it to whatever is most personal and compelling to you.
Be concise. You will have 3 minutes, or possibly less if there is a huge turnout.

Include specific personal experiences, photos, maps, stories, and documents.

Bring printed copies of photos to show on overhead at hearing or photos or powerpoints on a thumb drive
Make sure to sign in beforehand online, get there around 6, and be prepared to wait a while to speak. If you have photos or other visuals, it is best to email them to Jillian Massey beforehand at [email protected] and/or print them out and present hard copies to the BOCC. There are 7 members of the Commission plus the clerk so make sure to bring enough for everyone.

Don’ts

Don’t focus on general opinions without tying it to something specific and meaningful to you

Don’t get sidetracked on talking about just the RV park, which is just one example of something that can happen to this property if the applications are approved. Instead, focus on the comprehensive plan amendments which open the door to any number of very problematic developments on site, with up to 1235 units plus up to 175,000 sq feet of commercial
Don’t try to testify as an expert on something unless you genuinely are one. (For example, don’t say “traffic is dangerous because this road was poorly designed and cannot support these extra trips.” Instead, say “I witnessed these types of crashes occur on these dates (more specific the better)

Do not attack any member of the council or staff. You never know who will be on your side!

Do not speculate facts.

Do not bring inflammatory signs. Instead, bring individually printed photos of traffic, neighborhood character, etc

We cannot stress the importance of a large attendance of community members at this hearing. We all need to come together as a community and fight!

Please contact me with any questions.

03/02/2026

City Of is updating their they want input..

https://www.tampa.gov/news/2026-02/tampa-updating-its-land-development-code-186306?fbclid=IwT01FWAQR6v5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR6iPQDuLIEs1oVi1E6vTsgvdJFNXLKzNOsAuKoKZefDKpROInSenUrSfEOjNQ_aem_4DiUjKJ5VXBR9dzRqQ6Ezw

Updating Tampa’s Development CodeThe rulebook that guides Tampa’s development is being updated and members of the public are encouraged to provide their feedback on the