Safety First
Last Stand Opposes 300 New ROGOs for Key West
Density Issues for Rural Islands
Smart Growth planning locates workforce housing close to job sites
Problems with 1300 ROGOs
Quality of Life and Unenforceable Evacuation Procedures are reasons to oppose 1300 ROGOs
Planning Commission Considers Hotel Changes
Monroe County Planning Commission will consider a request for a text amendment to increase options for hotels to offer affordable housing. Last Stand has provided the commissioners with our recommendations for changes to the request in the following letter: The Board...
Supporting Realistic Evacuation Planning
Last Stand strongly opposes the award of up to 1,300 additional workforce housing allocations for the Florida Keys because the condition that makes the Keys Workforce Housing Initiative appear safe is both unrealistic and unenforceable. The Keys Workforce Housing...
Green and Affordable
Housing that is green and affordable should be the priority for awarding Key West’s limited remaining building rights. Last Stand will be advocating to keep sustainable features, including rainwater catchment systems shown here, as a part of the incentive system...
Vote For Affordable Housing
Last Stand board is endorsing a Yes Vote for the Key West March 13, 2018 special election. The ballot question is simple and straightforward. If approved, the city charter will be amended as follows: The maximum allowable height for habitable space on approximately...
Shrimp Farm Workforce Housing Proposal
This August, the Board of County Commissioners will meet in Key West to consider a request to change the land use category of the property known as the “Shrimp Farm” on Summerland Key. Neighbors were vocal in opposition at the Planning Commission meeting...
Density Issues for Affordable Housing
The BOCC has postponed until August 2017 consideration of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment that would allow conversion of the density in motels and hotels to be used for affordable housing. The following letter to the editor was published in the Key West Citizen that...