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Meredith Budd

Aug 18, 2026

22:35
Big question, what have you learned from doing policy in Southwest Florida?
22:38
Yeah, Southwest Florida is so interesting.
22:40
So Collier County, obviously Southwest Florida is larger than just Collier County, but Collier County is the largest county by landmass in the whole state of Florida.
22:48
And I say by landmass because I think Palm Beach technically beats us out, but they have part of the lake in their county, and so we're not counting that.
22:56
And depending on who you speak to, I'm sure maybe some of the folks in cartography could get a more exact number, but... depending whether you're talking to a developer or perhaps someone on the opposite side of the dais from a developer, about 70% of the county in Collier County is in conservation.
23:17
It is a large part on that eastern portion of the county.
23:21
So a lot of things people who live in the more urban settings, they don't even think about that part of the county.

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