LARGO â The day when electric cars outnumber gasoline-powered ones is on the horizon, Largo officials say. Therefore, the city and developers should start laying the groundwork for residents now.
That was the direction from the City Commission earlier this month when city staff presented proposed development standards for its new Tri-City Special Area Plan.
The plan, which was adopted in December, aims to promote projects and strategies that encourage mixed-use development, and transportation and aesthetic improvements in the roughly 900 acres surrounding the U.S. 19 and East Bay Drive/Roosevelt Boulevard area.
âThe vision for the Largo Tri-City SAP is to create a place that is a destination and a complete community that includes a mix of uses,â according to the planâs introduction.
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Strengthening Communities and Shifting Power in Pursuit of a Just Transition
2019 cohort from the Just Energy Academy. Cosco Jones, a sustainability consultant, is pictured third from the left, second row.
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How two grassroots, BIPOC-led coalitions are helping to democratize the climate justice space.
Feb 10, 2021
Cosco Jones is all about making good trouble. For this sustainability consultant, that means protesting Georgia Power the largest subsidiary of the biggest energy provider in the United States raising their monthly fees and imposing a mandatory fee on all ratepayers. In the city of Atlanta, the median energy burden (how much of a household’s income is spent on energy bills) is 3.5%. But for low income residents, the burden stands at 9.7%. That’s the third highest in the