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Osceola County is preparing to rezone 68 acres of vacant land it owns so it can bid out the site to draw more jobs to the area.
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The county has started a future land use amendment and zoning change for parcels located between East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway and Florida’s Turnpike, to the west of St. Cloud.
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The county will seek to change the zoning from agricultural and conservation to industrial manufacturing and change the future land use map from low-density residential to industrial. The properties currently operate as drainage for the East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway corridor.
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