Fresh off a recent victory, proponents of maintaining Miami's urban growth boundary are cautiously optimistic about the future.
"The recent Miami-Dade County Commission vote to keep all but one chunk of the Urban Development Boundary in check -- dismissing several plans to increase the amount of land devoted to large-scale developments -- has left the building industry smarting and opponents hopeful about the next major fight over the county's open land.
On the horizon: Three large-scale residential developments that would add nearly 18,000 houses, in all. They're projects so sweeping in scope that they require a separate, more in-depth review than those the commission considered -- and largely rejected -- last week."
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