Innovation Environmental Park Expansion
Description
531 acres moved from phosphate mining to institutional to host recycling operations next to an already-approved landfill; transmitted to the state and coming back December 15 for adoption plus a conditional-use modification.
Impact summary
Recycling operations could locate near Bradley Junction, with buffers, odor controls, and intensity limits to be set in the December conditional-use hearing.
Applicant
- Name
- Tom Mims (applicant representative)
- Address
- West side of State Road 37, south of Mulberry
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 5
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · County Commission
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 20, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Board of County Commissioners — October 20, 2026
A 531-acre change from phosphate mining to institutional land use to site recycling operations with Highway 37 access. Residents pushed back hard; it goes to the state and returns December 15.
Planning Commission — September 2, 2026
531 acres of phosphate mining land re-designated institutional to expand the solid waste and recycling facility.
Related issues (1)
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