Bill Gates in Suwannee County, FL | WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

Lakeland Sands LLC has bought 341.26 acres for Bill Gates in Suwannee County, Florida, about six miles from the Suwannee River.

All seven parcels adjoin, and are located on or near the corner of 44th Street and 167th Road:

Here’s a list from the Suwannee County Property Appraiser. Interestingly, one of those parcels shows a purchase date in 1998, and another in 2005, with all the rest bought 1 September 2013. I would guess Lakeland Sands used to be owned by somebody else, and one of Gates’ investment companies bought it shortly before it bought those new parcels.

SaleDate	Price	PIN	Sec	Twp	Rng	Use	AssdValue	TaxValue
9/1/2013	798800	2201S12E09669000000	22	01S	12E	CROPLAND 2	9450	9450
9/1/2013	798800	2201S12E09671000000	22	01S	12E	CROPLAND 2	4500	4500
9/1/2013	798800	2201S12E09671001000	22	01S	12E	CROPLAND 2	4500	4500
9/1/2013	798800	2301S12E09679000000	23	01S	12E	CROPLAND 2	9000	9000
4/1/1998	780000	2601S12E09699000000	26	01S	12E	CROPLAND 2	18000	18000
9/1/2013	798800	2701S12E09704000000	27	01S	12E	CROPLAND 2	24583	24583
10/1/2005	100	2701S12E09704001000	27	01S	12E	CROPLAND 2	11250	11250

That’s between Suwannee River State Park and Live Oak:

It’s betweeen Stagecoach Road and US 90, not far from I-10. That’s our Withlacoochee River joining the Suwannee River at that Park.

This new Bill Gates plantation in Suwannee County is in addition to the hundreds and thousands of acres recently bought by Bill Gates in Hamilton and Madison Counties, Florida, and Echols and Lowndes Counties, Georgia, all in the Suwannee River Basin, and all in the Floridan Aquifer.

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