You can help stop sprawl west of Alachua along US 441, uphill from the Santa Fe River.

Help stop US 441 big box sprawl, Alachua City Hall, June 22, 2026

Call, write, or go to the 6 PM, June 22, 2026, Alachua City Commission meeting.

Here’s a petition by the Suwannee-St. Johns Group of Sierra Club Florida Chapter:

https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/Florida?actionId=AR0619414&fbclid=IwY2xjawSZ_cZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFHckF4eGVwYmRlYUJ2U3lOc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkQjqONwPFpZmnp8B2Grx_yYBxP1yHJrP5HoydoDB9Y8xeqBd1Yu_wuID_cn_aem_QfdwczhEdjHfmrHbOKaPzw

Big Box Stores Change Small Towns, 2026-06-22 –Suwannee St. Johns Group Sierra Club Florida, 2026-06-08

Here’s the letter WWALS sent before the previous Alachua City Commission meeting.

Any large development of that kind involves much impervious surface (roofs, parking lots, and driveways) which produce runoff. In addition I recommend the geophysical screening and additional geotechnical evaluation suggested by GSE Engineering & Consulting should be done before the project is approved, rather than later.

To Alachua City about Farmlands rezoning, 2026-06-08 –WWALS
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Looks like it already sprawled more between a September and an October neighborhood meeting.

Notice of Neighborhood Workshop, 2025-09-24 –eda consultants, inc., 2026-06-08
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Notice of Neighborhood Workshop, 2025-10-22 –eda consultants, inc., 2026-06-08
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Help head this one off at the pass.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/

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