America's First Eco-City: Doomed From the Start

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @12:00PM from the parking-spaces-not-big-enough-for-SUVs dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Despite backing from the Clinton Climate Initiative, and a $111 million investment from Subway Restaurant mogul Fred DeLuca, a planned city for Central Florida called 'Destiny' was doomed from the start, according to memos retrieved from Florida's Department of Community Affairs. According to state officials, despite a great deal of hype about Destiny, Florida, becoming the first fully sustainable city in the U.S., plans to build the city were rejected almost immediately due to concerns over 'possible urban sprawl, energy inefficient land use patterns, the endangerment of natural resources, and the undermining of agriculture.'"

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Re:due to concerns over by Anonymous Coward · 2013-07-16 13:35 · Score: 0, Flamebait

That's for sure - you wouldn't catch me standing between Zimmerman and some vigilante hell bent on "justice"! Poor guy is gonna be wearing a bullet-proof vest for the next 10 years.