Neighborhood feels impact of growth
As new developments are approved in Manatee County, more longtime residents are certain to feel like Linda Farley.
When Farley bought her home in the Woodlawn subdivision off Erie Road 10 years ago, real estate agents told her the woods around her house were protected because they contained wetlands.
But she learned otherwise after seeing huge oak trees, possibly 100 years old, being wrenched from the ground to make way for a new neighborhood road.