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File. Manatee County has approved spending $32.5 million to purchase 161 acres along State Road 64 for a new operations center to serve the fast-growing areas of Lakewood Ranch and Parrish.
File. Manatee County has approved spending $32.5 million to purchase 161 acres along State Road 64 for a new operations center to serve the fast-growing areas of Lakewood Ranch and Parrish.
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MANATEE COUNTY — Manatee County has approved spending $32.5 million to purchase 161 acres along State Road 64 for a new operations center to serve the fast-growing areas of Lakewood Ranch and Parrish.

According to an article in the East County Observer, a sister paper of the Business Observer, the land will be purchased for $187,488 per acre and the money will come from county reserves ($16.8 million) and the utility department ($15.7 million).

 

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