Southwest Florida’s Babcock Ranch offers lessons in resilience and sustainability

This week lawmakers are back in Tallahassee for a special session. Up for discussion among other bills are measures to provide relief for ranchers affected by Hurricane Idalia and help homeowners struggling with high insurance premiums.

Babcock Ranch in Southwest Florida offers a vision for resilient, sustainable design, even in the face of climate change, a booming population and a precarious insurance market.

Together with hurricanes, the looming threat of climate change and our booming population, the homeowners insurance crisis is a perfect storm of challenges for Florida.

But one Southwest Florida community thinks it might have some of the answers. In this episode of Florida Matters, we sit down with Babcock Ranch developer Syd Kitson and talk about planning a resilient town and building for an uncertain future.

Listen to WUSF Florida Matters podcast to learn more:

https://www.wusf.org/show/florida-matters/2023-11-07/southwest-floridas-babcock-ranch-lessons-resilience-sustainability