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GlobeSt.com UPDATE: Sugarloaf Mountain Project Foes Pitch Hard to Governor

CLERMONT, FL-Gov. Jeb Bush is being asked to overturn a judge's decision which gave the property owners a second five-year extension to develop the 1,434-acre tract into an estimated $1.2 billion mixed-use development.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on September 12, 2001

CLERMONT, FL-Opposition is mounting for at least the fourth time in 17 years against the proposed 1,434-acre, mixed-use Sugarloaf Mountain venture atop Central Florida’s highest peak.

Gov. Jeb Bush is being asked to overturn a judge’s decision in July which gave the property owners a second five-year extension to develop the rural tract into an estimated $1.2 billion mixed-use development.

Telegrams, e-mails, letters and phone calls are flooding the governor’s office. Sugarloaf Mountain protesters have even opened an Internet site at www.savesugarloaf.com to showcase their concerns.

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