The currently grassy lot on the southwest corner of 44th Avenue East and White Eagle Boulevard could be developed into a gas station, but some nearby residents say a gas station is incompatible with the residential area.
Residents from surrounding communities, which include Central Park, Mallory Park, Indigo, Harmony and the Esplanade Golf and Country Club, have joined together to form the Lakewood Ranch Community Action Group.
About 30 members of the group gathered at the intersection to protest a possible gas station Nov. 1. They dressed in red and waved signs that read, “No gas station,” and directed passing pedestrians and motorists to the group’s website, NoGasStation44th.com…