The Sarasota County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. on January 27 at the Robert L. Anderson Building in Venice to weigh land use changes for the Winchester Ranch community planned off River Road, between Englewood and North Port.
The team behind Wellen Park wants to shift most of this 3,000-acre property out of its current rural status and into a moderate-density zone. Right now, the land sits in unincorporated Sarasota County, but that could change soon. They’re looking to build roughly 9,000 homes there.
This property, once part of the Taylor Ranch, sits just off South River Road near the Winchester Boulevard intersection. Back in 2002, North Port annexed most of Taylor Ranch, and over the years, it’s grown into the 9,000-acre Wellen Park community…