Between 2022 and 2024, John and Janyel Taylor of Ralph Taylor’s Nurseries helped fight off three residential developments proposed for their Elwood Park neighborhood.
At the March 5 Manatee County Land Use meeting, the couple were fighting in favor of a residential development on Lorraine Road, directly south of Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue Center.
The nursery has two locations — 3709 38th Ave. E. in Elwood Park and 4973 Lorraine Road in Lakewood Ranch. The Taylors were working with Penler Development LLC to sell the 19.51-acre nursery on Lorraine Road to make way for 232 townhomes…