provided to The Santiva Chronicle
More than 200 members and non-members attended the Committee of the Islands’ annual meeting at The Community House on March 30. The event celebrating COTI’s 50th anniversary featured Professor Tom Ankersen’s keynote address, “Shifting Sands and Shifted Baselines: The Once and Future Sanibel Plan.”
The Plan, which was also created 50 years ago, provided a critical blueprint for the island’s future. It enabled Sanibel to avoid the overdevelopment that characterizes many other barrier islands and has become a national planning landmark.
With graphics and commentary, Dr. Ankersen offered an overview and details of the Plan and provided context within broader planning efforts and research – past, present, and future…