A longtime citrus grower’s plans to build a new village in rural Collier County have cleared another regulatory hurdle.
On March 19, the Collier County Planning Commission voted unanimously in favor of allowing Fort Myers-based Alico Inc. to create a stewardship receiving area on land where the company has grown and harvested oranges for decades.
The designation as a receiving area would allow Alico to develop a more than 1,400-acre village, known as Corkscrew Grove East…