Residents who live at the Briarwood RV park in Largo, off Seminole Boulevard and Ulmerton Road, went before the Largo City Commission on Tuesday night with a simple message: Don’t throw us out on the streets.
The property owner, Steve McConihay, wants to turn the 14-acre park into a 260-unit apartment complex. But nothing has been said about what might happen to the nearly 100 or so tenants — some who have been there more than a decade.
Before the City Commission met last night, approximately a dozen residents spoke with members of the media outside of City Hall. Resident Peter Emr said he was going to tell the commissioners, “We’ve been here for three years. We’ve made a lot of friends there. Our homes cannot be moved. The nature is so beautiful, it’s like living in the woods. This is Old Largo, and I would like the commission to save our homes.”
This article appears in May 2-8, 2013.
