Our Communities

Lee County is made up of communities with distinct histories, landscapes, development patterns and visions for their futures. From rural and agricultural areas to coastal islands and established neighborhoods, what works for one community might not be right for another.

That is why residents worked with Lee County over nearly four decades to develop Community Plans that address the needs and characteristics of the places they call home. These plans contain policies intended to guide growth, protect community character and address issues unique to individual areas.

Lee County’s proposed changes to the Comprehensive Plan (the Lee Plan) and Land Development Code (LDC) would affect these communities in different ways. Some existing protections would remain, some would be moved to other parts of the Lee Plan or Land Development Code, and others would be changed or eliminated altogether.

Explore the communities below to learn what makes each one unique and compare its current Community Plan protections with what Lee County is proposing.

An Important Note

As we were developing this website, Lee County had not provided any detailed, side-by-side, community-by-community comparisons for current Community Plans with each proposed change. So The Lee Communities Coalition used AI to help generate comparisons for each Community Plan and Overlay. These are displayed here with the caveat that we cannot guarantee that AI-generated comparisons are 100% accurate. As we were creating our site, Lee County began posting community comparisons. We are adding links for each as the Lee County reports/comparisons become available. Click here for the county’s Comp Plan page.