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The backyard chicken initiative was approved in Brevard County by the Board of County Commissioners with a vote of 4 in favor / 1 opposed. The commissioner and lone nay-sayer was District 2 Commissioner Chuck Nelson who has stated that he has merely "a philosophical difference of opinion"...

Tomorrow evening at the Viera Government Center the second and FINAL LEGAL READING of code for backyard chickens will be heard at the Planning and Zoning Board meeting from 5pm - 7pm, Thursday December 6, 2012. While the second legal reading will be the final process in securing code change for...

ACTION ALERT for BREVARD COUNTY code change to allow BACKYARD CHICKENS!!! I want to REMIND everyone that tomorrow is a CRITICAL day for Brevard County code change to allow backyard chickens!!! TUESDAY AUGUST 21st is the meeting with the commissioners is at 9:00 a.m. in Viera at the government...

UPDATE on the REPORT from the Brevard County Planning and Zoning department: WE will be before the Brevard County Board of Commissioners on August 21st, 2012 at the Viera government center in the downstairs MAIN BOARD ROOM at 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Viera, Florida. The Board will be...

YES, there IS a way for you to sign the petition WITHOUT YOUR NAME being visable! http://www.avidhomestead.com/communities/usa/florida/brevard-county/petition.aspx Here is the petition link. If you notice, just under the first line of the NAME requested information, there is a small box to...

Andy, We just APPRECIATE you SO MUCH! I don't think that we could have gotten as far as we did without YOU! The publicity and authority that you brought to the meeting before the Brevard County Board of Commissioners was outstanding!!! They were certainly impressed with the QUALITY of the...

Hello Stephen! We will be HAPPY to help you with any materials necessary to make your case before the HOA for changing their bylaws. Of course, the tone of your presentation as well as the support of your neighbors and friends in your community is key. We were approached at the Food...

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR COMMISSIONER TO ASK FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON AUGUST 21ST!!! District 1 Commissioner Robin Fisher Ph: (321) 264-6750 .Email Commissioner: [email protected] District 2 (Chairman) Commissioner Chuck Nelson Ph: (321) 454-6601 Email Commissioner...

BEEN MISSING you guys!!! I hope that all is well!! Please let us know when you have some time to catch up!! Call anytime! 637 1557 Best, Margaret

Hello! We were scheduled for the JULY meeting but got bumped due to the agenda that day being entirely dedicated to the 2013 county budget issues (which was PERFECTLY fine with me)! I have enough troubles with my own budget - yikes! We have been re-scheduled and are on the agenda for AUGUST...

Please let us know if you need any materials to support your case before your HOA board. We are happy to provide you with some of the materials that we presented to the Brevard County Board of Commissioners as well as magazine articles, clips or articles from our website, etc. I would also...

Hello! WE will be back before the Brevard County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 21st (Tuesday) at the Viera government center when the fine folks from Planning and Zoning will present their report on backyard chickens and make their recommendations for code change. We have been working with...

AUGUST 21st is the BIG DAY for Brevard County Florida with backyard chicken code change!!! AVID HOMESTEAD is on the agenda for the Brevard County Board of Commissioners meeting which will be at the Viera government center (2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way - downstairs boardroom ) beginning at 9:00...

All, I have the petition mostly functional again - there were some security updates that caused the issue and I am going to try and have a fully functonal version up before the weekend. Thank you for your support! -Toby

My understanding is a majority vote also. We came close to getting that vote today thanks to Commisioner Infantini moving to put our proposal to a vote but we didn't get a second for doing so. Not getting a second backer for the motion before obtaining a Staff Report scuttled the immediate...