Zoning changes sought for a trio of large industrial-commerial parks

[Driven1]

For years Baker County

[Seraphs]

Does anyone know when Baker county will be added to the jax metro population count?

[fsujax]

Parts of Baker will probably be added to the Jax Urbanized area in the next census.

[gatorback]

It's not already?  Can they do that?   

[thelakelander]

Baker is already apart of the Jacksonville metropolitan area.  The five counties that make up our MSA are Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Nassua and Baker.  Camden County, GA will probably be the next to be added to the MSA.

[Charles Hunter]

Of course, there are metro areas, and metro areas.  thelakelander is right about the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), but the First Coast Metropolitan Planning Organization (FCMPO) does not include Baker, but includes all of Duval, and large portions (but not all) of Clay, Nassau, and St. Johns.  Different Federal agency (USDOT vs Commerce? Census?), so different rules.  I would guess that at least part of Baker would join in after the 2010 census.

[gatorback]

So we are going by rule changes not by real population growth?  I wonder if Lake City is growing by aquiring Baker too!

[Charles Hunter]

No, the rule changes reflect the population growth - and projected population gowth, just with different rules depending on the Federal agency.

[Florida Power And Light]

The Rednecks have No Idea what is happening to them, nor how they could have successfully opposed the proposal.