Stuart Mayor Christopher Collins joins TreasureCoast.com to explain his approach to managing development pressure in the City of Stuart. Collins discusses how the approval of 3,000 apartment units in four years paradoxically increased rental prices rather than creating affordable housing, the city's comprehensive growth plan philosophy, and ongoing negotiations over the proposed Brightline station. Learn about state legislation that challenges local zoning authority, the relationship between municipal and county development decisions, and why Collins advocates for maintaining existing land use designations rather than rezoning agricultural and industrial parcels for residential development.