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Who said that?

"Now that boom is over."

-- Jerome Fletcher

City Manager Jerome Fletcher’s opening message to North Port commissioners on his recommended 2025-26 budget included a warning that a sudden drop in property value growth to 8.7% could be a sign of tough times ahead.

“Now that boom is over,” Fletcher said, of the slower property value increase after three straight years of double-digit percentage growth.

He added that the reduced growth rate in property values was why he could not present a balanced budget and reduce property taxes by about $3 million, as commissioners had directed by consensus in March.

Read more at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune