Steve Whitehurst Construction, Inc.

09/05/2026

Just finished our two bedroom and bathroom addition yesterday. It blends in very nicely with the existing home.

A big “Thank you!” to our subcontractors and vendors who helped us to build a beautiful addition. Our clients are very excited.

Credit goes to:

Keeley Bugnell: sales, design and purchasing materials, and assisting with scheduling and production.

Dustyn Wyatt: site work and concrete.

Brian’s Pest Control for termite pretreat.

Roy Horton: masonry.

ProFlo Concrete Pumping.

Concrete supplied by A&L Materials.

Trusses supplied by Universal Timber Structures.

Jeremy Andrew and crew: demolition and framing.
Including setting trusses and roof sheathing.

Bob and Jerry’s Roofing Company: roofing and gutters.

Lamar Olliff Electric Company.

Gillum-Waddell Plumbing Company.

Rideout and Sons HVAC.

Elite Insulation Company.

Mike Caudillo: Exterior door and window installation.

All About Drywall.

Prestige Painting.

J W Flooring: flooring and baseboards.

McCarty Universal Construction: cabinetry and interior doors.

Steve Hesters Construction: stucco and stone work.

Magnolia Fence Company

Joyner Lumber Company: materials including windows and doors.

WALCRAFT Cabinets: cabinet supplier.

Floor and Decor: tile and flooring materials.

Lowes: fixtures.

The Home Depot: fixtures.

MJI Roll Offs: dumpster rental.

Stidham’s Rentals: portable toilet.

Steve: custom shelving, interior doors, punch list, etc.

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09/04/2026

09/04/2026

09/01/2026

POST 4: SWFWMD ADMITS DEVELOPMENT CAN AFFECT FLOODING

This isn't just something homeowners are saying. Florida's water management system is built around the fact that development can affect what happens to water on neighboring properties.

Let's look at what the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) actually says.

SWFWMD has a page specifically addressing the question:

"Is the construction of new subdivisions causing flooding in other established neighborhoods?"

That's not a question environmental groups invented.

It's a question SWFWMD itself addresses.

And their answer is important.

SWFWMD explains that Florida's Environmental Resource Permit program requires new developments to incorporate stormwater management systems designed to NOT cause adverse water quantity or flooding impacts onsite, or to offsite and adjacent lands.

Read that again.

OFFSITE.

ADJACENT LANDS.

Why would those requirements exist if development had no potential to change flooding conditions beyond the property being developed?

They wouldn't.

The reason these protections exist is because changing land changes water.

When natural land is cleared, graded, filled and covered with roads, rooftops and other impervious surfaces, we're changing the way rainfall moves through the landscape.

And that's why a stormwater pond isn't the end of the conversation.

The question isn't simply:

"Does this subdivision have a drainage plan?"

The bigger question is:

"What happens to the water after it leaves that subdivision?"

What happens to the property next door?

What happens downstream?

What happens to wetlands?

What happens to natural areas that once stored and slowed water?

And what happens when you don't build one subdivision, but dozens of them across the same watershed?

Because SWFWMD also points out something else that matters here:

Older neighborhoods were often built before today's flood-control regulations existed. Newer developments are generally required to meet more current standards.

So the question isn't just whether new homes are protected.

Who protects the people who were already there?

That's where responsible planning comes in.

We shouldn't wait for a neighborhood to flood and then ask whether the development contributed to it.

We should answer that question before the land is cleared.

And now we're getting to the question that matters most.

Because all of these examples happened somewhere else in Florida.

What happens when we bring this same kind of growth to Little Manatee South?

That's next.

SWFWMD: https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/residents/regulation-and-flooding?