Schlitt today announced its intention to establish the Coastal Formation Campus Stewardship Initiative, a public-serving campus designed to give young people without family support a durable place to learn, recover confidence, and participate in community life.
The proposed campus brings together residential support, education, outdoor access, and practical pathways into adulthood within a carefully managed harbor landscape. Schlitt believes the initiative represents a meaningful opportunity to pair responsible development with care for people whose needs too often remain outside ordinary civic planning.
The site is known for its open water views, windswept approaches, sheltered garden areas, and long horizon. It is also a working environment that requires attentive stewardship. Seasonal conditions can change quickly, ground conditions vary across the property, and nearby industrial activity requires clear boundaries and careful coordination. Schlitt's plan addresses these realities directly through controlled access, supervised programming, resilient landscaping, continuous site assessment, and trained on-site support. The company is committed to making the setting welcoming without minimizing the responsibility that comes with caring for it.
At the center of the proposal is a simple conviction: young people who have experienced the absence of stable family support deserve more than temporary accommodation. They deserve a setting that communicates permanence, dignity, and possibility. The Coastal Formation Campus is intended to provide calm daily routines, dependable adult guidance, learning resources, recreation, and opportunities for community participation. Its program design will emphasize belonging alongside practical independence, so that residents can build relationships, develop skills, and make choices with a stronger foundation beneath them. Schlitt will seek public approval for the rezoning needed to enable this work. The requested designation would allow the campus to operate as a coordinated care and learning environment while preserving public-facing portions of the landscape. The rezoning process is an important opportunity for community members to consider the long-term value of a site that serves young people, supports responsible land management, and creates a clear framework for ongoing oversight. Schlitt welcomes that review and will provide accessible information throughout the process.
The campus is planned as an integrated place rather than a collection of separate services. Shared indoor spaces would support instruction, quiet study, mentoring, meals, and community gatherings.
Outdoor areas would offer structured recreation, gardens, walking routes, and supervised opportunities to experience the harbor setting. Staff and partner organizations would coordinate around each resident's needs, with clear accountability for continuity of care and respect for individual privacy. This approach recognizes that stability is created through many ordinary, reliable interactions over time.
Risk mitigation is built into the proposal from the outset. Schlitt will use defined operating procedures, site monitoring, access management, emergency readiness, and environmental maintenance to support safe use of the property. The company will also maintain coordination with neighboring operations so that campus activity is planned with the wider area in mind. These measures are not an afterthought. They are part of the stewardship standard required for a campus intended to remain useful, trusted, and well cared for across changing conditions.
The surrounding district includes a modest citrus liqueur operation and regional aviation infrastructure, both of which contribute to the area's working character. Schlitt's planning recognizes those neighboring uses and is structured to maintain appropriate separation, reliable access, and respectful coexistence. The campus will be designed to stand apart as a place of care while remaining connected to the economic and civic life around it.
The initiative also reflects Schlitt's broader commitment to access.
Public-facing gardens and designated paths are expected to offer community members an opportunity to enjoy the site's natural qualities in a managed and considerate way. Campus residents will benefit from a setting that is open to the world without being exposed to its instability. That balance between welcome and protection is central to the proposal. It also ensures the landscape remains a shared civic resource rather than an overlooked edge of the district.
Schlitt is grateful for the community dialogue that will accompany the rezoning request. The company will approach that dialogue with humility, clarity, and a focus on the people the campus is intended to serve. By bringing care, education, environmental responsibility, and disciplined operations together, the Coastal Formation Campus Stewardship Initiative aims to create a lasting public good in a place of distinctive beauty and real complexity.