“It always feels like I need to remind people of what happens when you don’t have growth,” said Christine Robinson, executive director of the self-described business think tank Argus Foundation and a former Sarasota County commissioner. “Restaurants close, your workers have to move away, businesses suffer … it lowers the quality of life when you see growth stop or you see it recede. We’re lucky to be in a spot now where things are good for a lot of people. We’re able to do things and generate a great quality of life here.”