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DESERET RANCH: PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE WE ALL WANT

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ENVIRONMENT


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FUTURE


LIFE


IT’S ALL ABOUT PROTECTING AND BUILDING ON WHAT WE ALL LOVE ABOUT CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

The continued growth of our region is inevitable, particularly in Orlando and
Orange County. The county’s population swelled by almost two-thirds from 2000 to
2024, and is projected to jump by as much as another 71% by the middle of this
century. With more than a million new residents in the next few decades, we must
embrace a realistic, effective planning framework to provide what we and our new
neighbors will want and need – while avoiding piecemeal decision-making failings
of the past that pushed resources to their limits.

Creating a smart-growth planning framework for sustainable growth on land owned
by Deseret Ranch is a once-in-lifetime opportunity to prepare for the next five
decades of growth – and beyond. Making this opportunity especially exceptional
is that it involves just a single landowner, one with a decades-long track
record of wise stewardship over natural resources and a demonstrated commitment
to working toward collaborative solutions to regional challenges.

Over the past half-century, growth has not been the problem in Central Florida;
failure to properly plan for that growth has been. And while rural boundaries
may make sense in some parts of Florida, they are impractical within a
fast-growing metropolitan region like Central Florida, where such a boundary
would merely push more growth into already congested areas and overloaded
roadways. That’s why the mayors or city attorneys for ten Orange County
municipalities have expressed concern about the county’s proposed rural boundary
measure, as well as a proposal to limit voluntary annexations, observing that
the proposals “are ill-suited to their intended purposes.” And it’s why Deseret
Ranch has demonstrated its commitment to a long-range envisioning approach to
create a framework for growth based on smart-growth principles of professional
planning – an unprecedented opportunity to implement a regional planning
approach for a large area owned by a single entity. Too often, plans get jumbled
when multiple owners are involved. For more than 70 years, Deseret Ranch has
been a part of Central Florida, watching the unmatched growth of Orlando to the
northwest and the Space Coast to the east. Ranch leaders and managers have been
listening to what our neighbors want and need and working with them to foster
collaborative solutions to responsibly and responsively prepare for growth.

Seeing Deseret Ranch as a regional partner, Central Florida has the rare
opportunity to properly plan for growth on a large scale, to accommodate both
new residents moving here from elsewhere and locally driven growth. Through a
long-range planning framework, Deseret envisions development that is literally
the opposite of urban sprawl, embracing compact neighborhoods and business
centers clustered around transportation and transit corridors, while also
protecting natural resources from encroachment. Conducted with other regional
partners, planning for the future of Deseret Ranch can create sustainable
balance and economic vitality in the form of welcoming neighborhoods, thriving
urban and cultural amenities, smooth-flowing movement of people, and
environmental resources that sustain it all.

Central Florida is Deseret Ranch’s home, and we feel an abiding sense of
stewardship and responsibility to both current and future generations. This
means preserving and conserving natural resources and planning for land, water,
wildlife, and agriculture through best practices and smart growth principles.
That’s why we envision a long-term planning framework that provides a smart
approach to:

 * protect important natural systems, reflecting one of the core values behind
   everything we do
 * promote multiple ways to travel, easing the reliance on the area’s crowded
   roadways
 * create communities that offer the feel of a neighborhood with the amenities
   of an urban area.

It’s the best path, and the right path, to the kind of future we all want and
need.


WHY SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES MATTER: A NEW VISION FOR A NEW HOMETOWN

Plans for new development comply with many regulations that did not exist when
older “traditional” Florida development occurred. Wetlands are protected;
wildlife continues to live in the communities developed today; and stormwater is
planned for and managed through systems that are far superior to outdated
models.

Babcock Ranch: The Hometown of Tomorrow is an outstanding example of a single
landowner implementing smart growth principles. Babcock Ranch in Southwest
Florida is the first greenfield master-planned “smart town” in the U.S. and an
exceptional example of nature and community co-existing. Fully solar powered and
sustainable, Babcock Ranch supports an extraordinary quality of life, including
distinct neighborhoods powered by cutting-edge technology, and capable of
weathering Florida’s summer storm season with minimal disruptions. Through smart
growth planning, Babcock Ranch focuses on eight core initiatives: environment,
health, education, energy, technology, transportation, storm safety, and fun.

Sunbridge: Integrating Nature with Innovation is another superb example of smart
growth planning in action. Sunbridge, a Tavistock Development community, spans
27,000 acres in the heart of Central Florida. By embracing a “naturehood”
approach, Sunbridge has defined a new model for how innovation can help protect
Florida’s natural beauty and redefined what living in harmony with nature means.
Sunbridge integrates 13,000 acres of oak hammocks and wetlands with 1,100 acres
of lakes next to 15,000 acres of protected land.



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