Future Utility and Conservation

1,800+ Acres. One Connected Opportunity. Planned Together.

This website is home for a community visioning process exploring the long-term future of approximately 1,800+ contiguous acres in St. Johns County between SR16 and CR214, in the heart of St. Johns County.

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What Could 1,800 Acres Do?

On the property today: a pond and pine tree line.

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1,800+ acres. Where do you want to start?

What Could 1,800+ Acres Do for St. Johns County?

St. Johns County has grown, that is no secret. In fact, by some reports, it has grown the fastest in the country!

More families. More businesses. More roads. More demand for infrastructure, services, recreation, conservation, and places to work.

Approximately 1,800+ contiguous acres owned by one local entrepreneur create an increasingly uncommon opportunity to think about those needs together. And for the first time, a major land owner is inviting the community to participate in its future. Why you may ask? Because the vision for his property was to make it work for the citizens of his community.

Instead of asking only what can be developed here, we're asking a broader question:

CONCEPTUAL: FOR COMMUNITY DISCUSSION

What could 1,800+ acres do for St. Johns County?

Could portions remain working agricultural and silvicultural land?
How does conservation of wetlands and habitat play a role in stewardship?
Could trails, fishing and outdoor recreation be incorporated?
Do appropriate areas within the property support local jobs, entrepreneurs, technology and light manufacturing?
Could regionally significant infrastructure be planned before development occurs?
Could environmental and circular-economy solutions be located where they can operate responsibly and be appropriately separated from neighborhoods?
Or do we just build more homes based on the land's existing entitlements?

Over the next 60 days, we are inviting residents, neighbors, businesses, environmental organizations, agencies and community leaders to help explore them.

Help Shape the Vision

The public meetings will explore three alternatives as the owner considers what comes next. The public engagement events will provide information, explore possibilities, hear from the community, and develop a long-term framework for how this land could serve St. Johns County.

What should we protect?
What should we buffer?
What should we connect?
What should we create?
What should we avoid?

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