Our vision

More nature. A lighter footprint. A place for wildlife, water, quiet recreation, and the generations who will call this community home.

Concept illustration of a natural path beside restored habitat.
Natural paths · AI concept illustration

Time outside, close to home.

The community envisions natural dirt or pine-straw paths that connect people with the landscape near Black Hammock Trailhead. Interpretive signs and modest places to pause could make a walk an opportunity to learn.

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The emerging vision places more community amenities toward the north and keeps the south more like a wilderness area. Possible additions include a small pavilion with bicycle tools, covered seating, and a bottle refill station.

These ideas build on nearby trailhead facilities. Their scale, placement, accessibility, maintenance, and permitted access still need review.

Concept illustration of a raised bat shelter in woodland.
Habitat & learning · AI concept illustration

Create habitat, inspire learning.

Protect existing wildlife and consider reforestation of disturbed areas. Explore bat houses, suitable habitat for a bat colony, and a butterfly and pollinator garden with appropriate native plantings.

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Bat habitat is a proposal, not a promise of an established colony or mosquito-control results. Siting and care should be guided by ecological expertise.

Protecting eagle habitat comes first. Future trails should avoid disturbance; the concept does not establish a route or a wildlife buffer.

Illustrated woodland and water.
Working with the landscape · Illustration

Work with the water.

Preserving the wetland landscape is part of the community’s vision for wildlife and neighborhood resilience. Residents want its potential role in storing stormwater and recharging groundwater understood before decisions change the land.

Understand the water questions ↗
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Site-specific hydrology and drainage review by Seminole County are needed to protect our wetlands and to protect surrounding areas from flooding and property value losses.