Other How many homes are currently under construction in Walton county?

[conch]

Does anyone have an accurate number of how many homes are currently under construction in Walton county?
I am pretty sure that the current and proposed lots available for building new homes is getting near 10,000.
[ St. Joe, D.R. Horton, and a bunch of smaller developers.}

 

[Beacher]

And thousands of apartments and townhouses, not to mention condos and hotel rooms. I'm not sure where to get a total number of residences approved or under construction.

The housing underway in Freeport alone is going to cause a tidal wave of people to SoWal and the beaches every day, especially weekends.

 

[James Bentwood]

We have learned nothing from over development in other parts of Florida. It seems our county government is standing at the courthouse door waving developers through with a green flag.

 

[Matt J]

Try calling planning, they should have the most accurate information.

 

[SUP Boarder]

We have learned nothing from over development in other parts of Florida. It seems our county government is standing at the courthouse door waving developers through with a green flag.

Excerpt from a good article....

The Secrets of Successful Small Communities

Pick and Choose Among Development Projects

All development is not created equal. Some development projects will make a community a better place to live, work and visit. Other projects will not. The biggest impediment to better development in many communities is a fear of saying “no” to anything.

In my experience, communities that will not say “no” to bad development, will get the worst of everything. The proof is everywhere. Communities that set low standards or no standards will compete to the bottom. On the other hand, communities that set high standards will compete to the top. This is because they know that if they say no to bad development they will always get better development in its place.

Too many elected officials have an “it’ll do” attitude toward new development. Worse yet, they’ll accept anything that comes down the pike, even if the proposed project is completely at odds with the community’s well thought out vision for the future. They are simply afraid to place any demands on a developer for fear that the developer will walk away if the community asks for too much.

The lesson learned is that successful communities have high expectations. They know that community identity is more important than corporate design preferences.


Don't think we are embracing this concept

 

[James Bentwood]

Too many elected officials have an “it’ll do” attitude toward new development.

It seems like that shifted to the whole commuity's attitude about everything 17 years ago.