Shannon’s Window: Hedging housing hopes
- November 25, 2013
- / Shannon Nickinson
- / community-dashboard
I hope we aren’t getting Jubilee-d again.
Jubilee was a 2,718 acre site north of Pace that in 2007 was supposed to bring updated, small town concept living to north Santa Rosa County. It was going to have 25 acres of walking trails, bike path paths, a championship golf course and 20 community parks within its borders.
It was a more sophisticated Mayberry-esque vision that was supposed to grow in the area between Willard Norris Road, Chumuckla Highway and Berryhill Road.
If it ever happens that is.
Jubilee, which was renamed Contrada Hills in 2008, became a magnet for lawsuits as partners in the project left and various lawsuits ensued. One thing it isn’t for sure is the veritable mini-city it was pitched to become when The Eagle Group first brought the idea to town.
Which brings me to Smart Living LLC.
[caption id="attachment_11033" align="aligncenter" width="850"] The view behind John R. Jones Jr. Athletic Park won’t always be woods if a change to zoning for the property is changed to allow a housing development to be built.[/caption]