Later in the thread, Moore reported that a study was in the works to look at the project and roads.
How big is too big? How much housing is too much housing? How should growth in Apopka be managed? Those are all big questions in this community, and news of a massive new mixed-use/housing project coming to Apopka only brought more questions and opinions from its residents.
The business/development website growthspotter.com broke the news last week that a mixed-use development of more than 250 acres is potentially coming to Apopka.
Although in the early stages, Evans Properties from Vero Beach wants to bring 2,931 multifamily residential units, 1.1 million square feet of office and retail space, and 1.8 million square feet of industrial uses for its 257-acre development to a property near Kelly Park Road and State Road 429.
The proposal is broken down into four parts, which include:
The Apopka Critic is perhaps the largest social media page associated with Apopka. It has over 10,000 followers and is often at the cutting edge of community discussions.
On September 15th, it posted the story from growthspotter.com about the proposed project and wrote the following lead-in:
"Thank you, City of Apopka.
Golden Gem Rd and Kelly Park Rd.
For annexing everything in Northwest Orange County, you can get your hands on. Does the planning Committee have a plan to widen roads?
Does the planning committee in Apopka work with Orange County to address safety issues? Does Apopka build it, then blame the County for inefficient roads?"
By Monday, there were 14 likes, 57 comments, and eight shares, including a thread of comments from Orange County Commissioner Christine Moore. Most of the posts were critical of the project and the potential growth in the Kelly Park/429 area.
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MamaMia
I don't think that legally this project can be stopped, if everything fits the code already in place.. That is what I heard. So, therefore, we are screwed, with all the congestion coming, and traffic nightmare. God help us all....
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MamaMia
Just can't sleep tonight...usually not my kind of a problem. I watched the queen's funeral. Really surprised to see the French President's wife, first lady of France, Brigette Macron, dressed in sneakers, instead of high heels, like other leaders' wives. Not to be snarky, you know, of course...she looked like she was dressed to go for her morning jog, not the queen's funeral! I really don't know which is the worser of poor taste, Brigette Macron in sneakers, there at the funeral of the queen, or Melania Trump in very high heel stilettos at the very flooded hurricane site her, and Trump went to visit..... ????......Not that I actually care. lol.....
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MamaMia
We finally see a sign on the new building they built next to the Wash City Car Wash, it says "Double OOs", or something like that, on the side, and it says "coffee" on the side, and up at the top front, it has a blue songbird logo, so I suppose it must be a new coffee place, there on 436 in Apopka? Anybody know more about the business?
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MelissaW
“We need more restaurants” - most of Apopka. “No, not like that.” - also most of Apopka. We do need improved and expanded roadways and public transportation though.
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