Harmony, Florida

Harmony, Florida
Unincorporated community
Town of Harmony
Harmony, Florida is located in Florida
Harmony, Florida
Location of Harmony in Florida
Coordinates: 28°11′22″N 81°08′42″W / 28.18944°N 81.14500°W / 28.18944; -81.14500
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyOsceola
Established2003
Elevation
[1]
79 ft (24 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
34773[2]
Area code(s)407, 689
FIPS code12-12097
GNIS feature ID2063058[1]

Harmony is an unincorporated master-planned community[3] near St. Cloud, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

According to 2010 Census data, Harmony is home to more than 1,000 residents.[4]

Harmony is a Green-certified community, certified by the Florida Green Building Coalition.[5]

Development plans for Harmony were set in motion by 1996.[6] The Harmony Community Development District was established by local ordinance in March 2000.[7]

Harmony developed a cooperative relationship with the University of Florida's Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in 2001. Harmony was demonstrating a real-life example of people living and working in the same community. The goal was to show that this could be done in a sustainable way while also minimizing the impact on the local ecology.[8]

The Harmony Residential Owners Association (ROA) was created on October 8, 2002.[9]The Harmony ROA is noteworthy among home owners associations in that it established within its founding documents guidelines delineating the peaceful coexistence of humans and wild animals.[9]

Harmony was opened for occupancy in approximately 2003 and ownership was transferred to Starwood Capital Group in 2005.[6][10][11][12]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Harmony, Florida. Retrieved on 2008-06-09.
  2. ^ "Harmony FL". ZIP Code Lookup. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2008.
  3. ^ "Harmony Energy Star Green Homes". Green Eco Communities. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  4. ^ Census.gov. "2010 Census Interactive Population Map". Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
  5. ^ "Harmony". Florida Green Building Coalition. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
  6. ^ a b Kumari Kelly (October 26, 2008). "Dis-harmony? The Harmony neighborhood - Promises broken?". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Harmony CDD". Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  8. ^ "ECO-INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY - HARMONY, FLORIDA". 2001.
  9. ^ a b "Harmony ROA Declaration" (PDF). October 10, 2002.
  10. ^ "Purchase and Sale Agreement". March 22, 2005.
  11. ^ By (May 9, 2005). "2 huge developments will add thousands of new homes". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  12. ^ "Starwood Capital Group Closes Two Funds | 2005 Total Capital Raised Tops $3 Billion". Hospitality Net. Retrieved March 11, 2024.