Harmony, Florida – A Healthy Lifestyle

Posted by Martha on May 17th, 2010 in General, Marketing, Spotlight, Videos | 1 comment

Harmony offers a healthful and life-enhancing environment for its community members.

Miles of trails and walkways, two natural lakes with community owned boats, athletic courts and fields, a championship, International Audubon certified golf course and a community activities program provide an endless list of mentally and physically stimulating things to do for all ages.

Walking is a great way to get around, if it’s made pleasurable. The compact site plan allows homes to be a safe and convenient walk away from retail and professional services, recreation and work. This activity is not only good for the body, but also helps to promote human interaction and community building. Harmony is one of the few communities in Central Florida where students can easily walk to elementary, middle and high school classes without crossing a major street.

An Open Community

Community features belong to the community.

The open space values of Buck and Cat lakes and the Harmony Golf Preserve are considerable and are integrated into the developed areas yet protected from damaging use. These resources are significant enough that they are purposefully not isolated by private lots, but are available to everyone.

As in a traditional town, there are distinctive neighborhoods at Harmony, but none is gate restricted. Instead, a mix of housing styles and sizes makes for an economic and social balance in each neighborhood. We believe that a mix of incomes, races and personal skills make for a strong community and is essential to the future of our society.

A Sense of Place

Planning for Harmony reflects its roots in Osceola County’s natural and agricultural heritage; not as a mere historical recollection, but as a functional part of the modern developed community.

Florida provides a globally unique climate that has given it a distinctive landscape and human culture. Though technology has given us the ability to overcome most natural limitations, this can come with a price and a certain amount of loss. Harmony’s developed landscape and architecture are inspired by the native

Kissimmee Prairie and Florida flatwoods vegetation and the ranches and settlements of Central Florida in an effort to be in balance with its setting.

Streets and neighborhoods are designed in a neo-traditional manner with natural and man-made boundaries and landmarks to provide community identity. This approach encourages the construction and preservation of buildings, community features and entire neighborhoods that reflect what is important to the community and which therefore will retain their economic vitality and value over time.

Community Building

Harmony promotes its lifestyle and builds a sense of community through community scale events.

Seasonal activities such as the Dark Sky Festival, Flag Day Celebration and Harvest Festival are intended to call attention to aspects of life at Harmony that we are especially proud of and want to share with those outside of Harmony. These events bring the entire community together in their preparation and presentation and are excellent ways to foster the small town character and

friendliness that Harmony is known for. While these events are now organized and conducted with strong support from the Harmony Development Co., participation by Harmony residents is encouraged and it is expected that these will become 100 percent community directed.