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"'al �,t'�:. NORTH ORLANDO, Flon-jare wltdin short distances of
".4514-r.,-", ti f iI, des Newest City," now Lando the new city — and all oft
�i a It ! '1'; FI •, 1ts� developed between heart olthem have base I spirals, ,
7 • Ykk and Sanford In the heart of commissary and PX prrvl
XIy1i t f Fif Florida, will not be a "mill-lieges, and open mess facile
4.41, hl pd j tary community," but the tie ,s
nI; D j.4. i§ y PIt, site was selected with et- •This nearness to contact
t ," d a• ,N tractiveness to armed forces with accustomed living makes
,� " N 4 ' g T career Personnel as a major',it much easier in the transi.
i IT' t . ' CND + jl actor. Hon from military to civilian• E. Raymond Moss, presi• life"
1 34 .4'41'1' M ;;.,r, 4 dent of the North Orlando
;: , 1,4',1 �.. .i^ 't; Co., has had over 35 years) WHILE NORTI( Orlando.
i tu.. IN experience In Florida land incorporated as a city just
4 {^ {, ,, "4-41;e f development, and he and his last June, has a "townsite"
4, 4 , E.. partner, William S. Edge- section where the developers
? pf• # 7 mon, have learned that when sell lots only to a home•
A t ' A. the first blush of retirement builder, the major portion of
t - 7j ' i�. wears off, loafing can become,the 3,600 acres are being obi
4.1-14.1 e_ y : i .: almost as undesirable as l fered as lots in one-quarter -
P4 i ,a f working under constant ores. acre "ranchette" sizes, and in
4§ • d Ci I sure. larger plots up to five or six)
t . '. c - I '' 4 "This fact has been most acres.
w' a apparent among those who With the town already in-
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d rt, , dt retired from military careers corporated and operating um;
.s: i t d .. , and found trying to- change'der zoning control in addi-; , 1
` • the busy habits of a lifetime Don to the deed controls,
i it extremely disquieting," Moss the development will bee •
*r l a : aye. aimed at preserving "apa-i .t I
• -� d t"!'( f4 But even more, military cious and gracious living con-
/*' s + I personnel missed contact with ditions in an area grooving''
�';, is 0. , f . any form of military life — very rapidly and subject toy
Y.�! I 11w1001/4I1 and most of all their entitled becoming crowded ' j-
" r S j ' I4 ' privileges to base hospitali- The North Orlando site in-,
a' 4y zy�. l zation, club facilities, the eludes rolling, tree - covered,
1 S 'F:a'h.. commissary and PX privi- terrain, on which natural d
,,t9t-,' a l , ;;', leges." beauty can be preserved‘PE M , j, through the large-lot plan of-- ;1.'1'
se WHILE North Orlando, development.
▪ ae. *,� s S now under development, will
t ^'"x s,^ be a complete city for be- IT IS IN Florida's famed'
�T� ' tween 30,000 and 40,000 pea citrus belt, where lakes both. r
5�4. It l p,l , ?. pre with schools, shopping large and small abound for t'
j; centers, and even industry, boating and fishing.
41,31`1'',1:•Ii_ s b4S d ., 1 ,, on a site Emeeting the insisted re- Greater rate growth in tIs
• s,t: IT g r1,?, 4 � ? quiremeta of the increasing three times as fast as the'i
I .A s - numbers of military person- rest of the state — and the
F a I 0;1,/ nel adopting Florida as home. state rate is considered phe-'
!= tk i e ! "For this, North Orlando nomenal, Nearness to Cape•
' Y"' d j • ,s t proved Ideal," Moss said, Canaveral has attracted many,•
`..' I D . 4t because it Is located near missile-connected Industries, "
• v - I., ' "j three military establishments. with existing establishments ,
Ya4': 1E4:-q "Orlando Air Force Base, continuing to expand and, /
• a f +a t l 0 .{} Sanford Naval Air Station more being attracted for the', ,S
r M 'f " 1 r 't' and' Mc Coy Air .Force Baselfuture. - -i
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