Harmony, Florida | |
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Town of Harmony | |
Coordinates: 28°11′22″N 81°08′42″W / 28.18944°N 81.14500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Florida |
County | Osceola |
Established | 2003 |
Elevation | 79 ft (24 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 ( EDT) |
ZIP code | 34773
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Area code(s) | 407, 689 |
FIPS code | 12-12097 |
GNIS feature ID | 2063058 [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]