Babcock Ranch, the brainchild of ex-NFL star Syd Kitson, aims to be a model of sustainability but campaigners fear it will be tragic for the endangered pantherFlorida real estate has a bad habit of reflecting the boom-and-bust cycles of the US economy but Babcock Ranch, a new development opening early next year and designed to be the world’s first solar-powered town, is hoping it can provide the Sunshine state with a model for sustainable living.That, at least, is the hope of Syd Kitson, a former offensive guard with the Green Bay Packers turned real estate developer, who is behind an ambitious project that Kitson describes as the country’s most “sustainable, most innovative and health-focused” new town in the US. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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