Babcock Ranch celebrates the season with annual tree lighting celebration

More than 4,000 guests celebrated the start of the season at Babcock Ranch’s third annual holiday event, emceed by NBC-2 News anchor Lisa Spooner.

After making a grand entrance on a horse-drawn sleigh and parading around Founder’s Square, Santa Claus posed for photos with children of all ages and lit the Christmas tree at Babcock Ranch, Florida’s unique eco-centric, solar-powered town just northeast of Fort Myers on Babcock Ranch Road/State Road 31.

The festive, family-friendly evening also featured performances by the Babcock Neighborhood School chorus, The Alva School chorus and band, Bloom Academy and the Babcock Neighborhood School cheerleaders.

More than two dozen model and quick-delivery homes are now open or under construction by Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Divco Custom Homes, Florida Lifestyle Homes, Fox Premier Builders, Lennar, Meritage Homes, Pulte Homes, Stock Classic Homes and WCI. Many models are open for viewing daily.

Babcock National, a new golf and lifestyle community within Babcock Ranch, will feature 18 of Lennar’s most popular home designs offering 1,120 to 3,473 square feet of living space. A mix of multi-family and single-family homes, including condominiums, luxury coach homes, executive homes and estate-style designs, will incorporate innovative design details and Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included® program that provides customers with a high level of standard features already included in the home price. Homes at Babcock National start from $189,999.

For more information about Southwest Florida’s new solar-powered hometown, located just northeast of Fort Myers off Babcock Ranch Road/State Road 31, visit the Woodlea Hall Discovery Center at 42850 Crescent Loop in Babcock Ranch, call 877-709-6620, or visit www.BabcockRanch.com.