Babcock Neighborhood School Featured for Innovative Learning Practices
Our first school, Babcock Neighborhood School, was featured in the News-Press for our innovative, hands-on approach to learning. “Hands-on learning. One-on-one attention from teachers. The “best” lunches ever. And being able to attend a solar-powered school on a campus that sits smack-dab in the heart of an up-and-coming city. There’s a lot to love about […]
Lightning Warning Horn Saving Lives in Local Community
Babcock Ranch implements Thor Guard lightning detection systems for the safety of their students at Babcock Ranch School and our residents. This NBC2 news story explains.
Lee Health inking deal to become Babcock Ranch’s sole medical provider next year
Lee Health is negotiating a deal with Babcock Ranch that could make the public hospital system the sole medical provider in the burgeoning Southwest Florida development by next summer. Under the terms of the arrangement, Lee Health would begin opening a Lee Physician Group family practice clinic, a physical rehabilitation facility and a wellness center in […]
Babcock Ranch & Washington Post
We’re pleased to announce that our very own Syd Kitson, CEO of Kitson & Partners, the Developer for Babcock Ranch has been selected to speak and participate in an upcoming digital exposé through The Washington Post. The Washington Post features live videos and interviews by way of their “Washington Post Live” platform. In these intimate, […]
Miami is Home to Terrible Drivers. Here’s a Fix to Road Rage and No-Signal Turns.
The driverless-car revolution is coming to Manhattan streets in early 2018. Trials are running in Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Boston and San Francisco. But the ride of the future is not yet on the calendar for Miami, a city that needs autonomous vehicles more than any other to render its notoriously bad drivers obsolete. Hang in there, […]
Florida is leading the way to a driverless future
By Joe Rinzel, special to the Tampa Bay Times Published: November 16, 2017 There is a new city being developed in southeast Florida near Babcock Ranch where some 50,000 residents will have access to one of the first driverless taxi networks in the country. This is yet another example of how Florida is now an […]
Babcock Ranch setting a new standard for smart, sustainable growth
Solar-powered town garnering national, international attention Florida Weekly November 29, 2017 People across the nation are talking a lot about the need for responsible growth, sustainability and “smart cities.” But to find someone who is doing something about it – you have to travel to Southwest Florida. Babcock Ranch has been attracting national and international […]
Babcock Ranch Neighborhood School Takes Home 1st Place Prize for Solar Energy Cook-Off
We’re very proud of our students at the Babcock Neighborhood School! Our students took home the 1st place prize for the 6th Annual Solar Energy Cookoff. “The Annual Solar Energy Cook-Off Challenge brings students from grades K-12 together, working as teams to design, build and cook their original dish in their solar “cookers” demonstrating the […]
Self-Driving Cars Will Transform the World as We Know It—Including Where We Live
Babcock Ranch was recently featured in a story on Realtor.com about the future of real estate as autonomous vehicles make their way into the mainstream. Clare Trapasso, the senior news editor of realtor.com and an adjunct journalism professor, writes: Suburbanites who don’t live in a city can still get in on the autonomous, ride-sharing action. […]
Florida Lifestyle Homes introduces Sidney design at Babcock Ranch
Florida Lifestyle Homes has introduced the Sidney, a new custom home design nearing completion at Babcock Ranch, a new eco-centric town being developed in Charlotte County, east of Fort Myers off State Road 31. Located on the preserve in the Lake Timber neighborhood, the Sydney is close to the Lake House and Founder’s Square, the […]