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 […]
Electric Slide: Buy Home, Get Car
Our builder, Florida Lifestyle Homes, was recently featured in BuilderOnline.com for their exciting new incentive: buy the Lauren model and get a choice of the Chevy Bolt or Volt. “When we started looking at the types of incentives we wanted to put together for Babcock Ranch we wanted to focus in on what the town […]
Calling all entrepreneurs: VenturePitch SWFL to be held at Babcock Ranch
Source: Naples Herald December 7, 2017 Entrepreneurs will compete for up to $50,000 of investment funding in a “Shark Tank” style competition held as part of 2018 VenturePitch at Babcock Ranch in April. Contestants have until February 15 to submit their application for the event where four finalists will be able to pitch their business […]
Babcock Ranch, the Solar Town, Ramps Up in 2018
Babcock Ranch was recently featured in the Fort Myers News-Press for what’s to come in 2018. “For Babcock Ranch, a solar-powered community in the works for more than a decade, 2017 turned out to be the year it visually became a town thanks to a restaurant, a school and a community gathering space. As 2018 […]
Babcock Ranch Featured on BBC Newsday
Babcock Ranch is making international headlines and was most recently featured on BBC Newsday. “A big moment in renewable energy for the United States: at the start of 2018, the town of Babcock Ranch in Southwest Florida will become the first community in America to be fully solar-powered.” Listen to the entire clip about Babcock Ranch below. […]
First Homeowners Move into Babcock Ranch Community
“Babcock Ranch, the nation’s first solar city–years in the making–is celebrating a major milestone.” We are very excited to announce that our first homeowners, Richard and Robin Kinley, moved into their new home on January 4, 2018! Take a look at recent story covered by WINK News about this historic day for Babcock Ranch. Click here […]
In Southwest Florida, Taking a Shine to the Nation’s First Solar-Powered Town
We were thrilled to have Diane Daniel on-site last December to write a piece to be featured in the Washington Post. “Along a dirt road leading into Florida’s past, I stopped to marvel at its future, or at least one vision of it. I was headed to Babcock Ranch Eco-Tours, where visitors pay to tour […]
