Developers revealed proposed site maps for around 600 acres of a planned development at Far Reach Ranch in Tavares during a community meeting in a standing-room only crowd of residents mostly all opposed.

The developers held the meeting to receive feedback on their planned development, which they said, if approved, would come over the next 10 years in multiple different phases.

It would be located at Far Reach Ranch, a popular "You Pick" spot off County Roads 448 and 561.

Tara Tedrow, attorney for the developers Forestar and the owners of Far Reach Ranch, emphasized at the beginning of the meeting that the around 1,355 acre property had already been designated as "Lakeside Mixed Use" in 2011.

According to Tedrow, the original 2011 plans for the property included attracting a seaplane

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