Business View Civil & Municipal - May 2023

103 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 5 is the first metro in the state to be a part of the International Dark Sky Alliance. “We championed doing the dark sky compliant lighting because the city knows that growth is coming, and the citizens don’t want to lose their beautiful starlit skies,” says Maslow. Lake County is the fastest-growing county in the country, and as Maslow likes to say, “I like to tell people we are the fastest growing city - in one of the fastest growing counties - in the fastest growing state of the country - at the fastest growing time that we’ve ever seen in the history of this country.” In the last ten years, Groveland has doubled in size from 10,000 to 20,000 residents. Currently, the city is home to 9,000 residential units, with the last four-year average being an addition of 600 new units per year. The city has another 25,000 units that have been entitled. GROVELAND , FLOR IDA With so many potential units, the city is tasked with ensuring that they don’t become a monotonous lump of single-family houses. Rather, management wants to create mixed- use suburbs that allow for walkability, meeting all the elements of good design criteria. Apart from the residential development, commercially, the city is seeing big developments within its limits. The Ford Commerce Park, for one, is the most active industrial hub within the county. On a smaller scale is Hunt Industrial Park, comprising a million square feet of buildings divided into smaller lots of 500 to 3000 square feet. Currently, Hunt Industrial Park is home to 100 independent small businesses, and there is a waiting list of new business owners looking for space. on your first 3 Kroger Delivery orders. SAVE $ 15 That’s a total savings of up to $ 45, with your digital coupon. Try Kroger Delivery today with delivery fees starting as low as $ 6.95. How it works: 1. Add all your favorite grocery items to your cart at Kroger.com 2. Check out and pick a convenient time slot that works for you. 3. A professional driver will deliver your order in a refrigerated truck to keep your produce extra fresh. Scan the QR code to clip your coupon and shop.