{"id":698,"date":"2018-10-26T02:16:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T02:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrodevelopmentgroup.com\/epperson\/pasco-county-lauded-for-creating-americas-1st-connected-city\/"},"modified":"2018-10-26T02:16:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T02:16:04","slug":"pasco-county-lauded-for-creating-americas-1st-connected-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrodevelopmentgroup.com\/epperson\/pasco-county-lauded-for-creating-americas-1st-connected-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasco County Lauded For Creating America\u2019s 1st Connected City"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the third time this year, Pasco County is being honored for the part it played in creating America\u2019s first \u201cConnected City.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For the third time this year,\u00a0Pasco County Development Services<\/a>\u00a0is being honored for the part it played in creating America\u2019s first \u201cConnected City\u201d to Wesley Chapel from the ground up, the Lutz Patch reports.<\/u><\/p>\n

Pasco County received the 2018 Best Practices Award from the\u00a0American Planning Association Florida Chapter<\/a>\u00a0for creating a unique, forward-thinking development plan that encourages companies with higher paying jobs to call Pasco County home.<\/p>\n

The article defines a\u00a0Connected City<\/a>\u00a0as a futuristic community designed around a super-fast communications system with 1 gigabit of WiFi speed. It integrates solar energy and other renewable resources as well as creates amenities including 1,625 acres of active and passive parks, extensive bike paths and trail systems and the country\u2019s first Metro Lagoon by Crystal Lagoons\u00ae amenity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is America\u2019s first Smart Community that will have roads ready for driver-less vehicles, multi-modal transportation options, and credits for incorporating new gigabit technologies and solar power into the community,\u201d Ernest Monaco, Pasco County long-range planning manager, told the Lutz Patch.<\/p>\n

Metro Development Group oversees the creation of Pasco\u2019s Connected City. It will encompass five approved major planned developments in the Wesley Chapel area, totaling 7,841 acres.<\/p>\n

Currently under construction, two of Metro Development Group\u2019s communities,\u00a0Epperson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Mirada<\/a>, will be the first in the Connected City.<\/p>\n

To read the full article and to learn more about the awards Pasco County\u2019s Connected City has received, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the third time this year, Pasco County is being honored for the part it played in creating America\u2019s first \u201cConnected City.\u201d For the third time this year,\u00a0Pasco County Development Services\u00a0is being honored for the part it played in creating America\u2019s first \u201cConnected City\u201d to Wesley Chapel from the ground up, the Lutz Patch reports. 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