The Horizon West master-planned community in west Orange County has been one of Central Florida’s fastest-growing communities, but it’s been hard to quantify that success because there were no entities that tracked progress.

Now, a group of businesses in the area has taken on that challenge, banding together to form the Horizon West Coalition. The coalition kicked off with the launch of a website and 36-page magazine to provide facts and information about the Horizon West area, as well as what’s coming in the future, said a news release.

The community is made up of five “villages” and a town center — where Orlando-based Boyd Development Corp. is building the $1 billion Hamlin mixed-use community. More than 15,000 people live in Horizon West, just a quarter of the projected population and the area has about 25 percent of Central Florida’s new home production, the release said.

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Meanwhile, Boyd Development last month unveiled the first phase of infrastructure at Hamlin, which at buildout is expected to create $100 million in annual economic impact and 8,200 jobs.

by Anjali Fluker, Senior Staff Writer, Orlando Business Journal