- Tradition, Florida
Tradition, Florida is a master-planned community in
Port St. Lucie, Florida established in 2003. It covers convert|8300|acre|km2 in Florida'sTreasure Coast , with seven residential neighborhoods surrounding a town square, neighborhood parks, lakes and a retail shopping center. It is under development by [http://www.corecommunities.com Core Communities.]Community
Tradition is located on the west edge of Port St. Lucie, at the I-95 and Tradition Parkway interchange (Exit 118) in St. Lucie County. It is near
Florida Atlantic University , Indian River College in St. Lucie West and theFlorida Turnpike . The community has its own shopping center called the Landing at Tradition. Restaurants and shops includeTarget ,Bed Bath & Beyond ,Pier 1 Imports ,Sports Authority ,Old Navy andPetSmart . Tradition Square hosts other stores and the community's Publix Super Market. [ [http://www.traditionfl.com/main.php?section=Community&pageID=The%20Landing Tradition, Port St. Lucie, Florida] ]A monthly community street celebration is held the third Friday of every month in Tradition Square, known as WestFest. WestFest has served as an entertainment venue - bands including
The Beach Boys ,Eddie Money andThe Lovin' Spoonful have performed. [ [http://www.traditionfl.com/Press/Releases/013008.html WestFest Performances] ] Over the last 10 years, the event has drawn approximately 500,000 people and raised more than $100,000 for local charities.The
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies announced plans in 2006 to relocate its headquarters to the convert|150|acre|km2|sing=on [http://www.innovationflorida.com/ Florida Center for Innovation] at Tradition research park. Since then, subsequent moves have been announced by theOregon Health & Science University ’s Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Mann Research Center, which plans a convert|410000|sqft|m2|sing=on campus with research and development, as well as medical office space. A [http://www.mmhs.com Martin Memorial Health Systems] campus is also planned, along with a Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel property. [ [http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/mar/07/30gtdevelopment-leaders-raise-biotech-ante/ Development leaders raise biotech ante for the Treasure Coast] ]Schools
Tradition also is home to a K-8 charter laboratory research school that was built in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University and [http://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us St. Lucie County schools.] The school is open to all St. Lucie County students through a lottery-based system. [ [http://www.tradition.fau.edu/TraditionGBPR.doc Tradition Charter School] ]
Points of Interest
Tradition Field, located on Peacock Boulevard in Port St. Lucie, is the home field for the
New York Mets spring training and the Florida LeagueSt. Lucie Mets in baseball season. [ [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t507 Tradition field] ]Developer
Tradition is under development by [http://www.corecommunities.com Core Communities,] the Port St. Lucie-based real estate development subsidiary of [http://www.woodbridgeholdings.com Woodbridge Holdings Corporation] (NYSE: WDG). Core previously developed the convert|4600|acre|km2|sing=on [http://www.stluciewest.com St. Lucie West] community and is also developing the convert|5300|acre|km2|sing=on [http://www.traditionhh.com Tradition Hilton Head] community in South Carolina. [ [http://www.corecommunities.com/ Core Communities] ]
References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
