The DCA rejected the town's application after stating Groveland officials didn't say why they needed the additional land to grow the city of 3,500 permanent residents to nine square miles from four square miles.
The three parcels the county's smallest community wants to annex are near Cherry Lake and the Green Swamp, both environmentally sensitive areas. The 2,600-acre annexation eventually would house 3,000 single and multifamily residences, at least one golf course and an undetermined amount of office, retail and industrial.
Area brokers and planners tell GlobeSt.com the conceived growth would place the tiny community near the playing field of next-door Clermont, FL, the most vibrant commercial development hub in the county.
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