Harmony, Florida

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|official_name = Town of Harmony

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code = 34773{{cite web |url=http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&ac=ac&zip=Harmony+FL&Go=Go |title=Harmony FL |publisher=ZIP Code Lookup |accessdate=2008-06-09 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615070505/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&ac=ac&zip=Harmony+FL&Go=Go |url-status=dead }}

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Harmony is an unincorporated master-planned community{{cite web|title=Harmony Energy Star Green Homes|url=http://www.greenecocommunities.com/Florida/Harmony-energy-star-green-homes.html|publisher=Green Eco Communities|access-date=18 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220050613/http://www.greenecocommunities.com/Florida/Harmony-energy-star-green-homes.html|archive-date=20 February 2012|df=}} near St. Cloud, Florida, United States. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

According to 2010 Census data, Harmony is home to more than 1,000 residents.{{cite web |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ |title=2010 Census Interactive Population Map |author=Census.gov |access-date=August 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013222920/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |df= }}

Harmony is a Green-certified community, certified by the Florida Green Building Coalition.{{cite web|url= http://www.floridagreenbuilding.org/index.cfm/go/public.certifiedProject/projectID/10349 |title=Harmony |publisher=Florida Green Building Coalition |accessdate = 2012-08-15}}

Development plans for Harmony were set in motion by 1996. The Harmony Community Development District was established by local ordinance in March 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.harmonycdd.org/about-harmony |title=Harmony CDD |access-date=August 23, 2012 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017182949/http://www.harmonycdd.org/about-harmony |url-status=dead }}

Harmony developed a cooperative relationship with the University of Florida's Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in 2001. Harmony was demonstrating a real-life example of people living and working in the same community. The goal was to show that this could be done in a sustainable way while also minimizing the impact on the local ecology.{{cite web|url=http://www.wec.ufl.edu/faculty/hostetlerm/eco_harmony.html | title=ECO-INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY - HARMONY, FLORIDA |year=2001}}

The Harmony Residential Owners Association (ROA) was created on October 8, 2002.{{cite web|url=http://harmonyflcommons.com/Documents/HROA/01-residential_declaration.pdf | title=Harmony ROA Declaration |date=Oct 10, 2002}} The Harmony ROA is noteworthy among home owners associations in that it established within its founding documents guidelines delineating the peaceful coexistence of humans and wild animals.

Harmony was opened for occupancy in approximately 2003 and ownership was transferred to Starwood Capital Group in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2008-10-26/news/disharmony26_1_harmony-town-square-osceola |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074859/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2008-10-26/news/disharmony26_1_harmony-town-square-osceola |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 | title=Dis-harmony? The Harmony neighborhood - Promises broken? |author=Kumari Kelly |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |date=October 26, 2008 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354190/000119312505091448/dex1036.htm | title=Purchase and Sale Agreement |date=March 22, 2005 }}{{Cite web |last=By |date=2005-05-09 |title=2 huge developments will add thousands of new homes |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2005/05/09/2-huge-developments-will-add-thousands-of-new-homes-2/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Starwood Capital Group Closes Two Funds {{!}} 2005 Total Capital Raised Tops $3 Billion |url=https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4026238.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Hospitality Net |language=en-us}}