If you’ve lived here for very long, chances are that you’ve heard of The St. Joe Company. St. Joe has been a major landholder in this part of Florida dating back to the 1940s, and its corporate headquarters is located in Bay County. With more than 900 employees living in Bay and Walton counties, there’s a good chance that you know someone who works for The St. Joe Company.
Maybe you’ve heard of the company’s 50-year sector plan, which was formulated with input received at nearly 20 public meetings, workshops and open houses, with the aim of creating a long-term cohesive planning framework on 110,00 acres. The result? At a minimum 53,000 acres, or nearly half of St. Joe’s landholdings in the 50-year plan, have been set aside for preservation or conservation, including the West Bay Preservation Area to protect West Bay and its tributaries for all future generations.
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