Tree-top ‘glamping’ business pitched near Lake Jesup in Seminole County

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A local businessperson is proposing a unique new outdoors-focused concept within the Central Florida county known as “Florida’s natural choice.”

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The July 10 meeting of Seminole County’s Development Review Committee includes an agenda item for “Glamping Haven” — a “sustainable and luxurious outdoor retreat” that would rise on nearly 20 acres off the north shore of Lake Jesup near Sanford, according to a memorandum submitted by the applicant.

The project riffs on the idea of glamping, short for glamorous camping, and would include 25 camp sites “among the trees” — the elevated design necessary to mitigate impact to the wetlands on the property and fit with the project’s focus on preservation and education.

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