East Orlando is Growing

Schools, shopping outweigh bad traffic

Jack SnyderSentinel Staff WriterJanuary 1, 2006 Orlando Sentinel

East Orange County is peppered with rapidly growing communities such as Waterford Lakes and Stoneybrook. And Ivy Moore has sampled many of them.

Since she and her family moved to the area five years ago from San Diego, they have owned homes in Avalon Park, Waterford Lakes and, most recently, Lake Nona, moving into a nicer house each time.

Moore has seen housing prices soar -- 67 percent in the past two years -- as ever-increasing numbers of people are drawn to the area. Click on link for full story.