55 new homes proposed along Apopka’s Golden Gem Road as neighbors question whether area can keep up

APOPKA, Fla. – Construction is already a familiar sight around Apopka’s rapidly developing Kelly Park corridor. New neighborhoods are taking shape, roads are seeing more activity, and longtime residents are watching the landscape change.

Now, another 55 homes could be coming to Golden Gem Road.

A proposed residential development called Saddlebrook Meadows would transform approximately 20 acres at 3585 and 3603 Golden Gem Road into a neighborhood of single-family homes…