Haile Plantation, Florida

Not to be confused with Haile, Florida.
Haile Plantation, FL
Unincorporated Community
Haile Village Center, 2010
Haile Village Center, 2010
Map
Coordinates: 29°36′32.20″N 82°26′46.68″W / 29.6089444°N 82.4463000°W / 29.6089444; -82.4463000
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyAlachua
Area
 • Total1,700 acres (700 ha)
Elevation
85 ft (26 m)
Zip Code
32608
Area code352
Websitehttp://www.haileplantation-assoc.com/default.php http://www.hailewest.org/

Haile Plantation, an unincorporated community and New Urbanist planned development, is a 2,600-household, 1,700-acre (690 ha) development of regional impact southwest of the city of Gainesville, within Alachua County, Florida, United States.[1][2][3]

Community

While the Village Center provides the life of the community, most residents reside within easy walking distance in one of two associations: Haile Plantation Homeowners' Association and Haile Plantation West Homeowners' Association.

Haile Village Center is the neighborhood center within the development. Residents and businesses in Haile Plantation use Gainesville for mailing addresses.

Haile Plantation also includes Publix Market Square, with multiple businesses centering on the Publix supermarket, including a UF Health clinic.

History

New construction of the planned development at Haile Plantation started in the late 1970s.

Naming controversy

The development's namesake is Thomas Evans Haile, a Sea Island Cotton South Carolina planter who developed a plantation here in 1854. Enslaved African-American people lived on and worked the land. The Haile family ancestors include some who served in the American Revolutionary War. The Historic Haile Homestead, known as Kanapaha, still stands. It was featured in the 1979 movie Gal Young 'Un, based on a Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings story.[4][5]

On August 1, 2020, CNN published an opinion piece regarding the controversy of the Haile Planation name. The Haile Plantation West Home Owners Association formed an exploratory committee to evaluate the removal of the word "Plantation" from the name of the community.[6][7][8] On October 26, 2020, the board of the Haile Plantation West Home Owners Association voted to keep the word "Plantation" in the name of the community.[9]

References

  1. ^ Beth Dunlop (December 9, 2001). "In Florida, a New Emphasis on Design". New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. ^ Karl Besel, Viviana Andreescu (July 19, 2013). Back to the Future: New Urbanism and the Rise of Neotraditionalism in Urban. University Press of America. pp. 77–79.
  3. ^ Kohn, Margaret (July 19, 2004), "Brave New Neighborhoods", Taylor & Francis, pp. 97–116, doi:10.4324/9780203495117-12, ISBN 978-0-203-49511-7, retrieved January 29, 2021 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ State of Florida. "Historic Haile Homestead". State of Florida. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  5. ^ "History". Haile Homestead. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Alpert, Yelena Moroz (August 2020). "What my Nextdoor neighbors don't get about the word 'plantation'". CNN. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  7. ^ Swirko, Cindy. "Haile Plantation residents debate name change". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Brianda Villegas (June 18, 2020). "Residents call for Haile Plantation name change". WCJB. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  9. ^ "Haile Plantation West Survey Results Email Archive". Mailchimp. Leland Management. Retrieved January 12, 2021.