WESLEY CHAPEL — George Epperson gazed out at what used to be the family’s ranch land where they raised cattle and grew citrus. Now, it’s poised to become the first Crystal Lagoon in the United States in a development that bears his family’s name.

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"They’ve got a future thought out and it’s certainly not temporary,” said Epperson, 62, who still lives nearby.

"They” is Metro Development Group and Crystal Lagoons U.S. Corp. On Thursday morning, after three years of planning, the two companies celebrated the ground-breaking on a 7.5-acre swimming pool that will be the centerpiece amenity of Metro’s 2,000-home Epperson development at Curley and Overpass roads, just a little north of State Road 54 in Wesley Chapel.

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