| dental clinic and specialty physicians. The fitness/wellness center offers a gym with weight training and cardiovascular area, aerobic studio, lap pool, a kids' gym and health educational services.
Celebration may have an old-fashioned feel, but its retail offerings are far from stodgy. More than 20 eateries and specialty merchants exclusive in the Orlando area include Max's Grille, Max's Cafe, Barnie's Coffee & tea, Chambers Jewelers and myriad other cafes, galleries and shops. There's also a town post office, real estate preview center and a Bank.
Taking the town's modern underlinings a step further, plans include some of the most technologically advanced innovations in the nation. Over time, every home and
Even the post office is state-of-the-art.
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apartment will be linked by a fiber-optic network that will carry phone service, television programming and general data. The network ultimately will extend to business, the school, and health campus, allowing for high-speed communication.
Long-term goals include health-care technology; for example, doctors will be able to track a patient's pulse rate or blood pressure via devices connected to the network.
Eventually, the school will connect to students' homes with services such as an on-line school library.All this said, the town's real charm will derive from its sense of community, said Disney's Michael Eisner. Case in point: Celebration's "Welcome Program" will offer everything from Boy Scouts and a Rotary Club to holiday picnics and town festivals.
"The real magic is not in the buildings, physical structures or even in technology," Eisner said. "We are interested in the civic infrastructure, because it is the human element that will make the community great." |
