BARTOW, Fla. - The city of Bartow will be reviewing a proposed large-scale community that has received some push back from concerned homeowners.

What we know:

If approved, more than 2,000 homes would be built in the over 900-acre community of Emilie Springs, which would be located north of State Road 60 and Peace Creek.

Dave Waronker, owner of CBD Land Investors LLC and the community's developer, says the single-family homes would not be built all at once.

"This is going to be an eight-to-ten-year buildout, so every year you'll see more homes," he said. "Two hundred to three hundred homes, so it's not all coming at once."

The other side:

Homeowners in the area have expressed concerns about traffic, roads and infrastructure.

"They have estimated, I don't know the number, but thou

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