Lakewood Ranch is an 8,500 acre master-planned community located on the Sarasota/Manatee county line that, as a resident of Greenbrook, I call home.  Set on the 31,000 acre Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, the community is comprised of seven residential villages divided into neighborhoods, with home prices ranging from the mid-200s to the multi-millions and six condominium communities with prices ranging from mid-100s to the 500s.  Since sales began in 1995, more than 6,000 homes have been sold.  Fifty percent of the land at Lakewood Ranch has been set aside for recreation and open space, including lakes, preserves, and nature and activity parks.  For the sports enthusiast there is a private golf and country club, at Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, with two championship Palmer-designed golf courses; a public golf course at Legacy Golf Club; cricket at the Sarasota International Cricket Club and world class polo at the Sarasota Polo Club.  Your shopping and dining pleasures can be satisfied at the many venues around the Ranch such as; Main Street with shopping, restaurants, and movie theater, Town Centers strategically placed around the ranch to provide neighborhood shopping and restaurants, there are hotels; state-of-the-art athletic center; three commercial employment centers, which are attracting many high-tech companies and corporate headquarters and Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, a 120-bed hospital and state of the art medical facility.  Lakewood Ranch is also home to LeCom, a leading College of Osteopathic Medicine, Keiser University, Manatee Community College Lakewood Ranch Campus and Manatee Technical Institute.   All are connected by over 100 miles of sidewalks and trails. To date, Lakewood Ranch is the largest master-planned community in the state to earn the “Green Development” designation from the Florida Green Building Coalition. The certification indicates that approximately 9,700 acres of future development will meet “green” standards.