I've lived in Clermont since 1993. People used to move to Clermont to escape the traffic and insanity. Now you have to flee Clermont if you want any type of peace or sanity.

Lawd hammercy....traffic is about to get worse...miss the old Clermont...the trees..greenery on the rolling hills is what made it beautiful

Please don’t move here the traffic is already getting worse as it is 😅

I recently moved to Clermont about a year ago and as excited as I am for more wellness and health focused businesses and recreation areas, as well as more places to go downtown, what I love most about Clermont are the hills and the state park-- the last thing anyone here in Clermont wants is to see it turn into nothing but houses and apartments

Clermont is already over crowded! Too many cars, houses, box stores. It USED to be beautiful. Now if is becoming g like los Angeles. Takes FOREVER to get anywhere!

I’ve been in clermont since 99, so I’ve seen it get horribly congested we are now moving to howey in the hills, it’s just way to crowded here and the infrastructure isn’t made for this amount of people. Sad really how it’s gotten

How can they make 50 and 27 more safe and less busy? If all this is on it's way... traffic will be worse than it is now.

Been living in Clermont for years. I'd honestly rather it stay a relatively small town. We don't need it to be another extension of Orlando.

Clermont is closed for business we dont need anymore people living here. You forgot to mention the now almost 30 minute drive just to get to the turnpike from 27.

Lego houses on zero lot lines stacked as thick as possible. We called that progress. Both clermont and Minneola are sell outs. Ruined the area and the states groundwater recharge area for what more taxes and houses. But at least we can be frustrated trying to park to get over priced crappy food near the lake. Yeeeaaah !

Looks great if you don't like trees. It seems Florida allows builders to come in and completely denude the property from trees. Wonder why Florida is getting hotter in the summer? Well when you mow down all the trees what do you expect? And you want to be stacked together like sardines in a community ....it's great if you want to reach out from your side window and shake hands with your neighbor. Not to mention all the HOA garbage you have to contend with. Not attractive to people from North Carolina or others who have generous property and lots of nature including trees. You'd be better off in DeLand.

It's overcrowded! Traffic is getting horrible. If you will work outside of the city, expect 45 min to an hour of commuting. The charm of Clermont is fading, it will be a big overcrowded, overpriced city in no time.

Lived in Orlando for a few years, relocated to Clermont about 3 years ago and I tell people this all the time. So much real estate being built, companies etc Clermont will definitely blow

Was born in Clemont, raised in Montverde and it's so sad that the schools, original hospital, etc is no longer what it was..It was Gem.of the rolling hills now it's HOUSES, HOUSES, HOUSES..such a small town that no longer has that feel..they even tore down our high school,CHS and yes they're rebuilding it and naming it after a wonderful teacher I had in high school (Mrs Cole) however it blows my mind when I go down there which isnt often anymore..we moved more northern Lake Co to the woods..this is sad

Excellent! Thank you for all the info. Presentation A++

I hate how busy the roads are getting. 20 min trips sometimes take an hour now thanks to traffic

We live in the area and we love it here. I am a mobile notary and driving around, seeing the lake and the beauty always takes my breath away.

Uugh I miss home. Thanks for beautiful views Ken!

Relocating from Cleveland, OH there. Excited & looking forward to it🙏🏾🔥💯

Maybe the police can enforce the speed limit on 50…….and 27. Too many aggressive drivers,speeding.

Great update! Thanks Ken!

Well done video! Keep them coming.

Great update on everything going on in Clermont. Btw, I never noticed the hidden Mickey over on the Cemex side of the map. Kinda cool they did that, tbh

Thanks I got to see a drone shot of the house, I just can’t wait to be there already and it’s all thanks to you. You sold my family the dream watching your videos, you the man

Great area to stay away from, so sick of the congestion and overbuilding.

Thanks Ken for the latest updates on Clermont, I have just signed contract for a new home at RidgeView.

Awesome video!! Very well put together too!

by accident, stumbled on to your channel...informative, concise and just well done...really appreciate it...Orange County, CA person here...thanks again

Super helpful, thank you!

This time used to have potential but After experiencing this sudden "Growth" as people call it, it's difficult to live here these days without worrying about having deal with MASS amounts of traffic, oblivious people's blasting past stop signs while riding bikes either as one person or a group who hold up traffic, the rolling hills have turned into rolling houses, the food here is okay at best compared to most other areas surrounding Clermont, the lake is becoming more polluted thanks to these newcomers as well as the shore line areas, there's been much more trash on the road ways, waters and streets. The downtown area is nice but needs to be taken care of better since every time I'm even down there walking my dog I see nothing but trash leftover from people who enjoy themselves and act like they can't pick up after themselves as well. I wish people would stop sharing how great places were without telling others to make sure to take care of the place they are inviting them into. I don't mean to make an argument out of this but it's something we need to stop ignoring. Take care of our town or do not invite more people to ruin it.

If you are considering moving to Clermont I have a suggestion. If you have the means you should rent a vacation home for a couple of weeks while school is in session. then do all of the things you will have to do after moving here especially if you commute to Orlando or Disney. The traffic is horrible and getting worse everyday. The roads in this area do not have the capacity for the traffic. If there is an accident on east 50 or Hartwood Marsh Rd. you maybe sitting for a long time without any alternative routes. Good luck.

Oh wow. That art gallery looking place used to be a library I’d go to as a kid.

Moved to Minneola from MN 2 years ago. The area is fantastic

It's a beautiful area! I've only been to the dance studio downtown Clermont. I've lived here for almost 10 years and it's a bit disappointing at how populated it's getting, which adds traffic. So much land is getting plowed down for houses and more houses that have a very little back yards.

REALTOR here in Minneola/ Clermont area and absolutely LOVE living here and seeing all the future growth! For a sweet treat, check out Twisted Sugar in downtown

I know it’s not just me that hates how big and busy Clermont is getting and seeing all the old orange groves getting ripped out for zero lot line community’s. I could go on and on about it but being born and raised here it’s sad to see all the development

i remember you could drive from winter garden all the way to the highway 27 overpass in clermont without stopping. and all of those car dealerships is just gonna make this place another "car city"

As a MC rider. Nothing like open road. Brings a serene feeling of wellness. And yes, I did the President’s museum. Very friendly staff. Rock the “ole Glory”.

Awesome Video Bro!!!

Everyone has the right to move where they want, however the way they develop property in the state of FL is irresponsible. No income tax..great, but where does FL get a huge chunk of it's money, PROPERTY TAXES. Right now people move from the Northeast or California and think it's great. The cost of living, and more importantly the quality of living all over FL is going to $hit. Let's build as many homes as close as possible to one another with no thought or a distant afterthought to all the infrastructure needed to support all these new homes. Where I live south of here in Winter Haven they are building thousands of homes to roads already over used. No thought to responsibly develop so everyone's quality of life is good, no thought to accessibility or transit to work. It's getting old. We have interstates and roads you can't use most hours of the day, all because of greed. And no thought to keeping any local ecosystem or environment that made Florida what it was. It's sad really. Because once it's gone it's gone forever.

Been there while visiting my folks, its awesome.

I live in cleremont and I loved watching Al these places I love.

Stop walkin round ma neighborhood kuh💥

The traffic is horrible on 50 and 27. The renewal of the older downtown is still ok. But driving is horrible.

Live in Clermont near Lake M. The traffic around here is completely insane. Can’t wait to move away from this.

Nice drone work as always! I live just north of the wellness way area so it's cool to get a bird's eye view of the roads being constructed around me. My favorite place to visit in downtown Clermont is Waterfront Park for the beach, splash pad, and trails along with Clermont Brewing Co and Suncreek Brewery, for the food, drinks, and live music.

clermont is cool until traffic hits. winter garden is way better.

Mr. Ken, after reading the comments below there are 2 types I see. The ones that lived here in Clermont for many years and the ones that just moved here recently. The ones who lived many years are not feeling the good in this expansion & growth (traffic, housing, & infrastructure). And the ones that just recently moved here really like it because it still has a small-town feel compared to where they probably came from. I moved here in '03 from Northern Cali. It was an awesome place. Especially the traffic & the rolling hills. To me it is sad to see it mimicking Winter Garden, Orlando, etc. Someone mentioned houses, house, etc. It's more like Sub-division/HOA, Sub-division/HOA, Sub-division/HOA. Oh! and the very expensive senior living housing. I will give it to Clermont Council members for making downtown way better than it was when I moved here. They kept the small town feel with great restaurants & activities for both young & old. I still live here, but...

So glad we bought in Clermont a couple years ago.

Im going to move out of Clermont love it here but unfortunately its getting over crowded traffic is ridiculous its gonna get over populated yall just wait n see

Yeah Clermont is changing fast! It's going to boom for sure and then down 27 we think Haines City is going to blow up with commercial.....the opportunity is there. Tons of new houses with little stores and restaurants being added. Sunrail to Haines City will add to that if they ever add it. Have a great week Ken, love your channel since day 1.

I've lived in Clermont over 30yrs. Yes the downtown is getting nicely fixed up BUT..... the traffic here is ridiculous. There are not enough grocery store, school and the roads can't handle the amount of cars that now travel on them. The town is over crowded and keeps growing. 10min drives have turned into 30min. There is an accident almost daily. Clermont is a nice place to visit but I'd think really hard and do more research before moving here.

Thanks for the great info as always. What's the estimated completion date for the US-27 to 429 connector?

Can’t wait for all of this! We moved to Clermont last year and have been loving it so far!

Sounds so awesome I just hope they use wellness way more efficiently then 1 home per acre it should be like horizon west 2 homes per acre

I used to live there. It’s amazing

The video we’ve all been waiting for lol

Thank you! Can we find out when those companies you mentioned like TSLA, and Costco..?

Great place to live. I was born and raised here on all the lakes just about. Only thing is it’s grown so much and is still growing. That it’s so expensive to live here. People think cause there’s so much water it should be expensive. Just crazy living here nowadays.

Back in the late 90's I used to train there for triathlons, and did triathlons or spotted for pro's.

This is REALLY exciting!! Still trying to get the mrs fully onboard with moving to Clermont from out of state. Your associate, Joseph has been absolutely amazing through this process! Keep up the good work and informative well made videos!

Ken, we picked Clermont.. because of you! We weren't even considering this area! But I'm so so so glad we did, thanks to you and your team we are in our second year in Serenoa and we love it here.

Never thought I would see a KZfaq video about clermont 😭

Looking great

Been there. Love the ridge part of fla

Thanks for Clermont video, Cheesers breakfast 👍🏼

Crooked Can is building a huge headquarters and event space in the Clermont/Minneola Hills area

This place is over priced for no reason…. Our downtown is mediocre at best🤔 The traffic is terrible. Everyone goes to winter gardens downtown anyways for fun.

The traffic is already horrible Yes, more constructions less streets

How I wish it stayed the way it was......

Makes me sick to see all the subdivisions, pollution, overpopulation turning into Orlando. The Beauty is gone 😔

They need to extend western way.Alavon road backs up for several miles down to 192 just to go up to clearmont

Is going to? I can't even afford a place in Clermont anymore. Unless you want to live in a dump everything is well over 400k

Just moved here a year ago. Saw this, time to move. Doing what they did to the Miami area. So sad....Roads are already too busy. Where does the wild life go???

Seems like the Villages are migrating towards Clermont as well.

Another great video ken! Im moving to clermont at the end of this year and have loved watching your videos and lives to get excited about the move. two questions... 1. Do you know when the connector roads will be finished? and 2. A while ago on a live you said that there was going to be a new mental health facility being built in downtown clermont and was wondering if you know what the name of it is or who is building it? I have a degree in psychology and am going to start looking for jobs during the summer. Thanks!

WAY TOO CROWDED ....The new pine hills in a few years

Just saying I've recently become Homeless and have lived in Clermont for 6 months or so I was know as the Drone guy because I FLY Drones wish I could still fly I'm FAA licensed pilot I build program fly crash and repeat I'm a freestyle pilot with 5 year of experience I taught myself how to fly I've had job offer to fly but had to turn them down because of my situation I'm trying to get back on my feet so that said Clermont is a great place to live meny homeless come through here but they tend to leave very fast I'm just looking to better my life and get off the streets I came from mascotte and I have to say the people in Clermont are so much nicer people then other places around I just happened to come across your video nice video I was creating videos until I became Homeless and I intend to get back to it as soon as I possibly can thanks for sharing your videos have a beautiful day

We're thinking about moving into one of the new construction developments, but comments about the traffic issues are a concern. The video mentions connector roads that are being built. Anyone have an informed opinion on whether that will actually help or not?

Do you know if Bezar homes and GT homes r still coming to 27 next to RidgeView?

Ken, do you help with renting a house? We are looking into moving into Mt Dora area but we would like to rent out the 1st year. If yes, what is the % your realtor takes for helping to find a house to rent?

as someone in clermont, yeah, we know, all of our shit has been replaced with houses, someone needs to live in em

He said affordable that was a year or two ago. Yet I bought here and it the best city I been in and don't plan on moving... yes they building up on US27... I am still learning more about my city.

Another highly-informative video! You understand that videos don't need to ramble on for 30 minutes to be very helpful and well-made.

do you have done a video of all the new plans for Minneola release by the mayor?

I live here now, been in lake county since 07 and this is just too much traffic. Homes are way overpriced. Beautiful city but outrageously overcrowded.

Downtown Clermont needs some help with regards to being a destination.We've driven there a few times to dine and they literally roll up the sidewalks around 7 PM.The Montrose Market is interesting but the last time we went there half the smaller stores were void of clients.Most had no one cooking anything. We went for a walk at 8PM on Friday night and nothing was open. Sadly they suffer from a typical small town dilema. Major shops and restaurants a few miles east along highway 27.Huge box stores the same. The downtown is nothing like neighboring downtown Winter Garden where on any given night there's plenty of entertainment and restaurants.Come Saturday morning and WG is hopping while virtually no one to be found in downtown Clermont. I expect that all the new connector roads will lure away most locals to Disney and Universal while Cl;ermont will remain a name on the map.Clermont locals need to do more then pave the old streets.They need to lure people to live and spend downtown.

Funny, i always thought about this place being lame and low end, maybe it will change but there are so many nicer places in Florida. One good think though is the fact that it has one of the highest elevation in the state, might become an island resort some day😊!

The traffic is already bad lol but yes my Clermont community is very beautiful

There is literally no more room here lol

It's an alright place but I really don't like how there is all this opportunity with the brand new construction and developers are going with the typical car centric style, with maybe small townish areas. Clermont is a pretty area, with the soft hills and ponds. If they are going to develop the area more and more they should consider the nature and stop sprawling so much.

I lived there for 12 years. Left 5 years ago. I loved it but it grew fast.. Its an absolute zoo there now. That city wasn't designed to accommodate the amount of people now there. The booming downtown is nice. But really, that town doesn't need any more reasons to attract people.

No… go to Tampa or Orlando

I waterski at swiss for a week twice a year. Would love to retire there but I hear florida home owners insurance is crazy expensive.

I love Clearwater FL

Great vlog on Clermont! Exciting to see the planned growth and the connectors being built. Exciting stuff!

We bought in Sawgrass Bay last year. How much do you think the value of homes will go up with the connector road to Disney in sawgrass and Olympus?

I live here in Clermont and it's nice to see it getting proper coverage with everything I see prevalent. Love what you do man and love to always see you keeping it fresh!

F that homes 10 feet apart that’s insane

I hear the Winter Garden area of Orlando is also becoming very popular. That true?