Celebration’s Villages, Explained: From the 1996 Originals to Island Village

November 15, 2026 Rachel Donnelly

Celebration was built village by village from 1996: the originals, North, South and East Villages, Aquila Reserve, Artisan Park, Spring Lake and Island Village.

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Celebration was not built all at once. It was built village by village, in phases, over three decades, and the village name on an address still tells a resident a good deal: roughly when the homes were built, which phase of the master plan they belong to and, in some cases, which amenity centre serves them. This guide works through the villages in the order the documented record supports, stating only what the official and reference sources fetched for this article support for each one. Where the record is thin, the entry is short. That is deliberate.

The phases sit inside the governing structure explained in our CDD explainer and our CROA and Town Hall explainer. Village amenities, pools and parks in this guide are taken from Town Hall’s official welcome packet, which lists them village by village. The full desk index is on the Celebration news hub and the Celebration area portal.

The first phase, summer 1996: Celebration Village, West Village and Lake Evalyn

The first phase of residential development took place in the summer of 1996 and comprised Celebration Village, West Village and Lake Evalyn. The welcome packet puts the first phase at approximately 500 home sites, including 76 townhomes, and nearly 700 condominiums. The reference record describes the main village, closest to downtown, as the place where the first homes were constructed.

Celebration Village is the original village at the centre of the town, closest to the Town Center. The packet lists its amenity address as 631 Sycamore Street, also the Resident Services location at Lakeside Park: a 126,780-gallon, 25-metre geothermal salt pool, a wading pool, an event stage with a great lawn, picnic pavilions, a lighted basketball court, five lighted tennis courts, pétanque courts and playgrounds.

West Village holds Town Hall itself. The packet lists West Village at 851 Celebration Avenue: Town Hall and the CROA Town Hall staff offices, 3,500 square feet of meeting space, a 2,000 square foot activity room, a catering kitchen, two conference rooms and a reception hall.

Lake Evalyn is treated in the reference record as its own area of Celebration but not quite its own village. It includes a small lake noted for ducks, alligators and the occasional river otter. It appears in Town Hall’s own schedules as part of the first-phase geography, in the same trash and irrigation groupings as Celebration Village, West Village and North Village.

North Village

North Village was the second phase of residential development, with more than 300 home sites and 300 condominiums, according to the welcome packet. The reference record places North Village closest to US-192 and states that it houses the Georgetown Condominiums as well as Acadia Estate Homes. Celebration Avenue passes North Village on its route from US-192 through the town, and the northern section of Celebration Boulevard, near the Celebration water tower, runs past the Georgetown Condominiums, the community pool and soccer fields.

The packet lists the North Village amenity at 215A Celebration Boulevard: a 64,000-gallon pool, a sun deck, an 1,800 square foot pavilion, playgrounds, two sand volleyball courts and three Bermuda practice fields.

South Village

South Village followed, with over 600 home sites and townhomes and nearly 500 condominiums, according to the welcome packet, making it one of the largest of the original phases by home count. The reference record states that South Village houses the Spring Park Loop estate homes and Heritage Hall, and that the Siena Condominiums complete the outer edge of South Village by Celebration Boulevard.

The packet lists South Village at 951 Spring Park Street, centred on Heritage Hall: a 1,600 square foot meeting hall, a pool facility with a 107,300-gallon, 25-metre geothermal salt pool and wading pool, a sun deck, a Bermuda event lawn and sports field, playgrounds and walking trails.

East Village and Aquila Reserve

East Village and Aquila Reserve formed the fourth phase, with a combined 500 homes and townhomes and 70 condominiums, according to the welcome packet. The reference record states that East Village includes Roseville Corner and Aquila Loop. Town Hall’s packet lists Roseville Corner separately at 1255 Celebration Avenue, as the Memorial Garden, a quiet memorial park sponsored by the Celebration Foundation.

The packet lists the East Village amenity at 820 Oak Shadows Road: a 47,000-gallon lounge pool, a sun deck, a playground, a Bermuda event lawn and field and a pavilion. Aquila Reserve appears in the town’s operational geography in the second irrigation zone and the Tuesday and Friday trash group. Beyond its phase position and those listings, the fetched sources say little about Aquila Reserve’s individual character, so this guide says no more than that.

Artisan Park

Artisan Park is described in the welcome packet as a 160-acre village built by the St. Joe Company, containing more than 600 homes and condominiums, and as the final phase in the original sequence after East Village and Aquila Reserve. The reference record places Artisan Park at the end of Celebration Avenue, which terminates in a traffic circle there, and states that it houses condominiums, townhomes and single-family residences, as well as a clubhouse with a pool, gym and restaurant.

The packet lists Artisan Park at 1421 Craftsman Avenue West, with a large amphitheatre and stage, a bocce ball court and a large Bermuda activity lawn, and lists the Artisan Park Clubhouse separately as a service-area, residents-only facility with a fitness centre, pavilion, pool, summer kitchen, restaurant and bar. The service-area designation matters: Artisan Park’s club sits inside CROA’s service-area structure rather than the general amenity list, a distinction Town Hall’s own table draws.

Spring Lake and the Celebration Boulevard additions

The welcome packet records that the addition of residences at Spring Lake, with its amenity centre, enabled the community to grow while keeping its small-town feel, and that Emerson and Astoria, along Celebration Boulevard, provide a further residential option. The packet lists Spring Lake at 1581 Castile Street: a 48,000-gallon resort-style pool, a sun deck, a picnic pavilion, a fitness centre and playgrounds.

Island Village, the newest village

Island Village is Celebration’s newest village, built by Mattamy Homes, and it is treated at length in our Island Village guide. In the official sources fetched for this article, Island Village appears as a full village in Town Hall’s amenity and operational listings rather than as a marketing phase. The welcome packet lists Island Village at 1831 Island Village Way: a 77,200-gallon zero-entry pool, a large sun deck with a shade pergola, a fitness centre with an app-enabled indoor fitness station and a resort-style clubhouse with a screened-in lanai. The packet also lists Island Village Elementary School among the town’s schools, with its own telephone listing separate from Celebration K-8 and Celebration High School.

Operationally, Island Village sits in the third irrigation zone with Artisan Park and in the Tuesday and Friday trash group. Those listings show a village that is no longer a plan: it has an amenity centre, a school, a fitness centre and a place in the town’s weekly service rounds.

How the villages fit together

Read in sequence, the villages are the town’s building history in order: the 1996 originals around the Town Center, then North Village towards US-192, South Village, East Village with Aquila Reserve, Artisan Park at the end of Celebration Avenue, the Spring Lake and Celebration Boulevard additions, and Island Village as the newest village. The trash, irrigation and amenity tables in Town Hall’s packet still organise the town by those village names, which is why the names remain working geography rather than marketing labels.

Two cautions close the guide. Village boundaries in marketing material do not always match Town Hall’s operational listings or the CDD’s assessment schedules, which are organised by village and product type. And the fetched sources do not support a separate entry for every name in circulation, including Mirasol, described in the reference record as condominiums with concierge service and a day spa, not as a standalone village in the phase sequence. Where a name could not be placed from the fetched record, it has been left as a mention rather than promoted to a village. Our guide to Celebration’s trails, lakes and parks covers the spaces between the villages, and earlier coverage is in the Celebration News archive.

Sources & notes: Wikipedia, Celebration, Florida, Villages and History sections, for the phase sequence (first phase summer 1996: Celebration Village, West Village and Lake Evalyn; then North Village, South Village, East Village and Aquila Reserve; final Artisan Park phases), North Village’s position near US-192 with Georgetown Condominiums and Acadia Estate Homes, East Village including Roseville Corner and Aquila Loop, South Village’s Spring Park Loop and Heritage Hall, Lake Evalyn’s status and Artisan Park’s position and housing mix; Celebration Town Hall official welcome packet for phase home and condominium counts, Artisan Park as a 160-acre village built by the St. Joe Company, and every village amenity address, pool size and facility listed, plus trash and irrigation groupings and the Spring Lake, Emerson and Astoria additions. Island Village’s builder, Mattamy Homes, and its status as the newest village are stated as given in the desk brief and developer-of-record materials; the packet fetched this run confirms Island Village’s amenity centre, fitness centre and school listings but does not name the builder. Read November 15, 2026.

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