A Legacy of Water, Land & Opportunity: Own a Piece of St. David Springs In 2002, a vision took root just south of the quiet farming town of St. David, Arizona — where the Dragoon and Whetstone mountains meet, and an ancient underground lake slumbers beneath the surface. That vision? To create a farm-life community rooted in Arizona’s earliest pioneer spirit. This land — first discovered by scouts sent by Brigham Young in the 1850s — teemed with possibility. Artesian wells naturally drew water hundreds of feet to the surface, sustaining early settlements and promising a future of abundance. Many of today’s St. David Springs residents are descendants of those first settlers.
Between 2002 and 2020, 40 neglected farmsteads were purchased and restored, each one cleared of 150 years of farming debris, returning the land to its original purity. Today, 850 acres stand revived — with 35 documented and registered wells, registered surface water rights, three new deep artesian wells, and a certified 100-year water supply. The land is ready. A Lifestyle Block community was planned to consist of large Lifestyle Farm Blocks of 4 acres, one acre lots and clusters of many lots to one acre. But a shift in the wind changed the course of development. Arizona's Department of Transportation, ADOT, made dense building impractical. ADOT suddenly required the developer to invest $5 Million in Highway improvement to build three left turn lanes and two deceleration lanes. Rather than
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