Twenty-five years ago Carrollwood Village was just a gleam in Matt Jetton’s eye. A gleam, and a dream and a set of plans on paper.

Today Matt Jetton’s eyes still gleam as he talks about his community that he conceived.

Carrollwood Village was unique in that it was one of the first building projects in Hillsborough County to involved study and planning by such experts as traffic engineers, school planners, and environmentalists, to determine its regional impact upon the community. When traffic engineers said, “Of course, you’ll need a traffic light here, and here, and here,” Jetton thought, “Here? In the middle of nowhere?” But he chuckles and admits that the traffic lights today are just where the engineers said they’d be someday.

One of Tampa's most popular communities, Carrollwood is situated in an exclusive region around beautiful Lake Carroll and further to its east and west. Carrollwood was the first major development to be built in the northern part of Tampa. Because of its age, Carrollwood enjoys mature landscaping, sidewalks, a strong sense of neighborhood and within certain communities access to the Lake Carroll boating and beach facility.