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The Compound, also known as Street Patterns or The Grid, is an area in southwestern Palm Bay

Palm Bay, Florida

Palm Bay is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population as 100,786 on 1 July 2008; it is the most populous city in the county...

, Florida, similar to Flagler Estates

Flagler Estates, Florida

Flagler Estates is an unincorporated community in Flagler and St. Johns counties in the U.S. state of Florida. The Flagler County portion of Flagler Estates is part of the Palm Coast Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the St...

. It is largely undeveloped area of some 200 miles (321.9 km) of paved road. General Development Corporation

General Development Corporation

General Development Corporation, also known as GDC, was the largest land development company in Florida. Founded in 1954 by brothers Elliot, Robert, and Frank Mackle Jr., and based in Miami, Florida, GDC established several "NEW" communities in the 1950s & 1960s, and promoted inexpensive Florida...

began development of the area in the 1980s, but went bankrupt in 1991: afterwards, few residents ever moved in, and the streets fell into serious disrepair by the early-2000s.

Affected streets

Bombardier Boulevard: Now home to a facility for Bombardier Recreational Products
Bombardier Recreational Products
Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian company that traces its roots back to the year 1942 when Joseph-Armand Bombardier founded L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec.In 2003, Bombardier Inc...

, after which the road was renamed.
Gamrott Street
Olsen Street
Gatsin Street
Hammonton Street
Hanford Road
Gamewell Road
Gaspar Street
Heritage Street
Osmosis Drive: Paved as of late 2009, formally known as Emerson Drive.
Olean Street
Olsmar Street: Paved as of late 2009.
Galicia Street
Lachine Street
Ocarina Street
Friendly Street
Fitchburg Street: Paved as of late 2009.
Garder Road
Olin Road
Felton Street
Fredrick Street
Frazer Street
Labra Road
Haines Road
Franzing Road
La Fleur Street
Faulkner Street
St. Andre Boulevard: a proposed intersection of the Palm Bay Parkway will utilize it.

Geography

The Compound is located at 27°56′08"N 80°42′11"W. The area of The Compound is 12.2 square miles (31.6 km²). To the west is the St. Johns River

St. Johns River

The St. Johns River is the longest river in the U.S. state of Florida and its most significant for commercial and recreational use. At long, it winds through or borders twelve counties, three of which are the state's largest. The drop in elevation from the headwaters to the mouth is less than ;...

and Three Forks Marsh, To the southeast is Deer Run, To the east is Bayside Lakes, and to the north is Palm Bay Regional Park. The average

Average

In mathematics, an average, or central tendency of a data set is a measure of the "middle" value of the data set. Average is one form of central tendency. Not all central tendencies should be considered definitions of average....

elevation

Elevation

The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....

is 10 feet (3 m) above sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

.
Most areas have not since been repaved.

Paintball

A section of Palm Bay is also home to the first city-run paintball park known as Hurricane Paintball Park. Discharge of a paintball gun is illegal within the city of Palm Bay, except at a municipal paintball field. In response to complaints of illegal paintball games within the compound, the Palm Bay City Council ordered the Palm Bay Department of Parks and Recreation to develop a city paintball park as a safe, legal and affordable place to play paintball within the city.

Initially constructed with city funds, materials donated by local businesses and volunteer labor provided local paintball players, the park has suffered several closures due to management issues, allegations of wrong-doing by contractors and budget issues.

Although still used for paintball and listed as a city park, Hurricane Paintball is no longer a city-run paintball park. Hurricane Paintball is now a section of city-owned land leased to a commercial paintball field operator that runs additional locations in Port St. Lucie and Fort Pierce, Invincibles Paintball http://invinciblespaintball.com/. The cost for members of the community to use the park is comparable to that of other commercial paintball fields in the area.

Affected streets

Geography

Paintball

See also