RENEE MONTAGNE, host: On Fridays, our business report focuses on money.  Today what you can buy      in one Florida county.  Property values are soaring in the Sunshine State      and that has developers racing to build more homes.  NPR's Scott Horsley      reports on what the Census Bureau called the nation's fastest-growing      county.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: SCOTT HORSLEY reporting:</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: The first thing you see when you visit the Flagler County, Florida, Web      site is a guide to avoiding shark attacks.  That's followed by a news      release on the arrival of a mosquito-borne illness.  But neither sharks      nor bloodsucking insects have stopped families from flocking to the      coastal county, between Daytona Beach and St.  Augustine.  From mid-2003      to 2004, Flagler County added homes at a 14 percent clip, nearly 10 times      the pace of the rest of the country.  County spokesman Carl Laundrie says      there have been some growing pains in the area, which was originally      planned as a retirement community.</s>Mr. CARL LAUNDRIE (Flagler County Spokesman): What happened was Grandma      and Grandpa came here and then pretty soon the sons and daughters came      with their family and schools are faced with building pretty much a      school a year for the next 10 years to keep up with the growth.</s>HORSLEY: Laundrie says there is enough land for the new arrivals.  The      trick is providing water and not outrunning residents' tolerance for      growth.</s>Mr. CARL LAUNDRIE (Flagler County Spokesman): They always say that the Florida environmentalist is the      guy who bought his condominium last year.  Once people are here, they      like to keep the area as pristine as it was when they got here.  And      that's been the challenge.</s>HORSLEY: According to the Census Bureau, Florida as a whole added some      200,000 housing units during the year, more than any other state.</s>HORSLEY: Scott Horsley, NPR News.
The Census Bureau calls Flagler County, Fla., the nation's fastest-growing county. From mid-2003 to 2004, Flagler County added homes at a 14-percent clip. That's nearly 10 times the pace of the rest of the country.