About the Lake Mary, FL Area
I serve the Seminole County, FL areas, to include Lake Mary, Longwood, Sanford, Oviedo, Winter Springs, Casselberry, and Altamonte Springs.
Lake Mary
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Beautiful Lake Mary, CNN/Money Magazine continues to rank Lake Mary as the #1 small town in Florida in which to live. Why? Despite many challenges related to the economy to include a declining real estate market, Lake Mary has never lost its focus of promoting a sense of community where people can live, work and play in a safe and friendly environment...that's part of the reason Lake Mary is still one of the fastest growing areas in Central Florida. Located approximately 18 miles north of Orlando just off Interstate 4, the City continues to be a choice location for high tech businesses, many of which spend considerable time and money searching for the right place. Among other things Lake Mary is known for its well planned residential communities, excellent schools, prominent businesses including outstanding restaurants, and a variety of shopping opportunities.
The crime rate in Lake Mary is one of the lowest in Florida thanks to our pro-active, community based Police Department. The Parks and Recreation facilities are not only beautifully maintained, but offer something for everyone. The bottom line is that Lake Mary has all the conveniences of Orlando without the traffic!
Sanford
bricklined streets, towering oaks, elegant store-fronts and large,
nineteenth-century Victorian homes. The downtown, features antique shops, restaurants and art galleries. Picturesque First Street, the center of downtown Sanford, is a
vibrant, enticing destination. Events, such as the Saturday morning Farmers
Market and jazz concerts in Magnolia Square; theatrical productions at the newly
renovated Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center; and the monthly Alive After 5
street parties attract visitors from all over Central Florida. Sanford sits on
the south shore of Lake Monroe, providing a waterfront backdrop for walking,
jogging or just enjoying the natural beauty. RiverWalk, with its gazebos and
swinging benches, has 1.2 miles of pedestrian walking paths. Along the way, you
can visit Veterans Memorial Park, Marina Island, Ft. Mellon Park, the Sanford
Museum or have lunch at one of the lakeside restaurants. Booming retail activity just west of downtown includes one of the largest malls in Central Florida, The Seminole Towne Center, as well as numerous retail enclaves surrounding it. One of the area's largest congregation of auto and motorcycle dealers is located in this vicinity, as well.
Restaurants, movie theatres, bookstores and other service facilities are
readily available "close to home." And the marinas at the Port of Sanford, at
the Osteen Bridge and in Downtown offer boaters of every level ready access to
Lake Monroe and the beautiful St. Johns River.
Winter Springs
economic downturn and declining property values, this town 15 miles north of
Orlando is one of the luckier ones. It hasn’t cut most town services and hasn’t
raised property taxes. Tech is big in the area: major employers include Siemens,
Lockheed Martin, and the University of Central Florida. Winter Springs doesn’t
have a very cohesive community yet, but the city is trying to fix that with a
town center combining apartments with offices, restaurants, and a park.
Oviedo
Early settlers to the area relished the fertile land. They grew crops of celery and citrus and traveled to Orlando and Sanford to sell their produce. Today we pronounce Oviedo differently, O-vee-dough, but the City’s link to Oviedo, Spain still exists. The two cities established an informal sister city relationship that promises to be mutually beneficial to both communities.
Oviedo in 2012 only vaguely resembles the Oviedo of 1925. Citrus and celery are no longer produced here in large quantities, but are still found in many backyard gardens.
Altamonte Springs
Casselberry
sparsely populated agricultural town to a bustling, dynamic City which has
maintained an enviable growth rate in both residential and commercial areas.
Offering a rich quality of life supported by excellent City services, tranquil
residential surroundings, and a continually expanding business market,
Casselberry is an exciting and thriving community in which to live, work and
play.
Longwood
tribes used The Senator, an ancient bald cypress, to find their way over land from the St. Johns River to trading grounds at Spring Hammock. This was the wilderness sanctuary
early tribes found when they escaped inland from the Spanish. Later, when Creeks
and others from the tribes of the Southeast United States fled into Spanish
Florida and settled new villages among escaped African slaves, they became the
Seminoles. The word "Seminole" is adopted from Spanish and Creek terms for
people who live away from others. The Senator, at more than 3000 years old, is
easily Central Florida’s oldest tourist attraction and can still be seen today
at Big Tree Park in Seminole County’s Spring Hammock Preser. Longwood is a city in Seminole County, Florida, USA. The population was 13,745 at the 2000 census. In 2006, the population was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to be 13,491. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.ve near Longwood.