Oviedo’s decade-long vision of creating a vibrant town center — where residents can live, shop, dine or just spread a blanket on the grass to watch a concert — will soon take a major step forward when construction begins on Center Lake Park in the coming weeks.
Tucked just north of East Mitchell Hammock Road, the 5-acre park will feature an amphitheater, dog park, a veterans memorial and paddle boats decorated to look like Oviedo’s famous chickens.
Center Lake Park is the first key segment of the long-planned “Oviedo on the Park,” a 108-acre urban center with more than $200 million worth of homes, offices and restaurants on the city’s drawing board since 2003.