The newly bricked and landscaped Park Avenue served as the backdrop for a recent ribbon cutting marking the official start of service by the new downtown shuttle known as The Squeeze. A happy crowd of citizens and officials representing Lake Wales Main Street, the Citrus Connection, the City of Lake Wales, and the Community Redevelopment Agency shared the moment, celebrating the rapid changes coming to the city.
The service is already earning great reviews from shoppers and lunchtime diners. The free service circulates between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on a 12-minute schedule, managing to carry passengers to or very near to most of the downtown area’s businesses in the process. The hop-on, hop-off service is being operated by Citrus Connection under a four-way partnership among the entities.
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