Lake Wales City officials and residents gathered Friday morning at the intersection of Florida Avenue and F Street in the Northwest Neighborhood to celebrate the upcoming sidewalk and street-tree planting project with a groundbreaking ceremony.
City Commissioners, CRA officials, employees, and contractors posed for photos during a groundbreaking marking the start of a million-dollar sidewalk project in the Northwest Neighborhood of Lake Wales. The project will include the planting of hundreds of shade trees to advance the city’s goals of recreating the founders intentions of creating “a City in a Garden.”
The effort is expected to beautify the long-neglected area, coupling with the ongoing Community Redevelopment Agency housing rehabilitation and affordable home construction programs.
The groundbreaking followed only hours after a Thursday evening public meeting to discuss the plans, which will cause some disruption for area residents, including moving cars to allow access for heavy equipment and the relocation of mailboxes and other facilities in certain locations.
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