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Lakewood Ranch Florida

Located east of Sarasota and just off I-75, Lakewood Ranch is a 7,000-acre master-planned community located on the Sarasota/Manatee county line on the southwest coast of Florida. Set on the 30,000-acre Schroeder-Manatee Ranch, the community is comprised of five residential villages divided into neighborhoods with a great deal to offer.
Fifty percent of the land at Lakewood Ranch has been set aside for recreation and open space, including lakes, preserves, and nature and activity parks. Additional amenities include a private golf and country club, with two championship Palmer-designed golf courses; town center with shopping, restaurants, and hotels; state-of-the-art athletic center; medical facilities, complete with a 120-bed hospital; and three commercial employment centers, which are attracting many high-tech companies and corporate headquarters. All are connected by more than 100 miles of sidewalks and trails. To date, Lakewood Ranch is the largest master-planned community in the state to earn the “Green Development” designation from the Florida Green Building Coalition. The certification indicates that approximately 9,700 acres of future development will meet “green” standards.
There is also tennis, swimming, fitness, dining, public & private schools, boating, fishing, social clubs and recreation. Lakewood Ranch offers acres of preserves, lakes and nature areas in harmony with the different neighborhoods on Lakewood Ranch.
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Country Club Country Club East Edgewater
Greenbrook Riverwalk Summerfield
The Lake Club

Palmetto Florida

Palmetto Florida is located on the west coast of Florida just north of Bradenton. Palmetto is centrally located with easy access just across the Manatee River to Bradenton and Sarasota. You can also access St. Petersburg very easily from the Skyway Bridge from Palmetto. Tampa is just a hop skip and a jump up I-75 which can also be accessed from Palmetto. Click here to see a map of where exactly Palmetto is located at. Palmetto is an old historic town with a lot of different types of homes and subdivisions. Beautiful old Victorian homes Old Florida cracker style homes New homes Town homes Condos Homes on the Manatee River Homes on acreage Gated communities Golf course communities Every style of home you could imagine Homes on the Terra Ceia Bay Island homes Multi-million dollar homes Ranchettes Manufactured homes Over 55 communities Homes for first time home buyers There are also a lot of things to do in Palmetto. Regatta Pointe Marina Emerson Point Park Bickle Mound Blackstone Park Riverside Plaza Bradenton Yacht Club Riverside Park Manatee County State Fairgrounds Antique Shops Olympia Theatre Dining Fishing Boating Golfing Parks & Picnicking Manatee County Convention Center

Amberwynd Arbor Creek Bay Colony
Boccage Crystal Lakes Deer Run
Fairways Fosters Creek Fresh Meadows
Heather Glen Heritage Bay Highland Shores
Northwood Park Palmetto Point Plantation Bay
Palms of Manasota Parkside River Bay
Riveria Dunes Spanish Point Terra Ceia
Thousand Oaks Waterford

Parrish Florida

Aberdeen Ancient Oaks Chelsea Oaks
Copperstone Creekside Oaks Forest Creek
FoxBrook Foxchase Harrison Ranch
Kingsfield Kingsfield Lakes Lakeside Preserve
Lexington Parkwood Lakes Pleasant Oaks
River Plantation Rivers Reach River Wilderness
River Woods Twin Rivers




Parrish is located on Hwy 301, south of Sun City Center and north of Ellenton/Palmetto.

As for Parrish today....the old Parrish General Supply still stands and is still open for business. It is stocked with hardware, plumbing supplies, large & small animal feeds, ranch supplies and much much more! It's the only hardware/feed store around unless you drive to Ellenton or Palmetto. The Parrish General Supply is where you can also find out what the buzz is around town and what's new with development in town.

There is one blinking light as you drive through Parrish. No other traffic lights exist as of yet.

Parrish is well known for the Florida Gulf Coast Railroad Museum. It is located just behind the Parrish Post Office and operates entirely on volunteers. It operates excursion trains consisting of its own rolling stock every weekend, year round.

Parrish is still pretty much an "old country town" as much as it can be these days. Many of the farmers still head into town to get their supplies and catch up on the latest news. But to the dismay of many of the farmers and long time residents, many of the orange groves and cow pastures along Hwy 301, Buckeye Rd and Moccasin Wallow have been bought up by developers and are being turned into subdivisions. Parrish is growing by leaps and bounds every year despite the fighting many of the current residents have been doing to save Parrish and keep it the same small town it has been in the past.

The CVS Pharmacy just opened at the corner of Hwy 301 and Erie Rd which means more stores, fast food restaurants and businesses are on the way. The drive down Hwy 301 today is changing daily it seems. New subdivisions are popping up all over the place and orange groves and cow pastures are disappearing. More and more "coming soon" signs are also taking the place of where the cows used to roam. Soon will be the days of a four lane highway, and Parrish won't even be recognizable!

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Ellenton Florida




Ellenton is a small town in Manatee County, featuring a great location along the Gulf coast. Ellenton spans 3.7 square miles with a good amount of waterfront properties. Ellenton sits along the Manatee River with Palmetto to the west, Bradenton across the river to the south, and Sarasota, Florida just 12.8 miles to the south.  This small riverside town has a variety of housing for different lifestyles.

Ellenton’s convenient location provides a number of entertaining activities for home owners.

Ellenton is probably best known for Gamble Mansion, The Prime Outlet Shopping Mall and the Roaring 20's pizza & pipes restaurant. 

When it comes to relocating, Ellenton is one of the best areas to move to.

Surrounded by Parrish, Palmetto, Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, Holmes Beach, and Sarasota, how can one go wrong with so many options to choose from.

People want to relocate to Ellenton because the schools are rated very well, and there is tons of entertainment for the kids as well as the adults.

Relocate to Ellenton and ocean, beaches, summer year round, make this a paradise you will want to live in year round.

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Fundraiser Held for Woman Attacked at Library

I came across this article today and my heart sank. A woman was attacked at the local library and now she can't walk, talk or see. What has this world come to? She is only 18 years old and was just returning books to the Bloomingdale Library. She just graduated from East Bay High School and was preparing to leave for college this fall. She will need care for the rest of her life, she can't walk, talk or see anymore.

As I am reading the different articles about this, I am finding several groups within the area are holding fund raisers to help out the family of this young woman. Let's do our part as a community, if you find one of these methods suitable, please donate to this woman's medical care. The good news is they caught the suspect and is being held in jail now. Let's just pray that this terrible thing never happens to anyone again.

The community held two fundraisers to raise funds for her hospital bills. One was at the VFW hall in Ruskin, they held a spaghetti dinner.

The Valrico State Bank will be hosting a car wash this Saturday form 9-5. Be sure to stop by and get your car washed in support of this woman. This is being organized by some of the paramedics and fire fighters that responded to the call when she was attacked.

The article states you can make donations to the family through Sun Trust Banks. I found in another article the name of the fund, it is Bloomingdale Attack Victim Fund.