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In 2009, Detwiler's Farm Market opened its doors on Palmer Boulevard in Sarasota, FL. The second location opened in Venice, Florida in 2013, Bradenton in 2015, two more locations in 2018 and 2019 in Sarasota, and the sixth location in West Bradenton in 2023. Detwiler's will eventually be expanding south to nearby Port Charlotte and North Port.
The Center later added a nearby facility for Special Olympics Florida. In 2014, the city sought to market itself as a training center by adopting the slogan "Choice of Champions" and a flag with Olympic rings [25] [26]. Twenty athletes who trained in Clermont went to the 2016 Rio Olympics [27]; others went to the 2024 Paris Olympics [28].
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Strawberry field in Florida before 1913. Strawberry is a major fruit crop in Florida. [1] [2] Florida is second only to California for strawberry production by volume and by dollars per year [1] [2] and the Plant City area grows 3 ⁄ 4 of America's winter strawberries. [1]
Florida's Turnpike runs north and south from Southeastern and Central Florida. Four interchanges exist in the county; Hancock Road (Exit 278), US 27/SR 19 (Exit 285), southbound US 27 (Exit 289) and County Road 470 (Exit 296).
A neck separates Lake Hiawatha from Lake Minneola the third largest lake in the chain and the deepest at around 18 feet (5.5 m) in depth with parts close to downtown Clermont approaching near 30 feet (9.1 m) in depth. [13] Minneola is also the most developed lake with downtown Clermont and Minneola along its south and eastern shores. The ...
However, in 1964 Florida's Turnpike was extended north, providing a faster route south through Central Florida. Since then, the tower has been sold several times. In the 1980s, three harsh freezes (1983, 1985, and 1989) killed most of the citrus groves in Lake County; this caused a decrease in visitation to the tower. In 1988, a tram was built ...
Florida's Natural Growers was founded in 1933 as Florida Citrus Canners Cooperative. Its initial operations included canning juice and grapefruit sections for its members, [3] and in 1938 began extracting juice with automated machines. During World War II, the company produced concentrated orange juice for the military; after the war, 80% of ...