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We’ve got a grand opening to celebrate and a passing to sadly mark in this installment of “The Artistic Type,” but first let’s talk about the daylong Arts in April celebration coming to Winter Garden on the 17th.
Share SoBo Art Gallery hosted an opening reception for its first-ever dual exhibition featuring both watercolor and abstract pieces.
Abstract and watercolor art pieces were the stars of the show Thursday, Feb, 4, at SoBo Art Gallery’s opening reception for its first-ever dual exhibition. Patrons enjoyed a socially distanced stroll through the gallery to see both the “Driven to Abstraction” exhibit and the Central Florida Watercolor Society’s annual awards show. For the latter exhibit, Susan Grogan’s piece, “She’s Just Not Into You,” won best of show.
Danielle Hendrix is the Associate Editor for the West Orange Times & Observer and the Windermere Observer. She is a 2015 graduate of the University of Central Florida, from which she earned a bachelor s degree in journalism with a minor in world comparative studies. .
Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 | Share The Winter Garden businessman was mayor from 1933 to 1939 and in that time brought a quarter of a million dollars and many jobs to the city.
In the 1930s, the city of Winter Garden was so broke that at one point the remaining money in the treasury would either cover payroll or keep the streetlights turned on but not both. One man made it his mission to lead the city out of the financial slump by bringing in much-needed dollars and jobs to the small West Orange County municipality.
George Walker, a World War I veteran, hesitated when he was asked to run for mayor of Winter Garden during the Great Depression. He was content being a husband and father, managing his citrus groves and running his business, Walker Electric Co., in downtown Winter Garden. He agreed to run, and after being elected mayor, he applied for President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.