The City of Lake Wales has had many challenges when it comes to revitalizing its downtown landscape. Some of the building on the radar include the Dixie Walesbilt Hotel as well as the Seminole Hotel. DailyRidge.com obtained documentation that the foreclosure of the Old Seminole Hotel has been completed. The…
Take A Trip Down Memory Lane With Little Slices of Heaven on U.S. 27 by James Coulter Driving north along Highway 27, passing through Clermont, drivers would know they had reached Central Florida as soon as they saw Citrus Tower peaking from over the horizon. This 226-foot-tall tower looms over…
36th Annual Lake Wales Mardi Gras Lets The Good Times Roll by James Coulter Betty Perdue may be 90 years old, but she's been partying at the annual Lake Wales Mardi Gras since it started 36 years ago. Why does she and her friends keep coming back time and again?…
Wider Sidewalks & Bike Trails Suggested for Lake Wales 1st Street by James Coulter Imagine driving past the Dixie Walesbilt Hotel in Lake Wales. You see several people lounging outside the patio, the hotel restored to its former glory. As you continue driving down 1st Street, you see pedestrians walking…
Wider Sidewalks & Bike Trails Suggested for Lake Wales 1st Street by James Coulter Imagine driving past the Dixie Walesbilt Hotel in Lake Wales. You see several people lounging outside the patio, the hotel restored to its former glory. As you continue driving down 1st Street, you see pedestrians walking…