Starting Monday, June 3, ride SunRail to the Sanford Station and catch a ride on Choo Choo to the Zoo, a free shuttle that will take you to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens! This service will be provided to riders from the Sanford SunRail Station to the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens through Friday, August 9, 2019. Choo Choo...
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Historic Downtown Sanford is whipping up an artistic night on the town this Saturday for Art Walk! Creativity abounds with music in the air, food trucks churning out the smells of dinner and several opening receptions not to be missed! Plan your night with a little inspiration from the events below... Historic Sanford Welcome Center – Animal Art Show Historic...
RAW TRAVEL TV PRESENTS “LET’S GO SANFORDING” AT SPECIAL SCREENING - Third and Final Episode Spotlighting Historic Downtown Sanford, Florida Premieres May 18-19th Across the US - NEW YORK, NY: May 10th, 2019 - AIM Tell-A-Vision® Group (AIM TV) announced today that its internationally syndicated television series Raw Travel® will premiere its third and final episode spotlighting Historic Downtown Sanford...
Historic Downtown Sanford celebrated the 8th Annual St. Johns River Festival of the Arts this past weekend and the brick streets of downtown buzzed with an eclectic mix of arts and craft vendors from across the country. This year’s theme was “Art-in-Action” with live demonstrations, chalk artists, and workshops for attendees to express their creativity. I took a tour of...
Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill opens today at Theater West End and runs May 3rd - May 12th. The time is 1959. The place is a seedy bar in Philadelphia. The audience is about to witness one of Billie Holiday’s last performances, given four months before her death. More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with salty,...
... in approximately 12 months. Big things are on the horizon in Sanford, Florida! Heritage Park is a forthcoming 3-block downtown waterfront neighborhood which will be located in the heart of Historic Downtown Sanford. Currently being developed by Sanford Waterfront Partners, LLC, this project serves to help ease the demand for affordable rental units we are feeling on a countywide...
Since its construction in 1926, no architectural structure on Lake Monroe has commanded the lakefront like the old Forrest Lake Hotel in Sanford, FL. As one of the oldest and largest landmarks in Sanford, the building has served a variety of functions over the years, but was at the height of its grandeur as a hotel, operating as such until...
The City of Sanford through the Community Redevelopment Agency provides a free trolley service from the Amtrak Auto Train and Sanford SunRail station to Historic Downtown Sanford! Click here to see the updated schedule as of April 2019. For more information please visit these sites: Sanford Trolley Sanford Amtrak Station SunRail Northbound Schedule SunRail Southbound Schedule AMTRAK AUTO TRAIN STATION...
The arts community of Historic Downtown Sanford will come together this Saturday April 20th for our favorite event of the month, Sanford Art Walk! As this monthly event continues to grow, so does our sweet anticipation for the day. Peep below to get the skinny on what five of our favorite #sanfording stops have in store! Historic Sanford Welcome Center...
We hope you join us several times over the month as we raise a glass and say cheers to one of Sanford’s earliest business owners, John Smith, and support our downtown establishments. You can visit Smith's Barroom pop-up located at Celery City Craft, which will have an extensive historically inspired drink menu or you can order a custom Smith’s Cocktail at any of our other 15 participating...
