Category: Media
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SANFORD SAYS: Florida Emancipation Day Event 2023
Julia Brunson, Georgetown Steering Team Community Leader, and Dr. Connie Lester, Associate Professor, UCF History Department and Director of the RICHES Digital Archiving Project share historic background about the Florida Emancipation, in addition to oral histories (storytelling) and other educational components you can learn from on this day. The event…
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SANFORD SAYS: Historic Georgetown History Harvest Event 2022
Celebrate the harvest of Sanford’s Historic Georgetown neighborhood’s rich history while celebrating the preservation of the past and the future. The History Harvest event is Saturday, October 15 from 12 pm-4 pm at Hopper Academy, 1101 S. Pine Ave. Julia Brunson, Historic Georgetown Neighborhood District Steering Team Leader, and Dr.…
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SANFORD SAYS: Florida’s Emancipation Day 2022 Event in Historic Georgetown at Hopper Academy
Join the Historic Georgetown Neighborhood District as they re-enact the Florida Emancipation Day on Saturday, May 21 from noon-3pm. This is a free family-friendly event filled with history and heritage. Julia Wright Brunson, long-time Georgetown resident and community leader shares details about parking, the live re-enactment, activities for children, and…
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New signs in historic Sanford community
SANFORD, Fla. – You might call it a sign of the times: volunteers – mostly high schoolers – turned out in Sanford on Saturday to help place markers at all the intersections in Sanford’s Georgetown neighborhood. “They’re going to remind all of us what Georgetown is, how old it is, and why…
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Sanford honoring historic Georgetown community with street sign toppers
Volunteers installing signs on Saturday throughout historic neighborhood. SANFORD, Fla. – Seminole County students are coming together to honor a community rooted in Central Florida. Volunteers are installing historic markers on top of the street signs in the community of Georgetown in Sanford. Georgetown is located east of Sanford Avenue and…
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SANFORD SAYS: Georgetown Improvement Plan
Mike Cash, Public Works Engineer shares information about the upcoming (estimated) $10 Million Georgetown Improvement Plan, what the project includes and all the project benefits.
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SANFORD SAYS: The Historic Hopper Academy
City of Sanford Commissioner Art Woodruff along with two life-long Sanford residents, share personal stories about Hopper and discuss the city’s historic building, the Hopper Academy built in 1910.
Georgetown Steering Team 