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City of Sanford

Lake Monroe

Downtown Sanford

Orlando-Sanford Airport

Helen Stairs Theater

Located on the shores of Lake Monroe, Sanford once rivaled Orlando as the region’s largest city. A major distribution center for vegetables and citrus, it was known as “The Celery Capital of the World.”

But agriculture is no longer king in Sanford, population 38,000+. Today it’s the Seminole County seat, making county government the leading employer.

And, after years of stagnation, Sanford is also a city on the rise, thanks to a burgeoning airport—one of the fastest-growing in the country—and a downtown redevelopment project.

Today, Sanford is enjoying a resurgence that is in part tied to increased air travel at the Orlando—Sanford International Airport. The facility, located on Sanford’s east side, has a two—story international terminal, a separate domestic terminal, a U.S. Customs Office and three paved runways. As the facility grows, it’s expected to create some 21,000 new jobs over the next 15 years.

In historic downtown Sanford, work is complete on the $11 million Sanford Riverwalk, which includes sidewalks and bike trails along Lake Monroe between Mellonville and French avenues. Several large condominium towers have also been proposed.

One of the most important downtown attractions is the Helen Stairs Theater, a renovated movie house that hosts theatrical productions and live concerts.

And work has recently finished on a streetscape project to enhance First Street, downtown’s main drag, between Oak and Sanford avenues. Under the $2.2 million project, the original brick beneath the asphalt was restored, sidewalks were widened and parking spaces changed from angled to parallel.

Relocators to Sanford can choose from an array of new subdivisions on the city’s outskirts, or they can latch on to Victorian fixer-uppers in the rapidly gentrifying city center.