Hey St. Cloud.
The Bulldogs needed overtime, the Lakefront dock is getting swapped out, and there's a 5K on the water Saturday morning. Here's everything worth knowing this week.
THIS WEEKEND
Bulldogs vs Lake Minneola
Fri, September 11 · 7pm · St. Cloud High School, 2000 Bulldog Lane
Two and one, and first in the district right now. Map · Schedule
Longhorns vs Gateway
Fri, September 11 · 7pm · Harmony High School, 3601 Arthur J Gallagher Blvd
District opener at home. They need this one. Map · Schedule
Brooklyn Rose Strong 5K
Sat, September 12 · 7:30am · St. Cloud Lakefront Park, Lakeshore Blvd
Third year running it for Brooklyn Rose Medina. Money goes to families fighting DIPG. Map · Register
Soldier City Market
Sat, September 12 · 9am to 12pm · Veterans Park, 1201 13th St
Free. Vendors, live music, veteran resources. Map · Details
COMING UP
Movie Matinee, Mrs. Doubtfire
Wed, September 16 · 12:30pm · St. Cloud Community Center, 3101 17th St
Adults only, and free. Map · Details
Sunbridge Farmers Market
Thu, September 17 · 5pm to 8pm · Basecamp at Sunbridge, 6197 Cyrils Drive
Produce, handmade goods, live music. Once a month. Map · Details
Sip and Screen
Sat, September 26 · 10am to 12pm · Women's Imaging Center, 2900 17th St
Free. Book a mammogram and tour the place. Map · Details
AROUND TOWN
The Bulldogs won a shootout. 41 to 34 over South Sumter Friday night, in overtime, at home. They're 2 and 1 and sitting first in 6A District 5. Harmony went the other direction, shut out 19 to 0 by Poinciana at home.
The Lakefront dock is coming out. Crews started Tuesday on a $281,207 replacement at the marina, and the new one gets a guardrail. Ramps stay open. The south end dock handles loading until it's finished, end of September.
Amendment 3 hits your November ballot. County leaders say it could pull $79 million out of local property tax collections over two years. Homestead exemption goes from $50,000 to $150,000 in 2027, then $250,000 in 2028.
LOCAL SPOTLIGHT
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DID YOU KNOW
Before it was a soldier town, St. Cloud was sugar. Hamilton Disston signed for four million acres of Florida at 25 cents an acre in June 1881, the largest land buy ever made by one person per the New York Times. In 1883 he put 20,000 acres of cane where you live now and named it after St. Cloud, Minnesota. The Panic of 1893 and the freeze that followed killed the crop. He died in 1896. The Union veterans showed up thirteen years later.
Sources: Hamilton Disston, St. Cloud, Florida
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Last week: the $10.3 million Hopkins Park contract, bulk pickup back on schedule, and the 427 Union veterans at Mount Peace. Read it here.
Go enjoy your weekend, St. Cloud. We'll be back Thursday.
- Rob
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