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Welcome.........
If
you are looking for a rural but progressive community within
a small town atmosphere, then you'll feel right at home here
in Okeechobee.
While
we have a number of exciting business and industrial success
stories, I still think it's hard to beat early morning
fishing on Lake Okeechobee. Whether it's landing a trophy
fish or just the relaxing view of a variety of Florida's
wildlife in their natural habitat waking up to a cool
sunrise breeze, you'll fall in love with Okeechobee. In
contrast, there's the excitement of a number of nationally
sanctioned professional bass fishing tournaments.
Okeechobee is known as the
"Speckled Perch Capital of the World" so it is only fitting
that we hold an annual event in honor of this title. The
Speckled Perch Festival sponsored by the
Okeechobee Main Street is our largest festival of the
year and is held in March. Each year this downtown event
attracts thousands of out of town visitors and locals alike.
It's kicked off by a parade that wraps around Flagler Park
where hundreds of crafts and food vendors are scattered
about, the most popular being the Seminole booths with their
colorful jackets and crafts for sale as well as their
delicious pumpkin bread. There's also the Okeechobee
Cattlemen's Rodeo and the Okeechobee County Fair going on at
the Agri-Center.
We have a vibrant business
district, but as our Okeechobee Main Street logo states we
have 'old values and new visions'. On the 4th
Saturday in July we have the Day of the Cowboy event, which
includes a cattle drive through our town. Yes, we do things
like that in Okeechobee!
Our location makes Okeechobee
the Gateway to South Florida with convenient access to both
coasts and all of Central Florida. (Locate
Okeechobee)Commercial
and industrial concerns have found that
Okeechobee is the place you
want to be and along with the
Chamber of Commerce of Okeechobee County we've taken an
aggressive attitude toward seeking new businesses in our two
local Industrial Parks.
I could go on about all the
amenities we have to offer, but I want to invite you to
visit our town and discover it for yourself. I think you'll
find that our community prides itself most on the
hospitality of its residents.
City Hall, 55 SE 3rd Avenue,
Okeechobee, FL 34974
Phone:
863-763-3372 Fax: 863-763-1686
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