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City of Casselberry, Florida <br />At A Glance <br />With a constant vision toward the future, Casselberry has evolved from a sparsely <br />populated agricultural town to a bustling, dynamic City which has maintained an <br />enviable growth rate in both residential and commercial areas. Offering a rich <br />quality of life supported by excellent City services, tranquil residential surroundings <br />and a continually expanding business market, Casselberry is an exciting and <br />thriving community in which to live, work and play. <br />The City of Casselberry started as a vision and grew into a sizeable suburb of Orlando. In <br />1926, Hibbard Casselberry of Winnetka, Illinois settled in the area and bought 3,000 acres <br />of land as an investment along a new highway (US 17-92). He turned that land into a fernery, which became one of the largest in the world, and this area became <br />known as Fern Park. A general store was opened in 1928, followed by the opening of the Fern Park Post Office in 1930. Growth continued during the next decade when a large portion of the fernery was converted <br />into a housing development, a water company was established, and a tax-free <br />town was proposed. Some two years later, on October 10, 1940, the "tax-free" Town of <br />Casselberry was officially incorporated and Hibbard Casselberry became the town's first <br />mayor. <br />The Town of Casselberry was later reincorporated as the City of Casselberry in 1965. In <br />1976, after 36 years as a tax free town, Casselberry City residents voted to institute <br />property taxes. Another change by the citizenry occurred in 1990 with the decision to <br />replace the City's strong mayor with a Commission/City Manager form of municipal <br />government. Five Commissioners, one of whom serves as Mayor, are elected at <br />staggered intervals to serve four-year terms. The Commission, in turn, appoints a <br />professional City Manager to oversee daily City operations. The City has 225 full-time and... <br />image of front of Casselberry city hall building <br />image of map of city of Casselberry <br />page 8 <br /> <br />