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At A Glance <br />Casselberry is a culturally -enriched and <br />dynamic city with a central location that j <br />makes it a coveted place to live in Central <br />Florida. The City started as a vision and <br />grew into a sizeable suburb that lies in <br />Seminole County approximately 13 miles <br />northeast of Orlando. Two major <br />roadways, U.S. Highway 17-92 and State <br />Road 436, intersect in Casselberry, <br />connecting the City to all of Central Florida <br />and providing commercial corridors that <br />give residents, visitors, and business entrepreneurs easy access to an array of <br />restaurants and retail shops, office and commercial space, and top-rated health facilities. <br />In 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 />x <br />In 1926, Hibbard Casselberry of Winnetka, Illinois settled in <br />the area and bought 3,000 acres of land as an investment <br />LgER <br />f� <br />along a new highway (US 17-92). He turned that land into a <br />fernery, which became one of the largest in the world, and <br />TOW p `_ <br />this area became known as Fern Park. A general store was <br />tA`;E <br />opened in 1928, followed by the opening of the Fern Park <br />tiw <br />Post Office in 1930. Growth continued during the next <br />- <br />decade when a large portion of the fernery was converted <br />into a housing development, a water company was <br />f � <br />,rr�P <br />established, and a tax-free town was proposed. This <br />k <br />proposal became a reality some two years later, on October <br />- <br />10 1940 when the "tax-free" Town of Casselberry was <br />> Y <br />officially incorporated and Hibbard Casselberry became the town's first mayor. The Town <br />of Casselberry was later reincorporated <br />as the City of Casselberry in 1965. <br />In 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 />x <br />