Winter Park is a suburban city in Orange County, Florida.  The city is northeast of and adjacent to Orlando.  According to the U. S. Census Bureau’s 2006 estimates, the City of Winter Park had a population of 28,083 and has a total area of 8.6 square miles.

It is nestled among the Winter Park Chain of Lakes, a series of aquifer fed lakes interconnected by a series of navigable canals, which were originally created for flood control and to run logs to a sawmill on present day Lake Virginia.  The lakes are popular for boating, water sports, fishing and swimming.

The city is home to Rollins College, Full Sail University and the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, which houses the largest collection of Tiffany glass on Earth. Winter Park enjoys more park space per capita than any other city in Florida.

Winter Park is recognized as the first centrally planned community in Florida.  Its main street includes not only public civic buildings and retail stores, but also art galleries, a private liberal arts college, museums, a park, a train station, a golf course country club, a historic cemetery, and a beach and boat launch.

The scenic Olde Winter Park area is punctuated by small, winding brick streets, and a canopy of old Southern Live Oak and Camphor trees, draped with Spanish moss. The city draws thousands of visitors to annual festivals including the Bach Festival, the nationally ranked Sidewalk Art Festival, and the Winter Park Concours d’Elegance.

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