FTF - Lakeland Series - #14 - Palmetto Stroll Traditional Cache
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FTF - Lakeland Series - #14 - Palmetto Stroll
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A stroll down Palmetto Street will take you by Polk Museum of Art,
former site of the Lakeland Grammar School (1915-1963) and one of
the first Publix Grocery stores.
Please take care to rehide exactly as found - Muggles abound! BYOP!
PLEASE NOTE: No Museum admission/entry is required to retrieve this
cache.
The mission and activities of Polk Museum of Art have grown and
evolved dramatically since its founding in 1966. When the Junior
Welfare League founded the Imperial Youth Museum in a vacant church
building on Walnut, just off of Lake Morton. The mission of the
organization was largely directed toward young people. In 1969 the
organizational mission was expanded to serve all ages of the
community population. Reflecting this change in the scope of
programming, the Imperial Youth Museum was renamed Polk Public
Museum in 1981, and its emphasis was broadened to include art,
history and science.
As the scope of the Museum expanded, so did its need for a larger
home. In 1970, through the generosity of Publix founder George W.
Jenkins, the museum acquired an old Publix grocery store that was
located on the current property (facing Palmetto), doubling the
exhibition and classroom space.
In the early 1980s Polk Public Museum’s Director and members of
both the Board of Trustees (governing board) and Board of Governors
(advisory board) began an intensive long-range planning process. In
1987, the name of the Museum was changed to Polk Museum of Art,
reflecting the revision of the mission to focus on visual arts and
emphasizing the Museum’s commitment to countywide audiences. That
same year work began on the current museum facility, which was
formally dedicated in September 1988 and which opened to the public
debt-free.
The Lake Morton Grammar School was completed in 1914 and began
operation in January 1915. The school was in service until
destroyed by fire on February 21, 1963. The building was razed and
on March 2, 1964, the City Commission approved a motion to acquire
the site to build a new library. Originally opened March 14, 1912,
the Lakeland Public Library opened its doors at its new location on
the corner of Lake Morton Drive and Palmetto on May 2, 1966.
The First To Find Lakeland Series is a project designed to
motivate those cachers who are quick enough to snag an FTF to hide
their own FTF geocache in the Lakeland area. There is a similar
series FTF Series Florida that is all over the place. Since there
have been a lot of Lakeland caches that have been archived a new
series has been started to help replenish the Lakeland area.
Whoever is the FTF at a FTF cache is encouraged to keep the series
moving forward by hiding the next cache in the FTF series,
numbering the cache accordingly. The only twist is that you have to
place the new FTF cache within the borders of I-4 and the Polk
Parkway.
There are no limits on the type of cache created. If you are FTF,
please do your part to expedite this series' growth! All of you FTF
hounds know who you are! If, however, you are FTF and are unable or
unwilling to continue this series, please make it clear in your
online log that you are passing on the option to the next finder.
There is no obligation to participate! Hope you have fun with it!
If after a few days of posting a new FTF cache and it hasn't shown
up in the FTF Series Lakeland bookmark list drop g8orRaiders a
gentle reminder to add your cache to the list.
FTF FOR #14 HONORS GO TO LITTLE GIZMO! He had
EXTRA Fun and now gets to place #15!
Additional Hints
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