In the coming weeks, Sanford officials will begin adorning traffic signal boxes with art along the U.S. Highway 17-2 corridor, considered one of the city’s gateways.

This is the 11th year of the St. Johns River Festival of the Arts in Sanford. Admission to the event and parking is free.

When Jeanine Taylor first moved her art gallery from Winter Park to Sanford 15 years ago, she was betting on what she saw as one of Central Florida’s last undeveloped frontiers.