The Lake Wales Connected portfolio contains a copy of a 1931 map created by Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts, showing the existing city core with proposed streets, parks and neighborhoods.

The newly completed Park Avenue Connector Trail is one of 69 projects included in Lake Wales Connected, a blueprint for reviving the city's core. ... director of parks and recreation.

Lake Wales is making plans to convert the YMCA facility into a city-run recreation center after YMCA of West Central Florida leaves on Oct. 31..

For those who want to explore the Lake Wales Ridge, there are a number of parks and preserves. It is a terrific place to hike, kayak or canoe, camp and enjoy small towns with an Old Florida ...