Lakewood Ranch Main Street, Business Alliance celebrate 10 years
Groups in Lakewood Ranch collaborated to throw a block party.
By
Jessica Salmond
| 4:19 p.m. October 16, 2015
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Lakewood Ranch Main Street and the Business Alliance both had a big birthday this week: No. 10.
Main Street and the Alliance held their 10th anniversary in conjunction by celebrating on Main Street with a block party. It joined merchants of Main Street and the Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp. on the street with booths, activities and food Friday night. The annual Club Day at Lakewood Ranch was held concurrently near the circle to help get residents involved. About 2,000-3,000 people were expected to attend the evening, said Heather Kasten, executive director for the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance.Â
"It's the first time the three pillars of the community have gotten together," she said. "It's about the power of connecting businesses, residents and the community in one fun street party."
Layla and Emeline Corenman dance to live music at the block party.
Allan Shaivitz and Janet Arena chat with Christine Mazur at the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance booth.
Angela Miller and Kelley Gursky with Cooper Creek Dental get a chocolate from Marcia Frost, a Realtor with Michael Saunders.
Ashley Wichem and Ruth Hardy run the Orange Theory... with a little help from this orange guy.
Cindy Gordon and Gloria Schroeck, members of the Avian Club, talk with Chewy, a female Blue Crown Conure.
Debbie Rausch and Jen Cassidy hang out with Cranky the sandhill crane at the Lakewood Ranch Information Center booth.
Gerry Smith, a Bradenton resident, cheeses up a piece of pizza from Main Street Trattoria.
Great American Cookie Company sold cookie pizza by the slice.
Heather Perry, owner of Canine Ranch Country Club, talks with Nancy Brown, a spa specialist at Four Pillars, which is opening in November.
Hope the Jack Russell terrier sports a colorful collar. She and her owner, Sondra Guffey, are former Lakewood Ranch residents who came back for the Main Street event to visit.
Kitt Kearney talks with Christena Pellett, a LECOM student, at the Homes by Town booth.
Lilliana and Aliyah Garback came to the block party with grandma Theresa Garback, a Bradenton resident.
Mackenzie Lawson and Celia and Faye Swartz, sixth-graders at Braden River Middle School, get free samples from Scoopy the Culver's mascot.
Gourmet Dining Club representatives Nancy Wozniak and Vicki Klutts chat with Country Club residents Roland and Carolynne Shumate. "She's going to join six things by the end of tonight," Roland Shumate joked. "I'm not joining anything.
Visitors and vendors filled Lakewood Ranch Main Street during its 10th anniversary block party Friday.
