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• STABLE ECONOMY
• PROGRESSIVE
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• MEDICAL SCHOOLS
• MANY CHURCHES
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• IDEAL CLIMATE
• RECREATION & CAMPING
• HUNTING & FISHING
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LAKE OKEECHOBEE
AGRICULTURE
CATTLE RANCHING
LIGHT INDUSTRY
• GOOD BUSINESS
The City of Belle Glade and the Belle
Glade Chamber of Commerce extend you
a cordial welcome --
A SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE
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THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
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Finest Beef Producing Grazing Land in America
LOCATION
Belle Glade is the perfect location —Palm Beach County, Florida, U.S.A. on the southern shores of Lake Okeechobee, second
largest fresh water lake lying within the continental United States. Forty five miles east are the lovely Palm Beaches, and
the Atlantic Ocean; 97 miles west is the Gulf of Mexico with its beautiful beaches and offshore islands; 78 miles south are
Miami and Miami Beach the gateway to the Florida Keys and the Caribbean Sea.
Belle Glade's climate is ideal, with an average yearly temperature of 74.7 degrees, with an average high of 81.3 in July
and average low of 67.2 in winter. Summer nights are about 5 degrees cooler than Coastal cities on the same latitude.
Yearly rainfall is 58". This wonderful climate makes outdoor activities possible the year around. The combination of sun,
moisture and rich soil provide for an abundance of tropical plants, shrubs, flowers and lawns.
POPULATION
Belle Glade is a relatively new community, first incorporated in 1928 with fewer than 500 people. Its population reached
3,806 in 1940, and 11,273 in 1960. In recent years this rapid growth has accelerated to approximately 22,000 in the area.
CITY GOVERNMENT
The City of Belle Glade operates under the Commissioner -Manager form of government. It has recently expended $2,750,000
to improve water and power facilities city wide. The tax structure is equitable to all property owners and the present
millage is 10.
AGRICULTURE
Belle Glade soil is the richest on earth. "Black Gold," rich black muckland supports a wide variety of agricultural enter-
prises. Thirty-two varieties of high quality vegetables, principally celery, sweet corn, beans, radishes, and leaf vegetables
are grown by the most modern and scientific methods. 26,278 carloads of these fresh vegetables are shipped annualy from
Belle Glade —The Winter Vegetable Capitol of the World. Grasslands are so abundant and lush that more cattle per acre
can be grazed in the Glades than anywhere in America. Cattle ranching is a multi -million dollar annual business. Many of
the lawns that appear overnight in Florida cities are trucked in from the sod farms of Belle Glade.
Here also is the Hub of the Florida Sugar Industry. Over 250,000 acres of muckland have been planted in sugar cane. Six
local and four nearby sugar mills produced over 700,000 tons of raw sugar and 42 million gallons of molasses in 1968.
Palm Beach County is the largest sugar producing county in America.
SERVICES
Forty-one churches of nearly all denominations serve the citizens of Belle Glade. The schools are part of the Palm Beach
County School System, and are new, progressive and adequate. There is one high school, one junior high and six elementary
schools. A new public library serves your literary needs. Nearly all civic and fraternal organizations have chapters in Belle
Glade. A new modern hospital of 125 bed capacity with complete facilities serves the community.
BUSINESS
Business is good in Belle Glade. The city has two commercial banks, a Federal Savings and Loan, a weekly newspaper, a
radio station, and an airport. Many fresh vegetable packing houses, and retail and wholesale businesses of all types. The city
is served by the railroads, trucklines and a bus line. The Port of Belle Glade is on the Okeechobee Waterway, a cross -state
channel to cruisers, yachts and barges navigating from the Ati antic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. Motels accommodate
businessmen and tourists.
RECREATION
Beautiful Lake Okeechobee is a sportsman's paradise for waterfowl hunting and water sports. It affords the best bass and
fresh water fishing in the United States. A marina provides boat launching and storage facilities. Camping and picnic
grounds are the finest. The vast and unique Everglades south of Belle Glade, where deer, wild turkey, dove, quail and duck
abound is the hunter's dream. An excellent municipal golf course and country club is located near the lake.
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND 22,000 FRIENDLY PEOPLE INVITE YOU TO
JOIN US IN EXCITING BELLE GLADE!
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