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June
6:30 pm
Sanford Memorial Stadium
1201 E Seminole Blvd

FCSL River Rats Baseball

Bring the family out for the summer baseball at the historic Sanford Memorial Stadium!  The Florida Collegiate Summer League is a six-team wood bat collegiate summer baseball league that is partially funded by Major League Baseball.  The City of Sanford’s team is the Sanford River Rats – League Champions in 2004, 2011, 2015, 2017, and […] ...

20
June
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Magnolia Square
Downtown Sanford

Sanford Sunset Sessions in the Square

During Sanford’s Sizzlin’ Summer, join us every Friday evening for a free, family-friendly concert series featuring some of the best handpicked local talent Central Florida has to offer!   We will see you in Magnolia Square, from 5:30 – 8:30 PM for Sunset Sessions, on Fridays between June 13 and August 15th.  ACOUSTIC ARTIST LINEUP: June […] ...

20
June
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Sanford Civic Center
401 E. Seminole Blvd., Sanford, FL 32771

The Sanford Shuffle

Join us on the 3rd Friday of each month for “Sanford Shuffle,” a fun and classic Florida pastime, held monthly at the Sanford Shuffleboard Courts at the Sanford Civic Center. The courts open at 6:30 PM and the elimination tournament starts at 7 PM. Courts are also available for those who like to shuffle a little more […] ...

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Meet the Mayor

Art Woodruff was born and raised in Sanford as a sixth generation Sanfordite. Graduating from Seminole High School in 1980 he attended the University of North Carolina and returned to Sanford where he started teaching in Seminole County Public Schools. After fourteen years at Seminole High School as a science teacher and yearbook adviser, he transferred to Oviedo High School where he currently teaches science and computer science.

First elected as the District 1 Commissioner in 2001, he served through 2010. After one term off, he was again elected in November 2014. In July 2020 he was appointed Mayor following the resignation of Mayor Jeff Triplett. 

“I look forward to building on the many positive improvements that have taken place while serving on the City Commission and continuing to make Sanford a place where we want to live, work, and play.

– Art Woodruff, Mayor

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