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Community in Cocoa, example of multicultural integration


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A group of children playing in the park in Sunrise Village. Actually, the park is administered by Beverley Peterson, mother of Doug Peterson, one of the owners of Riverstone.

 

By Rolanda Gallop
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COCOA – On most evenings, just before the sun dips down for the day, Samantha Paz-Mañon and her husband, Carlos, will go for a short walk through their neighborhood.

“It’s our time to relax and we really enjoy it. Sometimes we see people we know and wave, or maybe even stop and talk for a few minutes,” said Paz-Mañon, whose family moved to Sunrise Village Park some 10 months ago.

Also along their walk, the Mañons may see children playing games with each other in the park’s narrow streets, or adults – from Mexicans to Puerto Ricans, whites and blacks – sitting on their front lawns talking and laughing.

“There is a sense of community here. You can feel it in the atmosphere and see it in the people,” Paz-Mañon said.

And that’s the beauty of Sunrise Village, a 420-plus mobile home park that boasts a culturally diverse population of residents, many of whom have developed bonds that stretch across ethnic and racial lines.

The park, located east of Clearlake Road and a few blocks south of Brevard Community College’s Cocoa campus, has been in existence for more than three decades. However, it has only been within the last 10 years that Sunrise Village has seen the number of Latino residents increase substantially.

 

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Art in Winter Park


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By Kathy Hagood
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WINTER PARK — The Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park not only is an art school for adults and children, it’s a non-profit organization that promotes art and cultural education throughout the community and region.

Established in 1975 through the inspiration of Winter Park business man and artist William Jenkins, the school offers more than 90 visual arts classes each year in drawing, water colors, oils, acrylics, multi-media, print making, ceramics, sculpture and photography.

Its award-winning instructors include some of the leading artists in Central Florida. The school’s popular summer art camp for children and teens is set for June 8 through August 6.

 

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