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Emptying Nests

csmonitor.com staff

csmonitor.com staff

Posted: 02.28.2008 / 10:47 PM EST

This feels like the longest election ever!  Yet have the candidates addressed the issues that matter to you?  The war, the economy, immigration.  Are these the important ‘hot-button issues?’  Dante will be in Clermont, Fla., soon, looking for two bloggers to lead this blog.

Do you have any questions for them?  Topics you hope they will address?  Start the ball rolling and let them know how you’d like to begin.

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Ann Dupee of Clermont, Fla., serves on Lake County's Tourist Development Council and is treasurer of West Orange Airport Authority. She was also an 11-year elected council member of the City of Clermont. Ms. Dupee and her late husband, George, published the South Lake Press weekly newspaper in Clermont for 25 years. Dupee was inducted into the Lake County Women's Hall of Fame in 2001.

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Clermont, FL

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Ray San Fratello is president of the South Lake County Chamber of Commerce in Clermont, Fla. He has more than 18 years of experience with the chamber of commerce, including stints in central Florida and upstate New York. Mr. San Fratello has served on numerous economic development boards. He has also been involved in school to career partnerships and youth sports activities. San Fratello is married with three children, ages 13, 14, and 18.

Emptying Nests

Emptying Nests

Clermont, FL

Middle-income, retirement age; and baby-boom populations; presence of evangelical and mainline Protestants, fewer Catholics, stable but not booming economies.

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About Lake County, FL

Home of Clermont

"In Clermont's roughly 10 square miles are eight 18-hole courses. Three of these are connected to the over-55 neighborhoods, Kings Ridge and Summit Green, which hold about one-third of the city's 22,000 people... 'We are the oldest county demographically in central Florida.' "

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Population, income, and education
Population (2006) 291,197
Median household income (per year) $38,334
Median age 47.5
Families in poverty (%) 6.9%
High school graduates (%) 79.8%
Bachelors degree (%) 16.6%
Ethnicity (percent listed for all below)
White 83.7%
Black 12.3%
Latino 12.1%
Native American 0.6%
Bi-racial 1.2%
Asian-Pacific 2.2%
Employment (percent listed for all below)
Military 0.1%
Government 11.8%
Agriculture 2.8%
Professional 8.1%
Trade and services 35.9%
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