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Ridge League Awards 5 Academic Scholarships

For thirty years, the Ridge League of Cities has awarded academic scholarships.   This year, the RLC awarded four $2,500 Academic Scholarships and one $3,000 scholarship to graduates from various high schools within our six counties (Polk, Pasco, Highlands, DeSoto, Hardee,…

Ridge League Awards 5 Vocational/Trade Scholarships

The Ridge League of Cities awarded five $1,250 Vocational/Trade Scholarships to graduates from various high schools within our six counties (Polk, Pasco, Highlands, DeSoto, Hardee, and Hillsborough).  Congratulations to the following 2025 RLC Vocational/Trade Scholarship recipients! Kadin Damron Whitaker graduated…

Davenport Membership Dinner

The Tom Fellows Event Center in Davenport played host to the Ridge League of Cites June Membership Dinner on Thursday June 12, 2025.  It was an exciting night as the Ridge League welcomed and congratulated the 2025 Vocational/Trade and 2025…

Arcadia Membership Dinner

The Ridge League of Cities April Membership Dinner Meeting was held on April 10, 2025, at the Turner Center in Arcadia.   Two hundred city officials and guests had a fantastic time in our southernmost member city.    Former Arcadia City Manager…

Membership Dinner – Bartow

The March Membership Dinner Meeting of the Ridge League of Cities was hosted by the City of Bartow.  The Bartow Civic Center was decorated in the traditional St. Patrick’s Day theme and many of those in attendance were decked out…

Welcome to the Marketplace

The Ridge League of Cities hosted its annual “City Marketplace” event on February 13, 2025, prior to the Haines City Membership Dinner.  The Ridge League currently has thirty-eight (38) Associate Members and seventeen (17) participated in the Marketplace.  The event…

Membership Dinner – Haines City

Haines City played host to the February Ridge League of Cities Membership Dinner Meeting on Thursday February 13, 2025, at the Lake Eva Event Center.  Mayor Omar Arroyo welcomed the record 273 attendees for a Ridge League Dinner to his…

Publix joins the Ridge League

The Ridge League of Cities is pleased to welcome Publix Super Markets as an Associate Member.   Publix was founded in 1930 in Winter Haven by George W. Jenkins.   It is the largest employee-owned company in the United States and one…

RLC to Host City Marketplace 2025

The Ridge League of Cities is pleased to announce that the popular City Marketplace event will be held on Thursday February 13, 2025, in Haines City at the Lake Eva Event Center.   City Marketplace provides our Associate Members an opportunity…

Membership Dinner – Auburndale

The City of Auburndale hosted the December Ridge League of Cities Membership Dinner Meeting on Thursday December 12, 2024 at the Auburndale Civic Center.  Pastor Clay Bennett of the Auburndale Community Church gave the invocation, and the Joint Auburndale Police…