
On a balmy Thursday night, December 17th, Goodland golf cart owners showed up in droves to show case and parade their brightly lit and cleverly decorated golf carts. Goodland may be the only place in Southwest Florida where licensed golf carts with licensed drivers are given free rein on the village streets. The golf cart parade is the brain child of Greg and Alicia Cameron who started this tradition last year at Goodland’s Marker 8.5 Restaurant, which the Cameron’s own. Only about 9 golf carts showed up then, but everyone enjoyed it so much, the Camerons resolved to do it again this

The evening started at 6:00pm and convened at Margood County Park in Goodland. The golf carts lined up and were judged after which the crowd moved to the beautiful park pavilion where the first annual Christmas tree lighting took place, followed by Greg Bello’s awarding of prizes to the winners, and the placing of ornaments on the tree. Once again our fine Goodland restaurants,

Greg Bello estimates that over 100 people attended the festivities, bringing along about 25 golf carts. This is easily most of the golf carts in Goodland. “The community came out large, bringing their children along” said Bello, “It reminded the older ones of Christmas past.”
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