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Florida City: Vero
Beach Vero
Beach is a city in Indian River
County, Florida, USA. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of
16,939.
It is the
county seat of Indian River
County. Vero Beach is a Principal City of the
Sebastian--Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical
Area, which is home to 130,100
people. Vero Beach may be best
known as the location of Dodgertown, where the Brooklyn/Los Angeles
Dodgers baseball team held their spring training camp from 1948 until 2008 when it moved to a new facility in
Glendale, Arizona. Piper Aircraft Inc. builds aircraft here. Major industries include citrus fruit packing and tourism. According to the World Almanac and Book of
Facts, Vero Beach is at the eastern end of a demarcation line that separates
Florida's climate into two zones, to the north of the town has a humid subtropical
climate and a tropical climate to the south. From Vero Beach, this line stretches straight across the state, with
Bradenton, FL on the western end of the demarcation
line. Vero Beach is home to more
retired Fortune 500 CEO's than any other location in the world and has the
fourth highest concentration of wealthy households in the
country.
Most
of these residents live on the exclusive barrier island that is divided from the
mainland by the Indian River. John F. Kennedy
Jr. received his flight certification at Vero
Beach Municipal Airport and spent much of his leisure time in the oceanside
resort town. Vero Beach is known for
its outstanding beaches. Part of Florida's Treasure Coast, the beaches combine excellent sand quality with significant
surf and tidal action. Vero's main public beach is known as South Beach,
accessible at the eastern end of Causeway Boulevard, State Road 656. It is a
very large, guarded beach that is used for sports. There are two volleyball
courts and plenty of space to play other sports. There are two pavilions with
barbecues and a bathroom with vending machines. Another public
beach is Humiston Park, in Vero's Central Beach Business District. Humiston is a
guarded beach that is suitable for families with small children. They have a big
playground for the kids to play on and boardwalks for parents to roam. Jaycee
Beach Park is guarded and has an adjacent boardwalk extending southward
approximately 2/3 of a mile along Ocean Drive. It has about 15 pavilions all
with barbecues. It has a small playground for kids and a long boardwalk that is
perfect for exercise. Vero Beach also has numerous other public access trails
and walkways permitting beach access. There are two beaches that are great for
both surfing and skim boarding. They are Conn Beach, located just south of
Jaycee Beach, and Mulligan's that is located at the intersection of Ocean Drive
and Barber Street. ro Beach is home to the
seventh largest (face to face) bridge club in North America,The Vero Beach Duplicate Bridge
Club. Many people now move to Vero
Beach principally to play bridge. One can play bridge any day of the week, at
numerous public clubs in the county. Income & Housing Costs Numbers: Estimated median household income in 2008: $44,996 (it
was $38,427 in 2000)
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