Lake Life Outpost

🎨 This is a consistent event, build your market....

We Are the Northern Side—and we’re coming together to celebrate creativity, community, and all things local!

Our spaces (Northside) are free for Produce and Seafood
Load in begins at 3pm

Join Artist With a Purpose and us, Lake Life Outpost for our Art & Makers Market in Downtown Leesburg!

📅 Friday, July 17, 2026
⏰ 6:00–9:00 PM
📍 South & North Fourth Street, Leesburg, Florida

Enjoy an evening filled with:

🎨 Local artists and talented makers
🎶 Live music
🛍️ Creative shopping
🍴 Food vendors
❤️ Family-friendly fun

Come meet the makers, discover something original, and help us build a stronger, more creative community—together!

For more information, visit Lake Life Outpost at 310 West Main Street or call 352-223-3694.

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Enjoy friends!!!

Happy Fourth of July

May we all have an amazing 4th of July holiday!

There are days when owning a small business is one of the greatest joys imaginable. There are also days when it’s incredibly difficult.

Today, walking through our beautiful Historic Downtown Leesburg on a Saturday afternoon, I couldn’t help but notice how quiet it was. Empty sidewalks. Empty parking spaces. Businesses with their lights on, employees waiting, doors open, hoping someone will come through them.

Behind every storefront is a family. A dream. Someone who invested their savings, their time, and their heart into believing our downtown could thrive

As someone who serves on the Downtown Leesburg Business Association, and part of our Chamber, I know many people are working tirelessly to create events, improve our downtown, and make it a destination. This isn’t about pointing fingers. It’s about recognizing a reality that affects every locally owned business.

If we want a vibrant downtown five years from now, we have to support it today.

Before we order online, before we drive to another city, before we say, “I didn’t know that shop was there,” I hope we’ll consider spending an afternoon here in our own hometown.

Have lunch. Buy a gift. Grab a cup of coffee. Visit a boutique. Explore a gallery. Meet the people who have invested their lives in making Historic Downtown Leesburg special.

Small businesses aren’t asking for charity. We’re simply hoping our community will choose to be part of our story.

A thriving downtown doesn’t happen because of a few business owners it happens because an entire community decides it’s worth supporting.

We love Leesburg. We believe in Leesburg. And we’ll keep showing up every morning with the hope that our community will continue showing up for us.

Thank you to everyone who already does. You make more of a difference than you know.

Here we are

Thank you

We Honor you!