Alzo and Elouise Reddick (pictured with her daughter, Kay) live in the Clear Lake: Bunche Manor/Hollando neighborhood. They have lived in their current home since 1978. Alzo previously served as a Representative in the Florida State House of Representatives.
When Elouise was a child, her family moved from Gainesville to Orlando. They lived on both Orange Center Blvd. and Monte Carlo in Bunche Manor since 1953. Very few of her neighbor's homes were built yet. She remembers being able to walk directly out to the lake. Her father was a gardener. He was one of the first people in the area to purchase lawn equipment and to do lawn work for residents in the community. He was also an A.M.E. minister that preached at many churches. Her mother was a housewife who cared for the family.
Elouise is a graduate of Jones High School and after going to college, she came back to the area and taught school there for nearly eight years.
She likes living in West Lakes because the people are nice and she knows all of her neighbors. In the future, she hopes that the descendants of the original families will return to build up the neighborhood and take pride in its history.
Click on the audio files below to hear more of Alzo and Elouise’s story.
Kay Reddick lives in the Clear Lake: Bunche Manor/Hollando neighborhood. She moved into her childhood home in 1978.
She is a 1980 graduate of Jones High School, located in the Communities of West Lakes.
After living in another neighborhood, she moved back to Bunche Manor where she now plans to remain. Kay loves this neighborhood and knows everyone here. She is grateful to be a part of the community.
She sees the neighborhood continuing to flourish in the future. She feels like organizations such as West Lakes Partnership are binding the five neighborhoods together.
Click on the audio files below to hear more of Kay’s story.
To learn more about the Lake Effect | Faces of West Lakes project or to listen to more stories of the residents of the Communities of West Lakes, visit https://www.westlakespartnership.org/faces-of-west-lakes
