Gracie Mitchell lives in the Rock Lake neighborhood in West Lakes. She is a member of the Rock Lake Home Owners Association.
When Gracie moved to Orlando, she was looking for a convenient place, close to many things. To her, being in close proximity to church, school, and work were important. When she and her family found Ventura Avenue in the Rock Lake Community, she thought, “this is it!” Gracie says that she loves living in, what she calls, “the center of Orlando” because her visitors always comment about how close the community is to everything in Orlando and it is easy to reach anything
Gracie has three children; they all attended Jones High School. Her family loved the local school and the children did very well when they were students there. When her daughter attended the school, she was voted as Miss Jones High School and she was the valedictorian of her class. Her daughter attended Florida A&M University, where she studied nursing. Her daughter is now a registered nurse. Gracie and her family have always loved living in their home. To her, Rock Lake is a great neighborhood that she is very proud to live in.
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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
