A water park, a hotel, a diner, and more will soon a strip of land right off State Road 80 in LaBelle. Fox 4’s Hendry County Community Correspondent, Austin Schargorodski, works in the area daily and stays on top of what’s discussed at county commissioners meetings. That’s where he first heard about the plan to transform the site into a destination.
Watch to hear about the new entertainment options coming to LaBelle:
Big plans brewing off SR 80: Water park, hotel, and more for LaBelle
It’s all part of a bigger vision for the brand-new Olde Florida Motorcoach and RV Resort. Investor Scott Wagner showed Austin the plans, starting with the water park: two pools, a snack bar, and resort-style seating.
“And then we have a slide pool, and that pool is 70 by 30, and that’s going to have two large slides,” Wagner said.
Wagner says there’s no public pool between Fort Myers and Clewiston. And with the area growing fast, he says people need more to do. That’s why Wagner says he’s not stopping with the water park. He also has plans to build a 1950s-style diner and a retail strip next to it…