LaBelle Downtown Revitalization Corporation

11/03/2026

Our Historic Downtown LaBelle Walking Tour has a new home on the LDRC website!

We've brought our walking tour online, making it easier than ever for residents and visitors to discover the people, places, and stories that shaped our little town on the river. ❤️

With an interactive map and information about each historic stop, you can explore downtown LaBelle at your own pace, right from your phone!

Whether you're a lifelong resident, new to the area, or just passing through, we encourage you to take a stroll through our history. You might be surprised by what you learn about places you've walked past a hundred times!

Visit our updated walking tour here: https://labelledowntown.com/visit/walking-tour

And we'd love to hear from you! What's your favorite piece of LaBelle history? Do you have an old photo or a story about downtown? Share it with us in the comments!

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11/03/2026

🏡 Help Shape the Future of the Historic Captain Hendry House!

The Captain Hendry House has been part of LaBelle's story for more than a century, and now we have an exciting opportunity to help shape its next chapter!

The LaBelle Downtown Revitalization Corporation is partnering with a team of volunteer planning professionals from the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA Florida) through its Community Planning Assistance Team (CPAT) program to explore the future of this historic property.

And we want to hear from YOU!

📅 Saturday, November 21, 2026
🕐 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Barron Library, LaBelle

Join us for a FREE public open house where you'll have the opportunity to meet the planning team, see ideas developed during the stakeholder workshop, ask questions, and share your thoughts about what the Captain Hendry House could become.

Whether you envision a museum, a community gathering place, educational programs, or something entirely different, your ideas matter!

This is an open house format, so stop by anytime between 1 and 5 PM. There's no need to stay for the entire event.

The Captain Hendry House is part of our shared history. Let's work together to make sure it's part of LaBelle's future, too. ❤️

📣 Help us spread the word! Share this post, tag a neighbor, and invite anyone who cares about LaBelle's history and future.

10/31/2026

10/31/2026

Today is the day! Bring the whole family, we’re getting ready!

10/23/2026

🔥 A BIG THANK YOU TO Centex Southwest Florida! 🔥

We're excited to welcome CenTex as a BBQ King/Queen Sponsor for the 15th Annual Smoke Under the Oaks BBQ Competition! 👑🍖

Their generous sponsorship helps us bring great BBQ, live music, local vendors, and a whole lot of community fun to Downtown LaBelle!

❤️ Thank you, CenTex, for investing in our community and helping us keep LaBelle's traditions going strong!

Want to get your business in on the action?

👉 Become a sponsor:
https://labelledowntown.com/smoke-under-the-oaks

Let's fire up the grills and make this year's Smoke Under the Oaks one to remember! 🔥

10/03/2026

🏈 COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: COACH MIKE LOPEZ 🏈

When we talk about what makes LaBelle special, it always comes back to the people who invest their time, energy, and heart into the next generation.

Coach Mike Lopez comes from a longtime LaBelle family, and today he and his father, Coach Luie Lopez, both call Downtown LaBelle home. Their family’s commitment to local youth sports spans generations.

Coach Mike is now in his fourth year coaching football, and this season his LaBelle Longhorns 10U team is an impressive 7–0, with a real opportunity to make a playoff run. His son is right there with him on the field, playing receiver while contributing in other positions as well.

For Coach Mike, coaching is about far more than wins.

He describes his approach as coaching with heart, building a team where every player is treated like one of his own. He knows when a player needs encouragement, when to celebrate their progress, and when to challenge them to push a little harder. He takes the time to learn each athlete’s strengths and weaknesses and adapts his coaching to help them grow.

That commitment runs in the family.

Coach Luie Lopez, a LaBelle High School graduate, has spent 20 years coaching youth sports in our community and currently helps coach the Longhorns 8U team, where Coach Mike’s little brother also plays. Coach Mike graduated from Moore Haven High School, where he played both football and basketball and scored more than 1,000 points in just three years on the basketball court. Their commitment continues beyond football season too, with both Coach Mike and Coach Luie coaching basketball in the fall, right here in Downtown LaBelle.

Tomorrow at 12:30 PM, Coach Mike and the undefeated 10U Longhorns take the field at Davis-Pratt Park for their Homecoming game. 🧡🏈

We are incredibly grateful to have community leaders like Coach Mike and Coach Luie investing in LaBelle’s kids, and proud that their family continues to call Downtown LaBelle home.

Good luck tomorrow, Longhorns! Keep it going! 🏈🙌

09/30/2026

🌴🔥 CRUSHEE’S ARE COMING TO BARRON PARK! 🔥🌴

LaBelle, get ready for a Wednesday lunch you’re NOT going to want to miss! 🤤

🌽 The Corn Stars will be serving up some seriously loaded comfort food at Barron Park!

🍖 Pulled Pork Sliders
Topped with fresh apple slaw + BBQ sauce

🥔 Loaded Baked Potatoes
Piled high with pulled pork, BBQ sauce & delicious elote 🌽

🍹 And don’t forget to grab one of their Crushees to wash it all down! 😋

📍 Barron Park • LaBelle
📅 Wednesday
⏰ 11 AM

Bring your appetite, grab lunch, and support a local food vendor! ❤️

Tag your lunch buddy! 👇 Who’s meeting you at Barron Park? 🌴🔥

09/29/2026

✂️ BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT 📸: Rick's Barber Shop in Labelle✂️

There are businesses in LaBelle that provide a service… and then there are businesses that become part of the community’s story. ❤️

Today, we’re shining a spotlight on Rick’s Barbershop, a true downtown LaBelle staple that has been serving our community since February 3, 2015.

Located right in the heart of downtown, Rick’s is the kind of place where a haircut is about more than just getting cleaned up. It’s about fun conversation, familiar faces, and that feeling of walking into a place that has its own story to tell.

And one of the most special parts of that story is family.

📸 Pictured here are father and son who both barber at Rick’s — carrying on the craft together and creating another generation of memories behind the chair.

Step inside and you’ll find so much more than barbering. The walls are filled with vintage treasures, local pieces, memorabilia, and items that give the shop a personality all its own. Every corner seems to have something to look at and a story behind it.

Rick’s Barbershop represents something we love about our community: small businesses that become landmarks, familiar faces that become friends, and places that help make a town feel like home.

But the most important part is still the chair — sit down, get your cut, have a conversation, and support a business that has chosen to call downtown LaBelle home for more than 11 years. ❤️

So LaBelle, the next time you’re due for a haircut, don’t just scroll past this one — go get your cut at Rick’s! 💈✂️

Let’s show our local businesses some love and keep our dollars right here in our community!! Every haircut, every visit, and every customer makes a difference.

📍 Rick’s Barbershop — 27 Fort Thompson Ave in Downtown LaBelle
✂️ Serving LaBelle since February 3, 2015

Support local. Get your cut local. Keep LaBelle strong. ❤️🌳

09/27/2026

🍓✨ Jarring Delights IS AT BARRON PARK TODAY! ✨🍓

Looking for something sweet and delicious today? 😋 Jarring Delights is set up at Barron Park and will be there until 8 PM tonight!

Come grab some goodies, enjoy the park, and support a local small business! 💕🌳

📍 Barron Park
⏰ Today until 8 PM

Bring the family, bring a friend, and come treat yourself! 🥰

FRESH SQUEEZED LEMONADE!! DID I MENTION IT IS FRESH SQUEEZED. Is there any other kind??

09/24/2026

🎃🍂 Fall Festival is coming to Downtown LaBelle! 🍂🎃

Join us Saturday, October 31 for a full day of fall fun during our Shop Downtown Market & Fall Festival at Barron Park!

Come spend the day downtown and enjoy:
🛍️ Local vendors & shopping
🍔 Food trucks
🍬 Trunk-or-Treat
👻 Youth Costume Contest
🐾 Best Pet Costume
🎃 Halloween fun for the whole family

Bring the kids in costume, grab some candy, shop local, and celebrate Halloween with us in Downtown LaBelle!

📍 Barron Park | Downtown LaBelle
📅 Saturday, October 31, 2026 10am - 2pm

Interested in being a vendor?
https://www.eventeny.com/events/vendor/?id=55154