Ocala

So the two largest population centers are Marion County and Alachua County.

Marion County is Ocala, horse country, real beautiful.

And Alachua County is the University of Florida.

And then there are 10 rural counties surrounding those two.

not something that, you know, I mean, we didn't know what to expect when we had coach on, but I didn't have that on my bingo card today.

So I'll be interested to give Santana call here in Ocala.

She's probably listening to the podcast right now.

See what she thinks about that.

That's 352-753-4014.

And also, remember, the Lang Eye Institute of Ocala is in the preparatory stages right now.

We're working diligently.

We're putting a new elevator in.

By the way, that's the old Coca-Cola bottling factory.

It was the first elevator in Ocala for those trivia nuts.

So we have to put a new elevator in to be HIPAA compliant.

We've got to redo the parking lot, the roof, the whole exterior of the building, put 20 examination lanes, a surgery center, a state-of-the-art optical.

So you know what that means.

It's time for What's Up Ocala? With tens of thousands of viewers every month on our YouTube channel and millions so far on TikTok, we are joined by our host, local owner and broker of Great Expectations Realty, Andrea

Praber.

Good morning and welcome to What's Up Ocala.

I'm your host, Andrea Praber.

And today I have an amazing guest and I cannot wait to have you find out who it is Go ahead and tell everyone who you are and what you do.

That's awesome.

Thanks so much.

Let me just say, before I get started, welcome aboard, Lisa Blair, Atlanta, Georgia.

Welcome aboard, Jay Macaroni, EG, from Ocala, Florida.

How you doing, Elaine? La Preciosa, Freddy, is in the house.

Vegan City, I imagine that's both Cindy and Joe.

I'm in Orlando.

He's in, um, Ocala.

So I drive up 90 minutes.

I sit down with him.

Los Angeles, California.

E.G. out of Ocala, Florida.

Elaine, thank you for being here.

Likewise, Deb Denny is in the house from Indiana.

We're, we're doing, doing what we can to take advantage of that.

I think for me, uh, you know, w- I'm, I'm fortunate enough, uh, live on a, uh, on a horse farm in Ocala, Florida, so I get, uh, I'm surrounded by, uh, by some calm, uh, elements.

So I, I try to just enjoy that.

Play golf when I can, and, uh, um, you know, just enjoy being around home to relax