LAKE Magazine

Gracious Living in Lake, Sumter & The Villages

LAKE Magazine has more than 146,000 readers in Lake and Sumter Counties each month. There are 1,100 distribution points including restaurants, professional offices, banks, chamber of commerce and retail outlets.

The magazine has had as much as 240 pages of information, features, photos and local business advertising.

One of the fastest growing areas, Lake and Sumter County offers the perfect elements for a great magazine - incredible natural beauty, rich cultural and recreational resources and a high concentration of people who could live anywhere in the world.

What started in September of 1998 as a 5 ½ x 8 ½ publication named Lake, today is now a full-sized, all-color magazine.

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Timeline

Sept. 1998: 5,000 copies of Lake Today hit the streets
Jan. 1999: 10,000 copies are printed
Aug. 2000: Company moves to location on Montclair Street in Leesburg
Nov. 2003: Lake Today reaches 96 pages
Sept. 2004: Lake Today goes to its current size of 8 1/2 x 11 and becomes LAKE Magazine
July 2005: Company moves to their current office on Dixie Avenue in Leesburg
Jan. 2006: First Cover Girl winner is Sarah Wright
Aug. 2006: LAKE receives Florida Magazine Association award for writing
April 2007: Columnist and humorist Jake Vest joins LAKE
Aug. 2007: LAKE receives FMA award for photography
Jan. 2008: LAKE’s biggest issue is 240 pages
Sept.2008: LAKE celebrates its 10th anniversary
March 2009: LAKE goes fully online offering video, discussion topics, blogs and more

For over 10 years LAKE Magazine has captured style with award-winning coverage of arts, fashion and shopping, real estate and design, golf, health and fine dining.