• Imagine the Possibilities
    What may be missing and lost from the Orange Avenue Overlay (re)process?     VISION. “A vision is like a lighthouse, which illuminates rather than limits,giving direction rather than destination.”– James J. Mapes, Foresight First More than 11,000 Winter Park residents (over 1/3) participated in the 2015-2016 visioning exercise for what theyContinue Reading
  • Moratorium on Development Voted in by Winter Park City Commission in Spite of Economic Impacts of COVID Study
    During Wednesday night’s commission meeting a moratorium was voted in for the improvements along Orange Avenue in the same meeting where a study reported a $799 million loss in revenue for Winter Park as a result of COVID-19. The study conducted by The Balmoral Group and commissioned by THRIVE WinterContinue Reading
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  • OAO 2.0 – A Public Process Hijacked
    In the latest news in an attempt to rewrite the Orange Avenue Overlay, the Winter Park City Commission agreed amongst themselves, without public input, to hold a series of commission work sessions regarding the Orange Avenue Overlay to be held on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month. The work sessionsContinue Reading

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Sep 20

Park Avenue Businesses ask officials for help recovering from Shutdown

https://www.wftv.com/news/local/midst-crisis-park-avenue-businesses-ask-officials-help-recovering-shutdown/7J3333JWHVDAZLQHCEWZCVDF54/
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Aug 20

Commission Approves Moratorium for Orange Avenue

https://the32789.com/2020/08/11/commission-approves-moratorium-for-orange-avenue/
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May 20

Future of Orange Avenue Overlay District

https://www.wogx.com/video/681715
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Apr 20

Winter Park sued by developer after repealing controversial Orange Avenue Overlay District

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange-county/os-ne-winter-park-sued-orange-avenue-overlay-20200429-f4lhg4hkercw7ni3wwwfn7udhm-story.html
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Apr 20

Demetree sues city of Winter Park after controversial rule nixed

https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2020/04/28/demetree-sues-city-of-winter-park-after.html
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Apr 20

Winter Park’s reversal on controversial 75-acre plan ‘counterintuitive’ to growth

https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2020/04/02/winter-parks-reversal-on-controversial-75-acre.html
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Mar 20

Winter Park scraps controversial Orange Avenue Overlay District weeks after approval

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange-county/os-ne-winter-park-repeals-orange-avenue-overlay-20200331-cna3pnhfy5bqhnhwtsdckn3iay-story.html
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Feb 20

New Overlay District To Make Orange Avenue Attractive to Residents and Businesses in Winter Park

https://www.thedailycity.com/post/winter-park-orange-avenue
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Jan 20

WINTER PARK CHANGING UP ZONING, ADDING DENSITY

The Florida city near Orlando is looking to add more mixed-use development. https://www.builderonline.com/land/winter-park-changing-up-zoning-adding-density_c
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Jan 20

Winter Park approves first read of Orange Avenue Overlay District

https://bungalower.com/2020/01/20/winter-park-approves-overlay-district/
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