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Community: Winter Garden

GOVERNMENT

Behind Winter Garden’s “discouraging” decision to cancel its MLK Day parade

Recruiting participants for Winter Garden's parade has always been a "struggle," leading the Parks and Recreation director to consider nixing next year's parade in favor of a bigger focus on the city's Celebration event.

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Winter Garden adopts new, stricter regulations for e-bike, motorized scooter riders

Riders must be at least 15 and carry "government-issued ID."

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Winter Garden boosts water-related impact fees for developers

Costs to bring the city's wastewater treatment facility into compliance with state standards necessitated the steep fee increases, city officials say.

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Winter Garden receives $19.1M grant for waste water treatment plant construction

Half of the American Rescue Plan grant is forgiven, half is a 0 percent loan, says city manager.

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Winter Garden boosts cemetery burial prices more than 200 percent

Changes to city ordinance now limits interment rights to immediate family, restricts monument height and attempts to prevent plot resale.

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MEMORIAL

Crowds gather in Winter Garden for Charlie Kirk prayer vigil

West Orange County residents tell VoxPopuli what the Turning Point USA founder meant to them

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Winter Garden mayor declares city a “faith-based” community

Rees was asked at Wednesday's State of West Orange luncheon What makes Winter Garden “unique”?

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Winter Garden officially kills fire fee

Cancels Halloween Fest in show of cost cutting.

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GOVERNMENT

Winter Garden finds $4M in budget, cancels unpopular fire fee

City may close budget gap by reducing operating, capital costs; increasing millage rate; tapping reserve funds.

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