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Community: Winter Garden

COMMUNITY SERVICES

The HUBB of it all

The Foundation for a Healthier West Orange’s website connects residents to the housing, health, legal and financial resources all around the area.

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WINTER GARDEN

THE Garden Theatre Staff Has Something To Say ...

As the drama at the Garden Theatre between its board of directors and staff spilled into the community, the staff put out a statement on the theatre's Facebook page. The post was removed. We're publishing it here in full.

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GOVERNMENT

Residency requirement waived for new city manager by Winter Garden commissioners

Ballot initiative to repeal “relic” city charter requirement slated for March 2023 municipal election.

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GARDEN THEATRE

Garden Theatre holds a mirror to Central Florida's culture of bigotry and hate, past and present

Parade, the musical about the lynching that reawakened the KKK, gets a showing in a former Klan stronghold.

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COMMUNITY ACTION

Winter Garden to Orange County Public Schools: No bus depot in our backyard!

Met with fierce community opposition, school officials say they’re open to finding a new location.

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LAND DEAL

Winter Garden buys 16 acres for county school district property swap

The $5M property on W. Colonial is meant to replace Orange Technical College as the new site for school bus depot.

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ENVIRONMENT

East Winter Garden group says "No!" to proposed school bus depot

“You just don’t put that in the center of someone’s neighborhood,” says Chloe Johnson-Brunson of the community advocacy group One Winter Garden.

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ANNEXATION

Winter Garden prepares to bring remaining East Winter Garden properties into city

Annexation will be on the Jan. 27 city commission agenda, says City Manager Jon Williams.

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COVID-19

Winter Garden institutes mask mandate for city employees in city buildings

The decision was driven by the omicron variant, says City Manager Jon Williams.

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COMMUNITY ACTION

Winter Garden makes resident community meetings a requirement for construction projects approval

The change was instituted after community outrage over Riegl USA's helipad nearly being green-lit without public input.

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