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Winter Garden marked Juneteenth 2023 with a celebratory event at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church.

State Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis (D-District 40), Thursday urged fellow lawmakers to vote against House Bill 9 that would overhaul the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the special tax district encompassing Disney property in Orange and Osceola counties.

Come along with VoxPopuli as we tour highlights of this exhibit of paintings, sculpture, photos and artifacts that celebrate Latin art in Florida for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Shea Cutliff of R.I.S.E. Initiative; Arlo Dennis of Trans Fertility Co. and Stephanie Loraine Piñeiro and Guerdy Remy of Florida Action Network talk abortion action funds, the importance of abortion stories and why overturning Roe is only the beginning of the rights SCOTUS wants to roll back.

The Dover Kohl team listened to community member ideas and produced a 3D model film to bring the concepts to life. There's $22 million in the CRA budget to build. One question remains: Is the plan on track?

Urban planners from Dover Kohl met with East Winter Garden residents, business owners and community leaders over three days to get input about their visions for community revitalization. VoxPopuli takes you inside these meetings to put together a 20-year plan that was begun in 2017.

In our exclusive interview, Dover Kohl urban planner Jason King, who specializes in revitalizing African-American communities, talks about affordable housing, sustainable businesses, utilizing the CRA to create jobs, and bringing a grocery store to this food desert.

Winter Garden's city commission inches closer to annexing the remaining 60-plus, Orange County-governed residential properties in the historic Black neighborhood, with an important change.

Construction of the Winter Garden Police Department's "pop-up" police station and community development center in East Winter Garden is expected to be completed Wednesday, but not everyone is comfortable with it.

The Buffalo Soliders Motorcycle Clubs in Orlando and Tampa rode Saturday to honor African-Americans who died in the Ocoee Massacre, which occurred in 1920, because they tried to exercise their right to vote.

It's a nonpartisan civic holiday to get Americans registered to vote because as many as 1 in 4 who are eligible aren't registeredt. VoxPopuli talked with Equal Ground's Nicole Benton about how Florida has a new law that aims to suppress voters' rights.

Pastor Hodge trains for the Selma-to-Montgomery Civil Rights March as he also tries to raise awareness about "racial tensions" in East Winter Garden.