June 2020

City of Orlando looking to buy more land for Lake Eola

We told you HERE in October about the two self-described “little old ladies” that were trying to buy a slice of property to add to Lake Eola Park. Well, it seems as if they’ve almost reached their goal.Lynn Long and Eugenia Sefcik, backed by Orlando native and local philanthropist Ted Haddock, have banded together to form the Orlando […]

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Orlando taxing district proposes $1.2 million toward Lake Eola expansion

A group aiming to transform a downtown building that houses a 7-Eleven into an expansion of Lake Eola, the city’s signature park, in on the verge of a big step toward that goal. The city of Orlando, through a special downtown taxing district, is poised to put up $1.2 million, about a third of the

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Lake Eola Park | Orlando Land Trust

Announcing City of Orlando, CRA and the Orlando Land Trust Partnership!

Orlando City Council voted on the Community Redevelopment Agency funding recommendation approving an equal match with the Orlando Land Trust for a private/public partnership.  The Trust for Public Land and the OLT joined together to raise the money for the purchase of the Murrell property This is a potential vision of the gateway. Once the

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