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A Trust is Born: Keeping Our Promise to Jacob Summerlin

College Park Paper: One of the rewards for writing about Orlando’s history (with College Park as my muse) is learning the backstory — discovering the dreamers and passionate people, many who came into a land of pristine lakes and pine-forested wilderness to realize their dreams. And since Orlando’s incorporation in 1875, we’ve had many citizens

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Orlando Land Trust Seeks to Preserve Lake Eola Park Greenspace

“Lake Eola always has been a hub around which Orlando has been built,” Eve Bacon wrote in her history of Orlando. That’s sure the feeling of the folks who last fall founded the Orlando Land Trust, the mission of which is “to preserve, protect, and expand Lake Eola Park and the surrounding green space of

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“Little Old Ladies” Launch Orlando Land Trust And Capital Campaign To Protect Lake Eola Park

ORLANDO, FLA. – Wednesday, October 23, 2019 – A local group of volunteers, motivated to protect the future of Lake Eola Park, has announced the creation of Orlando Land Trust (OLT) and its first capital campaign to protect and create green space at the park. Started by two Orlando natives, OLT seeks to raise $3.5

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Volunteers Raising Funds to Buy Eola 7-Eleven Building

The ORLANDO LAND TRUST was established as a means of improving and protecting parks, playgrounds, and green spaces for all Orlando residents. MISSION To preserve, protect, and expand Lake Eola Park and the surrounding green space of Orlando’s “crown jewel” by reducing development and density on the lake which is consistent with the Downtown Orlando

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