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Orlando Land Trust Shares its Goals at City Council Meeting

Mayor Buddy Dyer called on Charles Gray. As a life-long resident of Orlando and board member of OLT, Mr. Gray reminisced about Lake Eola Park’s past and how its future needs to be protected without development encroaching on its borders. Ted Haddock, President of the Orlando Land Trust, described the vision for an entryway to […]

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Preserving Lake Eola Park invests in Orlando’s future. Will you help?

Lake Eola is the signature park in downtown Orlando. Residents throughout the city have expressed concerns about development surrounding the park. There was a proposed plan to build high–rise at Washington Street next to the Lake Eola playground. People were so upset by this proposal that a public hearing became borderline violent as protesters threw

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Patty Sheehan pledges $50,000 of her discretionary funds toward Lake Eola Park Land Trust

City commissioner Patty Sheehan contributed $50,000 toward a fundraising campaign to purchase land near Lake Eola Park, in hopes of expanding its southwest corner. The money goes toward the purchase of the Murrell Building on the corner of Rosalind Avenue and East Central Boulevard that currently houses a 7-Eleven store. The 5,000-square-foot parcel is under

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Orlando Land Trust’s Mission: Preserve Lake Eola, Park at City’s Heart

“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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Two “little old ladies” begin fundraising to prevent skyrise at Lake Eola Park

Nearly a dozen high rises are in the works to be added to the downtown Orlando skyline, but two self-proclaimed “little old ladies” said enough is enough. So they’re on a mission to prevent any shadows from being cast on Lake Eola Park. It’s a big undertaking. The women are launching their official fundraising campaign

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Our first community event at the OUC Orlando Half Marathon & Track Shack Lake Eola 5k

Thank you OUC – The Reliable One and Track Shack Orlando for allowing us to participate as a Community Partner for the 2019 OUC and Track Shack Marathon! Our information booth at the annual OUC Half Marathon & Track Shack Lake Eola 5K run provided a great opportunity for us to share the mission of the Trust with

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