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February 22, 2008 - City News |
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Mayor's
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Dear Friend,
This Saturday, February 23, I invite you to
experience the ninth annual Orlando Wetlands
Park Festival. This yearly event features nature
and photography tours, Indian dancing,
entertainment, exhibits and activities for
children.
The Orlando Wetlands Park is a wonderful
wilderness area with bike and hiking trails,
abundant birds and beautiful wetlands. What many
visitors don’t realize is that it is also one of
the City’s largest working facilities. As the
world’s first large scale, constructed wetland
treatment system, it is designed to remove
nutrients from reclaimed water. The
benefit of this treatment facility includes
protecting our water resources by reducing
potentially harmful nutrients in a safe, natural
and effective method. At the same time, it
creates a home for numerous native animals,
water foul and migratory birds.
The Orlando Wetlands Park is part of the City’s
Green Works Orlando Initiative. This bold agenda
aims to protect our natural resources,
encourages environmentally-friendly lifestyles
and business practices and engages Central
Florida’s residents and businesses in the effort
to “go green.”
What better way to get inspired to “go green”
than to experience nature first-hand at the
Orlando Wetlands Park Festival. For directions
to the park and more information on Saturday’s
event, see the
events page at the end of City News.
Sincerely,
Buddy Dyer
Mayor
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This section of
City News provides public safety updates on new and ongoing City
initiatives and opportunities for citizens to become engaged in their
neighborhoods.
Neighborhood Watch Community Meetings
Join your neighbors
and Orlando City officials for a Neighborhood Watch community meeting.
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Monday, February 25, 2008 - 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Dr. J.B. Callahan Neighborhood Center, 101 N. Parramore Avenue
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
John H. Jackson Community Center, 1002 Carter Street |
Neighborhood Watch remains the most
successful crime prevention program worldwide. Its success is
demonstrated by our community’s commitment to become actively involved
through practicing crime prevention techniques and reporting crime or
suspicious activity. Visit
CityofOrlando.net for more information.
Citizen Police Academy
The Orlando Police Department will be
starting its 47th Citizen Police Academy on Tuesday, March 25, from 6:30
p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Orlando Police Department Auditorium. This
12-week program meets once a week in a classroom setting. The 12th week
is a formal graduation with the Chief of Police. The Citizen Police
Academy introduces participants to the wide variety of functions
performed in police work, including police patrol of neighborhoods and
tactics used in high risk incidents. For more information, contact the
Community Involvement Section at 407-246-2461.
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City Council Runoff for District 2
A runoff election
will be held on Tuesday, February 26, 2008,
for the District 2 City Commission seat.
Please note that
the polling place for the runoff election may be
different than the location where you voted for
the primary election.
Please consult
your sample ballot, which will be mailed to you,
for the specific location of your polling place
and additional election information.
Saturday,
February 23, is the last day for early
voting. Residents may vote on Saturday from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Supervisor of Elections
Office, 119 W. Kaley Street.
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Mayor in the
Community |
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On Monday, February 18, Mayor
Buddy Dyer attended the City’s Black History
Month Celebration in the City Hall Rotunda. |
On Thursday, February 21,
Mayor Buddy Dyer attended the Workplace Giving
Victory Breakfast. City employees donated more
than
$120,000 to local and national charities.
Also on Thursday, the Mayor
attended the ribbon cutting of the new Nemours
Children's
Clinic.
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Did You Know? |
Community Venues
Blueprint Hiring Program
Find out how you can benefit from the Community
Venues projects by joining Orlando Mayor Buddy
Dyer, District 5 City Commissioner Daisy W.
Lynum and the Orlando Venues Project Office for
a meeting and barbeque on Saturday, March 1 from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dr. J.B. Callahan
Neighborhood Center (Washington Street and
Parramore Avenue). This event will provide
information on training and job opportunities
created by the construction of the new Community
Venues. For more information, call 407-246-3721
or email
venues.blueprint@cityoforlando.net.
Mayor’s City
Academy Alumni Association
If you are a Mayor’s City Academy graduate, join
fellow graduates on February 28 to form an
Alumni Association. Participants will take part
in developing the association’s mission and
structure. Please contact Chris Polke at
407-246-2678 or
Chris.Polke@cityoforlando.net to confirm
your attendance by
Friday, February 22, 2008. The meeting will be
held in the Harvard Room, ninth floor, City
Hall, 400 South Orange Avenue.
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Upcoming
Events |
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Road Closure |
• For information on
road closures please visit:
our site.
• For up-to-date
information on I-4 lane and ramp closures please
visit:
trans4mation.org
• For the latest
East-West Expressway updates please visit:
http://www.oocea.com/constructionupdate/roadupdates.shtml |
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City Hall
400 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: 407.246.2221
Fax: 407.246.2842
Email:
buddy.dyer@cityoforlando.net |
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Florida has a very broad public records law.
As a result, any written communication created or received by City of
Orlando officials and employees will be made available to the public and
media, upon request, unless otherwise exempt. Under Florida law, email
addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address
released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic
mail to this office. Instead, contact our office by phone or in writing.
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