Mayor Dyer will join Florida State Senator Geraldine Thompson, Daytona Beach Mayor Derek Henry, Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), the Alliance for Truth and Justice (ATJ) and Wells’Built Museum representatives for the dedication ceremony of the EJI Historical Marker to honor the life of Arthur Henry, a Black man and Orlando resident who was the victim of a racially motivated lynching in 1925.
On Sunday, November 19,2023, an Orlando holiday tradition will occur with the raising of the Jack Kazanzas Star 50 feet over the intersection of Orange Avenue and Central Boulevard.
On or after December 5, 2023, the City of Orlando will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Program Office for the release of program funds under Title II of the Cranston Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act (HCDC) of 1974, as amended, to undertake the project listed below with City of Orlando Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding (B-23-MC-12-0015).
The City of Orlando is required by Florida Statute 420.9076 to establish an Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) in order to complete a Housing Incentive Strategies Report.
Of the 1,409,949 citizens living in Orange County in 2021, 88.5% said they were only one race, while 11.5% said they were two or more races, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained in June.