WMFE News Highlights Parramore Contamination

WMFE 90.7 News reported on the Parramore contamination in downtown Orlando this week, announcing the kickoff to a new community awareness campaign launched by the Fight Back Coalition, the Central Florida Democratic Environmental Caucus, FAMU Environmental Law Society and members of the local Sierra Club chapter. WMFE is a non-profit, member-supported, community-based public broadcasting company that operates 90.7 WMFE-FM, metro Orlando’s primary provider of NPR programming. Original broadcast aired during “All Things Considered” on Tuesday.

From the WMFE summary online:

Mike Cantone, from the Fight Back Coalition, wants more of a focus on residential areas.

“Our awareness campaign is going to aim to bring more transparency to the process, bring more community awareness and outreach from the city, and then demand action from the city to actually help residents and not the developers,” said Cantone.

The City of Orlando and Mayor Buddy Dyer have not been open, honest and transparent with the people of Parramore about contamination. The city spokesperson could only comment that one of the federal grants will be “invested in Parramore to evaluate if properties are contaminated.” However, based on city records, the only properties included are Creative Village sites and the new MLS soccer stadium site. More to come.