The Fight Back Coalition has released a new video raising an interesting question: what will happen to Faith Deliverance Temple, the Parramore church located right next door to the planned Major League Soccer stadium? The Fight Back Coalition also questions why none of the renderings for the MLS stadium have… [read more]
Today, state legislators delivered a major setback for Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Orlando City Lions who are trying to use state funds to complete plans for their new Major League Soccer stadium. The Joint Legislative Budget Commission met today with an agenda to decide how to award $7 million in… [read more]
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,… [read more]
Issuing an Earth Day warning about widespread contamination in Parramore, the Fight Back Coalition, the Central Florida Democratic Environmental Caucus and members of the local Sierra Club chapter launched a new community awareness campaign calling for more transparency, public outreach and direct action to help residents. The group also revealed… [read more]
Buddy Dyer’s “Creative Village” remains vacant, with the project’s developer admitting that the site would never end up like the proposed renderings and that they are having problems finding potential tenants. But Dyer is busy attempting to lure the University of Central Florida to expand its downtown presence more than 30… [read more]
The NY Times ran a great piece about how major US cities are mobilizing to help residents threatened by gentrification, balancing their redevelopment and growth with important protections. Initiatives are focusing on reducing or freezing property taxes for local homeowners so they are not forced out by development, creating more neighborhood… [read more]
If you read the Orlando Sentinel on Saturday, you saw the article “City plans to condemn church for stadium are wrong” by Scott Maxwell. And the headline gets it right (this time), but the takeover of this church is just one of the many wrongs in the Orlando soccer stadium… [read more]
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s destruction of historic Parramore continues to rage on, now including the grand theft of Parramore’s historic bricks to use in other parts of the city! Making the matter even worse, Dyer’s administration is lying once again about the reasons. Another horrible broken promise by Buddy Dyer… [read more]