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Orlando 150: Orange Avenue
Orange Avenue has been one of Orlando’s most significant thoroughfares since the town’s incorporation 150 years ago in 1875. According to a business district map from 1885, the street was populated with several businesses including hotels, saloons, grocery and dry goods stores, bakeries, drug stores and more. Orlando was developing rapidly and by the late…
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Orange County Library System Board of Trustees approves leases for library branches in Lake Nona, Horizon West
On June 9, the Orange County Library System Board of Trustees approved leases for new library branches in both Lake Nona and Horizon West. In Horizon West, the library will have a ground lease with Orange County that will allow for the design and construction of a library in the Horizon West Regional Park. The…
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