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Experience Culture Like Never Before With Open Scene Where All Voices are Celebrated
This is the fifth in a series of newsroom stories highlighting local arts and culture organizations awarded Cultural Tourism Grants. Whether through a theatrical production, festival, workshop, or visual arts expo, Open Scene strives to curate spaces where diverse voices can be seen, heard and celebrated. “We try to create more spaces for dialog...
Mayor Jerry L. Demings Touts Efficiency During 2025 State of the County Address
Marking his 44th year as a public servant, Mayor Jerry L. Demings delivered his 2025 State of the County address at the Linda Chapin...
Be Hurricane-Ready: Sign Up for OCAlert Before a Storm Arrives
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, and forecasters are predicting an above-average number of storms. Now is the time for Orange County...
Orange County’s Housing Trust Fund continues to make an impact
A groundbreaking ceremony held on April 14 was a chance to celebrate the progress Orange County is making in tackling the affordable housing crisis....
Community & Services
Experience Culture Like Never Before With Open Scene Where All Voices are Celebrated
This is the fifth in a series of newsroom stories highlighting local arts and culture organizations awarded Cultural Tourism Grants. Whether through a theatrical production, festival, workshop, or visual arts expo, Open Scene strives...
Mayor Jerry L. Demings Touts Efficiency During 2025 State of the County Address
Marking his 44th year as a public servant, Mayor Jerry L. Demings delivered his 2025 State of the County address at the Linda Chapin Theatre inside the Orange County Convention Center on June 6,...
Orange County’s Housing Trust Fund continues to make an impact
A groundbreaking ceremony held on April 14 was a chance to celebrate the progress Orange County is making in tackling the affordable housing crisis. Mayor Jerry L. Demings and District 6 Commissioner Michael Scott joined community members to officially kick off construction on the Enclave at Canopy Park—a new 104-unit apartment community coming to...
Public Health & Safety
Be Hurricane-Ready: Sign Up for OCAlert Before a Storm Arrives
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, and forecasters are predicting an above-average number of storms. Now is the time for Orange County residents to prepare — and one of the simplest, most...
Code Compliance Inspector Helps Rescue Abused Dogs
What began as a routine property inspection turned into a life-changing moment for three dogs thanks to the quick thinking and compassion of an Orange County Code Compliance Inspector. While inspecting an apartment unit...
“Road Diet” Strategy for Safer Roadway Configuration
Many of Orange County’s busiest thoroughfares were developed decades ago when cars ruled the road, but in recent years people have changed how they get around. Mass transit, bicycles, scooters and other micromobility devices have become more popular, and this means more people travel along these busy roads rather than in the middle of...
Business
A Truly Epic Collaboration: Orange County Played Monumental Role in Universal’s New Theme Park
Even before construction finished, Epic Universe was already shattering local records. To make the giant theme park a reality, Orange County Government issued 1,150 permits and conducted nearly 34,000 inspections across the 750-acre property...
One-Year Milestone of Orange County Solar Installation Celebrated
Ahead of National Solar Appreciation Day, March 14, Orange County officials gathered to commemorate the one-year milestone for the county’s largest ground-mounted solar array, which is located at the Northwest Water Reclamation Facility in...
Demings Digest | February 2025
Greetings, What an exciting start to the year! Here at the Orange County Administration Offices, we celebrated newly installed public artwork on display at our Sculpture on the Lawn exhibit and opened our doors to the public during our Open House and Job Fair event last week. In the coming months, there will be...
