Community & Services
Orange County Launches Heroin Task Force
Mayor Teresa Jacobs convened the first Heroin Task Force work session on Monday with Sheriff Jerry L. Demings, Deputy County Administrator of Public Safety and Health Services George Ralls, M.D. and numerous local law enforcement, interdiction and treatment experts to address the extraordinary spike in local heroin use and overdoses from the highly addictive drug.
Orange County to Host World Cup Champion U.S. Women’s National Team During Victory Tour
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs joined community leaders on Monday to announce the highly anticipated U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) Victory tour match against...
Central Florida Regional Commission on Homelessness Hosts First Central Florida Landlord Summit
Orange County and the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness hosted the first-ever Central Florida Landlord Summit with other community partners on July 29 to...
Orange County Recognizes Children for Saving Lives During House Fire
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Fire Chief Otto Drozd III honored Isiah Francis, 10, and Jeremiah Grimes, 11, at the Board of County...
Orange County Opens Three-Points Maintenance Unit
Orange County Government and its Public Works Division held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Young Pine Road Three-Points Maintenance Unit on July...
Orange County Rallies Support for Veterans Surge
Hundreds of volunteers from across the region joined the “Veterans Surge” initiative, led by the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness (CFCH), with the goal...
Orange County Citizens Honored at 2015 Community Conference
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and the Board of County Commissioners recognized several Community Champions at the 20th Annual Community Conference held on July...
Local Organizing Committee Launches for American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championships
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs joined community leaders at the historic Cheyenne Saloon in downtown Orlando on July 16 to launch the Local Organizing...
Orange County Celebrates New Holden Heights Community Center
Mayor Jacobs was joined by Orange County District 6 Commissioner Victoria P. Siplin at the event hosted by Orange County’s Family Services Department and...
Edgewood Children’s Ranch Grows Food and Futures
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs recently toured the unique pilot garden at Edgewood Children’s Ranch where new agricultural methods are being tested with Valencia...
