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The Corporal Larry E. Smedley National Vietnam War Museum would like give the Central Florida community the opportunity to thank Central Florida veterans returning from their recent tour of duty in the Middle East by sponsoring a very memorable event - a three day cruise to the Bahamas. The Museum’s goal is to offer 500 free rooms to returning veterans and their spouse or special someone. For more information or to become a Program Supporter and/or Contributor visit thankyouveteranscruise.org.
On Monday, April 11, 2011 Brooke Bonnett, Director of Economic Development presented a workshop to the Orlando City Council entitled Strengthen Orlando Business Assistance Initiatives. For more information on the Economic Development Department's Strengthen Orlando initiatives to support small business, view the presentation slides (pdf) or watch the workshop on YouTube. Orlando Cares In 2010 Orlando was the only Florida city awarded one of 20 Cities of Service Leadership Grants by the Rockefeller Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies, giving us grant funds to hire our City’s first Chief Service Officer to coordinate a community-engagement, collaborative process for developing a City-wide service plan, Orlando Cares. On Thursday, March 31, 2011 Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced the six Orlando Cares volunteer-powered initiatives and his first book club selection. Be a part of the solution by signing up to volunteer through OrlandoCares.net.
Explore OrlandoCares.net to find your interest and sign up to become one of our valued volunteers. Together we will share our time, talents and energy to truly make Orlando a City of Service!
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Economic Green Leaf Program Businesses with 10-50 employees and annual revenues of $1-25 million are invited to apply for this pilot loan program which offers eligible businesses the opportunity to receive a low interest loan of up to $250,000-and the applications are being administered right here in Orlando. The Black Business Investment Fund of Orlando was recently selected to be the administrator of the State’s Economic Gardening Loan Program. Businesses do not need to be minority-owned to qualify. For more information, visit bbif.com or call 407.649.4780. Get Your Buy Local Orlando Membership Card
By signing up for the Buy Local Orlando card, consumers pledge to support Orlando's local economy and will have access to the following benefits:
When consumers choose to buy locally, those dollars are spent over and over again in the community. Local businesses drive our local economy by creating jobs and opportunities for our residents, circulating money, maintaining property values, generating tax revenue and strengthening our economy. Visit BuyLocalOrlando.com for more information and to register your card.
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Thank
You Veterans Cruise
The
Buy Local Orlando campaign is a pro-active and practical approach for
connecting the businesses of Orlando with the buying power of the local
community. Get your Buy Local Orlando card for FREE at participating
merchants, City Hall, Downtown Orlando Information Center, the Disney
Entrepreneur Center or by requesting one online at
To
create more opportunities for local contractors
and infuse money into the economy, Mayor Dyer
has expedited the bidding of
construction projects. The following capital improvement projects
are currently advertised on our web site. Visit
Orlando
Connects: The City is allocating Community
Development Block Grant funding to HANDS to
administer housing counseling services to
Orlando households. These services include
one-on-one counseling, pre and post purchase
counseling and foreclosure counseling. In
addition,
the City amended our Local Housing Assistance
Plan to expand the number of agencies we partner
with to offer additional foreclosure prevention
support for our residents.