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NEWS RELEASES
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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
Mayor Dyer Breaks Ground on New Housing
Development in Parramore Community
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WHAT: |
Tuesday, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, District 5
City Commissioner Daisy Lynum and Wells Landing Developer Hanton
Walters will break ground on Wells Landing, a new urban-planned
community in Parramore featuring a variety of mixed-income;
single-family, owner-occupied houses and townhomes.
Home ownership opportunities have grown substantially in
Parramore with more than $10 million invested since the
launch of Mayor Dyers Pathways for Parramore initiative in
2005, resulting in a total of 34 new and rehabilitated
homes with 271 new housing units in the near future
including the Wells Landing development.
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BKGRD: |
In June 2009, Mayor Dyer and Commissioner Lynum
announced that since the Pathways for Parramore initiative
launched, the City has leveraged more than $35 million of
City, state, federal, public and private investments, community
resources to make significant strides in transforming this one
square mile community block by block: helping lifelong renters
own their first homes, opening new restaurants and retailers and
even attracting national headquarters to invest in Parramore.
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| WHO: |
Mayor Buddy Dyer
City Commissioner Daisy Lynum, District 5
Developer Hanton Walters, Nu Beginnings Development
Architect The Evans Group
Site Engineer Bowyer-Singleton & Associates, Inc.
General Contractor Roger B. Kennedy, Inc.
Modular Construction Palm Harbor Home
Financing Florida Community Partners
Mortgage Specialists Town & Country Mortgage Services, Inc.
and Urban Trust Bank
Housing and Credit Counselors Mortgage & Credit Center, LLC
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| WHEN: |
Tuesday, October 6, 2009, at
10:30 a.m.
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| WHERE: |
Future site of Wells Landing, 730
South Parramore Avenue and Conley Street
Orlando, FL 32801
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| FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON THE GROUNDBREAKING EVENT CONTACT: |
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Brenda Carter de Treville
Brand Strategies Group at 407.539.5981 |
Heather Allebaugh
City of Orlando at 407.246.3423 |
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