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Pathways for
Parramore Leads Revitalization Efforts
for Parramore Heritage District
 Overview
of the Pathways for Parramore
The Pathways for Parramore initiative, launched in June 2005 by Orlando
Mayor Buddy Dyer and District 5 City Commissioner Daisy W. Lynum, has
reached its four-year milestone this summer.
In the four years since Pathways for Parramore was launched, the
community has seen significant revitalization through the five
pathways—housing, business development, children & education, public
safety and quality of life.
 Revitalization
efforts include:
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More than $10 million has been
invested in housing, resulting in 34 new and rehabilitated homes and
271 new housing units in the near future.
- In the last year, there has not been
one murder in the Parramore community.
- Nearly all of the 2,000 children
living in Parramore have been enrolled in the Parramore Kidz Zone
program and there has been a 47 percent decline in juvenile arrests
since 2006.
- The Community Venue BLUEPRINT
project has hired 75 individuals with more than 55 percent of them
Parramore residents, homeless and ex-offenders.
- A $17.6 million investment is
transforming Parramore’s main thorough fares with streetscape
projects on West Church Street and Division Avenue.
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