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Past Pathways for Parramore Updates
Public Safety Update
 On
November 16, 2005, Police Chief Michael McCoy will join Mayor Buddy Dyer
and Commissioner Daisy Lynum at the official opening of the new 1,248
sq. ft. Orlando Police Department sub-station at the CityView
development in Parramore. The new office has improved technology
capabilities allowing officers to serve the citizens of Parramore more
efficiently.
Additionally, Chief McCoy and Mayor Dyer will rollout the zero-tolerance
signage initiative, which signifies the commitment to eliminating drugs
and prostitution in Parramore.
Business Development Update
On August 30th, Mayor Dyer and the Business Development Division
welcomed more than 75 participants to the first Pathways for Parramore:
Get Invested! Information Session at the Disney/SBA National
Entrepreneur Center. Participants learned about the Mayor’s Pathways for Parramore initiative as well as City and other economic development
programs and services available to business owners interested in
locating to Parramore. Paradise Island Café provided Caribbean style
refreshments for the evening’s festivities.
Due to the incredible turnout, the Business Development Division held another Pathways for Parramore: Get Invested!
Information Session on November 16, 2005. Representatives from the Parramore business community shared the benefits of locating a business in the Parramore neighborhood.
Pathways for
Parramore Updates from Mayor Buddy Dyer’s
State of Downtown Address
 Working hand-in-hand with Commissioner Daisy Lynum and building off the
recommendations of our Parramore Task Force, led by Brian Butler, Mayor
Buddy Dyer recently unveiled for the first time a vision plan for the
Parramore Heritage Neighborhood.
This plan directs block-by-block development, ensuring mixed-use
development similar to City View and Hughes Supply in the area east of
Parramore Avenue, a largely undeveloped commercial area. The “Town
Center” in Parramore will include a mixture of office, residential and
retail development, and the City will work to ensure business
opportunities that reflect the diversity of our community.
 The key to the vision plan is our first pathway …
housing. Already, we
have three projects that will deliver on our commitment to provide
affordable quality housing. Carver Park, Parramore Village, and Federal
Otey Place will bring approximately 330 new units of housing to
Parramore . . . increasing not just homeowners . . . but stakeholders .
. . the foundation of any healthy neighborhood. In addition, Mayor Dyer
has directed City staff to identify programs to assist existing
Parramore residents with home ownership opportunities in both Parramore
Village and Federal Otey Place.
Mayor Dyer and Commissioner Lynum are also focused on enhancing the
quality of life within the Parramore neighborhood. Toward this effort,
Congresswoman Corrine Brown and Senator Bill Nelson secured $17 million
in federal funding for the City to completely transform West Church
Street from Terry Avenue, past the new Parramore Heritage Park, to the
Citrus Bowl. This comprehensive revitalization will return Church Street
to a grand boulevard connecting Parramore and Downtown.
 As part of the Pathway for Education, Mayor Dyer has asked a group of
City partners, led by Florida Hospital’s Rich Morrison, to plan for a
new children’s education campus that will combine the Nap Ford School, a
Boy’s and Girl’s Club, and the Orange County Early Learning Coalition.
The latest updates for Pathways for Parramore, the bold initiatives led
by Mayor Buddy Dyer and Commissioner Daisy Lynum, are posted monthly.
 Children and
Education Update: Summer Camps and Programs
The Restore Orlando Summer Camp is part of Pathways for Parramore, the
bold efforts outlined by Mayor Buddy Dyer and District 5 Commissioner
Daisy Lynum, that will lead revitalization in the Parramore Heritage
Neighborhood. There are more than 230 children presently enrolled in the
13 summer camp programs.
Read more.
 Public
Safety Update: Mayor Joins OPD Officers in Door-to-Door
Campaign
On July 6, 2005, as part of Pathways for
Parramore, Mayor Buddy Dyer joined Orlando Police Officers in the
Parramore Heritage Neighborhood, and walked door-to-door to pass out
packets including valuable City and OPD information on housing
rehabilitation, public safety programs, as well as a message from
District 5 Commissioner Daisy Lynum. This was also an excellent
opportunity for police officers to begin building relationships with
residents. Read
more.
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