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• The Orlando community sought the guidance of The GLBT Center after the Pulse nightclub shooting, and now with a newly renovated building, staff there hope residents will continue to find comfort.
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• A committee in Eatonville has narrowed down a developer to transform the site of the town’s historic Hungerford boarding school. The town hopes the development becomes a source of tax revenue and community building.
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• Where some see gentrification in Orlando’s Milk District, developer Adam Wonus says his goal is to get rid of blight and enhance the neighborhood. Wonus joins us to talk about his vision for the neighborhood. And we talk to urban planning professor Bruce Stephenson about what Orlando could learn from other fast growing cities.
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• Unemployment in the Orlando metro area is at an eight-year low. New data show the jobless rate dropped from 5.1 percent last year to 4.3 percent today.
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• Orlando planners recommend changing zoning rules to make way for a new men’s shelter in Parramore. But as 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, residents say the developing area doesn’t need another social service agency.
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• The Orange County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously tonight to approve zoning on International Drive for what is slated to be the world’s tallest roller coaster.
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• Parramore is in flux. Orlando’s historically black neighborhood will soon be home to a soccer stadium, and a brand new preschool through eighth grade public school. And that’s just the start.
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• A growing population and an increase in development is impacting Florida’s environment. What’s being done to balance new development and conserve Florida’s natural resources?
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• After an overflow of support from Orlando City Soccer fans, officials announced plans today to accommodate more fans at its new stadium slated to open next fall. Even with the expansion, the new stadium will hold fewer fans than the Citrus Bowl.
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• It’s the Friday News Round Table with Frank Torres from the Orlando Political Observer, Jason Garcia from Florida Trend Magazine, and Beth Kessab from the Orlando Sentinel.
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