Buddy Dyer

The newly renovated Citrus Bowl is drawing soccer fans and small business owners to downtown Orlando in what Mayor Buddy Dyer calls "a renaissance in development."As 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, during the annual State of Downtown address, Dyer cited record business growth in Parramore.

Central Florida’s Puerto Rican population is growing. What does that mean at the ballot box here in Florida and how can they help their fellow Puerto Ricans back home, where the island is grappling with debt? Meanwhile local elections in Orlando are just weeks away. What seemed like a low-key mayoral race is heating up, as one of Buddy Dyer’s opponents pours thousands into a door-to-door campaign. But will it count on election day though?And a drunk driver who live streamed herself on Periscope got the attention of law enforcement and Florida Senator Bill Nelson. Should this social media platform be a tool for police to use?

Orlando voters head to the polls November 3. The municipal elections were moved up five months and the mayoral race is heating up. On the ballot, incumbent Mayor Buddy Dyer faces opposition, and two city commission races for seats currently held by Patty Sheehan and Sam Ings. Coming up on Intersection, a conversation with Mayoral candidates Paul Paulson and Sunshine Grund. And Fox 35 political reporter Mike Synan and Orlando Political Observer Editor Frank Torres break down the municipal races

When the city of Orlando launched a study into the historic black Parramore neighborhood, it got back some alarming statistics. One of them was Parramore’s jobless rate – nearly 24 percent. Much has changed since last year, when that number surfaced in a comprehensive plan for the neighborhood.

A soccer stadium is on its way to Parramore, and with it new businesses and residents. It’s a neighborhood in flux, and 90.7’s Matthew Peddie caught up with Orlando Commissioner Regina Hill at the ribbon cutting of a new business there- to talk about the neighborhood’s past and future.

Orlando leaders have cut the ribbon on a newly renovated row of shops in Parramore. Mayor Buddy Dyer touted the shops on South Parramore Avenue as an example of the urban renewal underway in the neighborhood.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said a sold out Citrus Bowl for Orlando’s soccer debut emphasizes the enthusiasm for the club. Now it’s wait and see if state lawmakers have the same enthusiasm for using tax dollars to help fund a new soccer stadium.

Jet Blue has opened a new hotel near Orlando International Airport for its employees. About 7,000 staff who visit the airline’s training facility each year will now be housed on campus- rather than going to local hotels.

Thousands of Central Floridians will get the chance to experience the new Citrus Bowl when the Florida Classic football match kicks off Saturday.