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WEBOviedo Community News’ Voter Guide 2024 has important, nonpartisan information about local elections and candidates that matter to Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs. The Primary Election is on Tuesday, Aug. 20 and will involve statewide candidates, the supervisor of elections, state committee members, circuit and county judges, and school ...
A modernized downtown Oviedo: What to expect, and when
WEB6 days ago · An updated vision for a revitalized historic downtown was presented to the city’s Local Planning Agency on Feb. 20 by David Axel, the representative for the Evans family, who owns about 28 acres of downtown property, and it showed a new look for Oviedo. Axel said city staff asked him to present the …
Oviedo transportation plan approved, moved to public hearings
WEBOct 3, 2024 · In total, there were three ordinances related to the mobility plan that Council voted to move to public hearings on Sept. 16. Among the issues they address are mobility fees, the land development code and the adoption of the plan. The city’s stated goal of the mobility plan is to “provide a sustainable multimodal transportation system that ...
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WEB6 days ago · By Megan Stokes & Aanya Shah News September 24, 2024. Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs is no stranger to major storms and how they can affect our lives but after having record-breaking storms deluged our community with historic rainfall and damaging winds in recent years, OCN wanted to provide a …
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WEBSep 18, 2024 · Oviedo Community News informs and connects Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs through independent, public-service journalism. As your nonprofit newsroom, we focus on issues that you tell us matter to you.
Oviedo’s 25-year plan moves to the next step
WEBSep 25, 2024 · The city’s comprehensive plan must lay out where the state-approved estimated 2045 Oviedo population of 57,000 will live. That future population is estimated to need an additional 5,400 residential units, homes that could be single-family structures, apartments, or something in between. The plan puts much of the city’s anticipated growth ...
A bigger Broadway: construction project update
WEBOct 3, 2024 · The $20 million three-phase “Oviedo Ultimate” project, which had been in the works for years, got off the ground in January. Charles Suppler, FDOT community outreach specialist, says that the improved mobility will help alleviate traffic for the over 12,000 vehicles that travel the road daily. The raised medians on Broadway Street will also ...
Oviedo leaders’ affordable housing solution ideas differ
WEBSep 25, 2024 · Affordable housing also includes subsidized housing for those earning 80% or less than the area median income (AMI). The median income in Seminole County is about $70,000. Seminole County also follows the attainable, or workforce housing, model, which includes households earning up to 140% of the AMI or just under $100,000 a year.
Oviedo on the Park development gets thumbs down from …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · A proposed construction project that includes 25 townhomes atop office space in Oviedo on the Park got a thumbs down from the City of Oviedo’s Local Planning Agency board on Nov. 7. The board voted 5-1 to deny recommending the project to the Oviedo City Council due to concerns that the lot isn’t big enough, parking would be problematic and ...
Oviedo wants residents’ input on growth before it locks in rules for ...
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