A Message from Jim Gray Orlando City Commissioner

Volume 6 / March 23, 2018

A Message from Jim Gray

Orlando City Commissioner

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Let's Power Down for Earth Hour

Turn off your lights for Earth Hour Saturday night. The annual Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to encourage energy conservation and climate action, is tomorrow, Saturday March 24 from 8:30 - 9:30 p.m. We'll be turning off the fountain lights at Lake Eola Park and you can participate by turning off the lights at your home. Make plans to participate in Earth Hour

Solid Waste Orlando Collects

Orlando Collects is a customizable tool to help you:

Get free reminders for your garbage, recycling and yard waste days
Is it trash or recyclable? Use the What Goes Where sorting tool to find out!
Schedule large item pick ups on your time

Click here for more information about Orlando Collects

Bag it, Don't Blow it (or Make Big Piles Above Storm Drains)

When leaves, and other yard debris are blown onto streets, sidewalks and into storm drains, they eventually will make their way to our lakes. These materials add excess nutrients to the lake and cause water quality issues. Take care of our community's lakes by taking care of your yard debris.

Learn more about how yard waste can harm our lakes

Dimensions of Diversity A Community Connections Workshop

Saturday, April 7, 2018 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The strength of our neighborhoods is our diversity. This workshop will give participants a stronger understanding of how to engage citizens of differing cultures in their neighborhood. Together, we will focus on best practices for communicating and engaging neighbors across culture. Community Connections Workshops are FREE! Parking is FREE in the surface lots in front of and behind Beardall Senior Center. Complimentary refreshments courtesy of the City of Orlando.

Click here for more information about Community Connections Workshops

City Hall 2nd Floor Construction Reminder

Access will be restricted to the 2nd floor entrance of City Hall (entrance from the parking garage bridge/breezeway).

Construction on the 2nd floor is estimated to last through Summer 2018.

Relocation of offices

The following offices will be moved to the 9th floor during construction:

Office of City Commissioners
City Clerk
Public Records
Office of Community Affairs and Human Relations
Office of Communications and Neighborhood Relations

Temporary Council Chambers

Starting February 26, City Council meetings will be held in the temporary Council Chambers in the Terrace Gallery on the 1st floor.

District 1 Registration

Do you know someone new to District 1 or someone that would like to get our newsletters? Have them check out our new link "New to District 1" on our Website .

District 1 Commissioner Jim Gray | City of Orlando | 407.246.2001 | jim.gray@cityoforlando.net

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