ORLANDO

“Offering a combination of economic, cultural and educational opportunities, Orlando is a vibrant internationally known that provides a high quality of life for its citizens, businesses and visitors.”

– Orlando Mayor ORLANDO SISTER

Curitiba, Brazil Guilin, China Seine-et-Marne, Reykjanesbaer, Iceland Urayasu, Japan Monterrey, Orenburg, Russia Valladolid, Spain Tainan City, Taiwan Orlando Evolves Orlando has evolved from the hub of Orlando is... ’s citrus industry in the 19th century to become a mecca for tourism in the 20th century. Today, Orlando has become a an internationally known, creative, vibrant City global leader in the 21st century innovation economy. ORLANDO is one of the fastest growing cities. With international name recognition, a vibrant Downtown with world-class amenities and popular urban neighborhoods anchored by strong Orlando has gained notoriety from local commercial districts, the City is home to the 13th busiest airport in the U.S. with flight connections all theme parks and attractions that annually over the world. draw more than 59 million people from throughout the world. The area has The City of Orlando consistently ranks as a top place to conduct business. It’s easy to see why. Orlando a great deal to offer visitors and residents has no personal income tax, offers a low cost of doing business and is centrally located within Florida alike, from year-round outdoor activities to providing easy access to markets in all directions. It’s Downtown is the region’s financial and business various cultural institutions. hub and offers a pro-active, business-friendly government and attractive partnership programs. Orlando has a $15.7 billion dollar At the center of a dynamic metropolitan area of more than two million people, Orlando gives residents modeling-and-simulation a wonderful quality-of-life, from year-round outdoor activities to various cultural institutions. industry, a well-established and Orlando’s climate is warm and sunny; it is perfect for outdoor activities, such as biking, boating, History of growing digital media industry, as well swimming, fishing, kayaking and hiking. The City Beautiful as a burgeoning life sciences cluster. Orlando has a bright economic future ahead. From Lake Nona’s Medical City to the development of From corporate headquarters to regional Originally known as Jernigan, Orlando’s Creative Village with a downtown campus for UCF, the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy distribution centers, from product history dates back to 1838 when the U.S. and House of Moves, Orlando will continue to diversify its economy by attracting high-value and manufacturing to high tech research, Army built Fort Gatlin, south of the present high-wage jobs. Orlando spans a dynamic economic day Orlando City limits, to protect settlers ; moreover, through economic from attacks. By 1840, the small community development efforts, Orlando’s Downtown of Jernigan grew up around the Fort, named has been reinvigorated, solidifying its status after the family that established the first as the economic, cultural and business settlement in the area. A Jernigan post office center of the region. was established in 1850. Six years later, the settlement began to expand northward and the community’s Orlando is... name was officially changed to Orlando. The U.S. Post Office adopted the name Home to thinkers, change in 1857 and the town of Orlando was incorporated in 1875. It had 85 inhabitants. dreamers and leaders. The most common story about the origin of the City’s name is that it was named after We’re young and educated, Sentinel Orlando Reeves, who was killed while trying to warn his fellow soldiers of an impending attack. Orlando Reeves was laid hardworking and diverse, to rest on the southeast side of Lake Eola Park. talented and high-tech. EDUCATION: Fast Facts Ana G. Mendez University System, LOCATION: Metro Orlando Campus Barry University The City of Orlando is 114 square miles in DeVry University size and covers a total of 73,041 acres.* Florida A&M University College of Law POPULATION: Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy 255,479 total Florida Institute of Technology Orlando 288,652 projected by 2020** Florida State University Medical School Metro Orlando: 2,267,846 Full Sail Real World Education Median age 33.6 Florida Technical College, Orlando Campus 59.7% Caucasian InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico, Orlando Cyber Center 26.7% African American Keiser University 27.3% Hispanic, of any race Orlando Tech 9.8% Other or two races Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, ARTS AND CULTURE SPECIAL EVENTS 3.8% Asian/Pacific Islander Orlando Campus : amwaycenter.com Orlando Main Street Special Events: Year Round 4th largest MSA in the Southeastern Rollins College : drphillipscenter.org Sunday Lake Eola Farmer’s Market: Year Round University of (UCF) (2nd largest university in U.S.) City Arts Factory: orlandoslice.com WMMO Downtown Concert Series: Quarterly INCOME: UCF Center for Emerging Media Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts: Buffalo Wild Wings : January UCF College of Medicine drphillipscenter.org Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade: January Median Household $41,345 Mad Cow Theatre: madcowtheatre.com Blues-B-Q: Winter Per Capita $24,822 Research & Academic Center at Lake Nona Mennello Museum of Art: Fiesta in the Park at Lake Eola: Spring, Fall Citylab-Orlando, a program of the mennellomuseum.org University of Florida’s School of Architecture Florida Music Festival: Spring CLIMATE: The Mezz and Abbey: artfulevents.com Annual average temperature is 73°. University of Phoenix IOA Corporate 5K: Spring Orlando Ballet: orlandoballet.org Summers average in the high 80s and Orlando Fringe Festival: May Orange County Regional History Center: winters average in the low 70s. thehistorycenter.org Juneteenth and Jazz Music Festival: June DATA SOURCES: RECREATION: : omart.org at the Fountain: July US Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey 83 Public Parks (1-year estimates), except: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra: Orlando Film Festival: Fall * City of Orlando GIS data 89 Handicap Accessible Park Locations ** City of Orlando Growth Projections Report, June 30, 2014 orlandophil.org Orlando Food & Wine Festival: Fall 17 Recreation Centers Orlando Repertory Theatre: orlandorep.com Calle Orange: October NBA : osc.org Come Out with Pride: October AFL Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival: MLB Spring Training Veteran’s Day Parade: November shakespearefest.org MLS Orlando City Lions Holiday Lights Orlando: December Gallery at Avalon Island: ECHL Orlando Solar Bears : December galleryatavalonisland.com Harry P. Leu Gardens Orlando Christmas Parade: December SAK Comedy: sak.com Dubsdread Golf Course OUC Half Marathon & 5K: December See Art Orlando: seeartorlando.com United States Tennis Association at Lake Nona Russell Athletic Bowl: December The Venue: thevenueorlando.com More than 250 miles of bikeways Florida Blue Florida Classic: December More than 100 top-rated golf courses The Wells’ Built Museum of African American in Metro Orlando History & Culture: pastinc.org AutoNation Cure Bowl: December Less than one hour from Atlantic Coast Beaches Theatre Downtown: theatredowntown.net Community Kwanzaa Celebration: December United Arts of Central Florida: unitedarts.cc MAJOR CITY OF Transportation Orlando is... ORLANDO EMPLOYERS Easily accessible to the entire globe, Orlando boasts a world-class international airport Adventist Health Systems that is consistently recognized for excellence in customer service. Orlando sits at the a great place for Bank of America Corporation crossroads of Florida’s highway network and is in close proximity to three deep water ports. BBA Aviation/Signature Flight Support business Bright House Networks Connextions Orlando consistently ranks as a leading CNL Financial Group place to conduct business. Orlando has no CuraScript personal income tax and offers a low cost of Delta Airlines doing business. The City is at the crossroads Florida Hospital of Florida and its Downtown is the region’s Frito-Lay financial and business hub. Orlando’s Golf Channel location provides easy access to markets in HD Supply all directions. In Orlando, you’ll find a pro- JetBlue active, business-friendly government and Mears Transportation Group attractive partnership programs. Nephron Pharmaceuticals Oracle Corporation SUNRAIL ALL ABOARD Orlando Health Orlando Magic SunRail, Central Florida’s transit project, currently FLORIDA DISTINCTIONS Orlando Sentinel Communications serves 12 stations and connects 31 miles of the region from DeBary The new All Aboard in Volusia County to Sand Lake Road in Orange County. The City • Forbes ranked Orlando as the #1 location for job Red Lobster Florida train will provide of Orlando is home to four stations conveniently located within growth in the U.S. Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute a direct link between . • CNBC touted Orlando as a “turnaround town” for Southwest Airlines Orlando at Orlando its ability to rebound from the Great Recession. SunTrust Banks, Inc. Construction for Phase II of the railway will soon begin and make International Airport Universal Orlando Resort SunRail more accessible than ever. Phase II will add five additional • Forbes featured Orlando as one of the best and destinations in & Company stations, linking Sand Lake Road in Orange County to Poinciana in South Florida. The places for business and careers. Osceola County and DeBary to DeLand in Volusia County. The new project is set to create • Orlando named one of the “Most Promising Tech 29 mile segment will open in 2017. approximately 6,600 Hubs of 2014” by Techie.com. jobs and could begin • Orlando consistently leads the list of the top DOWNTOWN ORLANDO SUNRAIL STOPS: service by 2016. cities for conventions according to USA Today. Florida Hospital Station • Central Station • Orlando Health/ Station • Orlando is the fifth-most well-read city in the nation, according to online book retailer, Amazon. SUNRAIL CAR AMENITIES: • MoneyTree reported the Orlando area led the Bicycle Storage • Luggage Racks •Power Outlets to All Seats state in venture capital during the second quarter Rest Rooms • Wireless Internet of 2014. • Florida schools ranked 6th nationally according MAJOR METRO to the annual “Quality Counts” report which ORLANDO EMPLOYERS grades the 50 states and Washington, D.C. on American Automobile Association (AAA) LYMMO their education policies and performance. CNA Insurance Companies Darden Restaurants LYMMO is Downtown Orlando’s fare free bus • CareerBliss.com ranked Orlando number Duke Energy circulator operating in dedicated lanes. LYMMO 15 among the 20 happiest cities for young carries an average of more than one million professionals. EA Sports Tiburon Studio passengers per year. LYMMO currently operates two HCA, Inc. • Orlando is the 2nd best City for recreation lines in Downtown Orlando with a third expected to Lockheed Martin according to WalletHub. break ground later this year. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems The original LYMMO Orange Line travels a three-mile • Orlando named among the top 25 cities in the Northrop Grumman Corporation Biz2Credit. loop through the heart of Downtown Orlando, with service every five minutes during the morning and U.S. for small business by Seaworld Orlando Inc. afternoon rush hours and every 10 minutes in the evenings and on weekends. The LYMMO Grapefruit • CNN placed Orlando among 10 fastest growing Siemens Line began service in April 2014 and connects Thornton Park to Parramore creating a much needed cities in U.S. Tupperware Corporation East/West connection in Downtown Orlando. When complete, LYMMO’s Lime Line will connect United Parcel Service • Orlando identified as a “best city” for Millennials Parramore to the Central Business District. Construction is expected to begin in the near future. by Forbes. AMWAY CENTER Orlando’s Great Future The $480 million, 18,500-seat Amway Center is home to NBA’s Orlando Magic team and the Orlando COMMUNITY VENUES Solar Bear hockey team. The Amway Center also hosts The vision for the community venues project national sporting events and concerts. was led by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and represents a unique $1.1 billion public/ private investment. While many American cities have built these types of venues, none THE BLUEPRINT have developed them all at once as a single Beyond access to the buildings comprehensive project. themselves, the entire Central In 2010, the Amway Center opened to the public. Florida region is benefiting from the projects through THE 2014 marked a historic year for Downtown BLUEPRINT, a city-led effort to Orlando and the entire Central Florida region with the opening of the Orlando Citrus ensure residents have access to Bowl Stadium and the Dr. P. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Additionally, in 2014, jobs and economic development the City of Orlando and Orange County broke ground on a fourth venue – a Major League opportunities related to the Soccer stadium, home to the Orlando City Lions. projects. With these venues, there isn’t a sporting event, concert or performance the City of Through the Amway Center, Dr. Orlando can’t host. These projects bring together diverse communities to cheer on a Phillips Center for the Performing hometown team and create pride and love for our community, while also drawing more Arts and the Orlando Citrus international tourists and uplifting our economy by bringing jobs and opportunity to our Bowl stadium projects, 1417 residents and businesses. individuals have been placed DR. P. PHILLIPS CENTER in jobs and 270 minority and women owned firms received FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS contracts totaling more than The Dr. P. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts provides $221 million. Central Florida a unique, world-class destination to Like the Amway Center, showcase and support the performing arts. The Dr. the Dr. Phillips Center for Phillips Center includes: the Performing Arts and • A 2,700 seat amplified hall for large-scale productions renovations to the Orlando such as Broadway, concerts and traveling shows Citrus Bowl stadium, the development of a new major •. A 300 seat community theater for dance, music and league soccer stadium and the education development of the Creative • Outdoor plaza, performance and educational space Village will be constructed with a commitment to THE BLUEPRINT.

ORLANDO CITRUS BOWL STADIUM MLS ORLANDO CITY The Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium is home to the annual Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl and Russell SOCCER STADIUM Athletic Bowl, Florida Classic Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M football game and other events. On November 9, 2013 Major League The stadium was originally constructed in 1936 and was recently reconstructed with $207 million Soccer awarded an expansion team in improvements which replaced 90 percent of the stadium with brand-new construction, creating to the Orlando City Soccer Club. The an improved fan experience and utilizing the latest technology in the region’s largest venue with Orlando City Lions will play the 2015 capacity to accommodate 65,000 sports fans or 75,000 concert goers. All new features include: season at the newly renovated Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium while a new soccer • newly-constructed lower bowl • 10,000 square-foot party deck specific stadium is constructed. The $110 million soccer specific stadium in Downtown Orlando will • vibrant open-air exterior façade • club level with both enclosed & include covered stands, a supporter section, club areas and suites. open-air seating • expanded 360-degree main concourses As the most popular sport in the world, Major League Soccer in Orlando will result in a $1.2 billion • new lower bowl seating with six more • suites on west side economic impact, the creation of 890 jobs for construction of the soccer stadium and 250 jobs to support inches of leg room in each row • multiple LED video displays ongoing operations. Orlando’s Creative Village Orlando has become one of the largest simulation and training clusters in the world, which has fueled rapid-and-related growth in the local entertainment-technology industry. Orlando’s digital media industry hosts more than 1,200 companies, 30,000 employees and collective annual revenues estimated at $9 billion. The vision of Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Orlando City Council is to build on the success of Orlando’s technology industry by redeveloping the existing 68-acre site into a Creative Village – a one-of-a kind place where high-tech companies locate; colleges and universities house and educate students and employees of those businesses, students of those colleges and other residents live, work, learn and play.

A GROWING DIGITAL PRESENCE The Creative Village will have a strong focus on educational uses and build on existing components including the Nap Ford Charter School, the University of Central Florida (UCF) Center for Emerging Media, the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) and the House of Moves motion capture facility. On September 23, 2014, the University of Central Florida announced plans to develop a $200 million campus in partnership with Valencia College at the Creative Village. The campus will result in the addition of 10,000 students to the downtown population. The job creation study for the Creative Village estimates there will be 6,500 jobs created in the local economy over the construction period. At buildout, there will be close to 5,000 permanent jobs, with more than 8,000 total jobs in the local economy related to the Creative Village. The future vertical development is valued between $800 million to $1 billion upon completion, A MIXED USE CREATIVE SPACE with minimal impact to public resources since the compact, urban design is extremely efficient. The City of Orlando has entered into a public/private At buildout, the Creative Village will have a daytime population of roughly 10,000 professionals, partnership with Creative Village Development, LLC to students, residents and visitors. redevelop the Amway Arena site into a high quality, new Because of Orlando’s growing digital urban neighborhood to support a diverse and dynamic media presence and commitment to mix of uses including: smart growth, the Creative Village project • 900,000 – 1,000,000 square feet of office/creative space was recently awarded a Transportation Investment Generating Economic • 300,000 – 500,000 square feet of higher education space Recovery (TIGER) II grant in the amount • 25,000 square feet of K-12 education space of $10 million, which will fund the first • 1,200 – 1,500 residential units stage of construction on the project. The Creative Village’s TIGER II grant award • 125,000 – 150,000 square feet of retail/commercial space also represents an important vote of • 150 – 200 hotel rooms confidence in the project from the federal government. • Six parks providing public space for hosting civic events, festivals and community markets FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CREATIVE VILLAGE: 407.246.2821 • cityoforlando.net/creativevillage • ucf.edu/downtown • creativevillageorlando.com NEMOURS CHILDREN’S Orlando’s Medical City HOSPITAL The long-established success of Orlando Health and Florida Nemours’ specialized hospital for children Hospital laid the groundwork for Orlando’s surging life sciences is the central hub of a 60-acre pediatric and biotechnology industry. Metro Orlando boasts more than 150 health campus featuring a children’s clinic, life sciences and biotechnology companies with collective annual emergency department, diagnostic and revenues of more than $2.5 billion and more than 9,000 workers. ambulatory programs, education centers Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and other Central Florida leaders have and research programs. Nemours Children’s partnered to build a Medical City at Lake Nona, located in the City’s Hospital opened in October 2012. southeastern corner that will continue to accelerate Orlando’s drive to become an international hub for health and biotech services. By year ten, it is estimated that the Medical City will create 30,000 jobs and 7.6 billion dollars in economic activity. ORLANDO VA MEDICAL CENTER This 1.2 million square foot, state-of-the- art facility will increase accessibility to healthcare for approximately 400,000 Central Florida veterans and will be the first THE MEDICAL CITY’S PRESTIGIOUS TENANTS INCLUDE: VA hospital built in the United States since 1995. The hospital was also selected as the national site for VA medical simulation training.

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH & ACADEMIC CENTER AT LAKE NONA This 100,000 square foot research facility is located next to the Sanford - Burnham Medical Research Institute, enabling the state’s oldest public university to have direct collaboration opportunities with Sanford - Burnham’s top scientists. The University of Florida Research & Academic Center at Lake SANFORD – BURNHAM MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT LAKE NONA Nona opened in the Summer of 2012. Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute is a world-class, non-profit medical research facility where scientists focus on developing new therapies for obesity-related diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The Institute houses state-of-the-art technologies, including one of only four National Institutes of Health comprehensive centers for chemical biology and drug discovery in the nation. Interdisciplinary teams of scientists collaborate on translational research to advance discoveries BURNETT SCHOOL from the laboratories to clinical application more quickly. The 175,000 square foot facility opened in May OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES of 2009 and was the first facility completed at the Medical City. UCF’s esteemed research, graduate bio- med and undergraduate program have helped the College of Medicine build a research-intensive medical school where UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA cutting-edge medical research spans the (UCF) COLLEGE OF MEDICINE entire spectrum, from the laboratory bench to patient bedsides. The Burnett School of Completed in the summer of 2010 and part Biomedical Sciences was completed in the of the nation’s 2nd largest university, the UCF fall of 2009. medical campus includes the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, a medical library and FOR MORE INFORMATION other UCF health sciences programs. The first 41 ABOUT THE MEDICAL CITY: students began classes in the Fall of 2009 and each received a full four-year scholarship from 407.246.2821 • cityoforlando.net/economic nearly $7 million in community donations. or lakenona.com/medical-city Orlando Main Street Established in 2008, Orlando Main Street is an economic development program specifically targeted to provide technical assistance, training and staff support to urban commercial districts in the City of Orlando. The program is dedicated to empowering neighborhood business districts within the City to maintain, strengthen and revitalize their unique physical, historical and cultural characteristics. When a district participates in the revitalization effort, the entire community experiences renewed vitality and enhanced economic performance.

REINVESTMENT STATISTICS FISCAL YEARS 2008 TO 2014 CUMULATIVE Dollars Reinvested in Improvements...... $791,216,409 Net New Businesses...... 610 Net New Full-Time Jobs...... 2,171 Orlando Main Street includes seven designated Main Street districts, Net New Part-Time Jobs...... 1,693 one Market Street district and one Reinvestment Ratio...... $94.17 E-Street district, inclusive of: Volunteer Hours Donated...... 65,409 • Audubon Park Garden District Value of Volunteer Hours...... $1,394,673.69 • Church Street District • College Park Partnership • Downtown South BENEFITS OF THE MAIN • Ivanhoe Village STREET PROGRAM INCLUDE: • Increasing sales and returning revenues to the district • Mills Fifty • Creating a positive and unique district image • Orlando Tech Association • Creating visually appealing and functional buildings • Semoran Business Partnership/ Gateway Orlando • Attracting new businesses • Thornton Park District • Developing new housing opportunities • Creating new jobs FOR MORE INFORMATION: • Increasing investment in the district 407.246.2821 • cityoforlando.net/mainstreet • Preserving historic resources GOOD-TO-KNOW PHONE NUMBERS Building Permits ...... 407.246.2271 BLUEPRINT Employment Office...... 407.246.3721 Business Development ...... 407.246.2821 City Job Line...... 407.246.2178 Code Enforcement ...... 407.246.4444 Office of Community Affairs and Human Relations ...... 407.246.2500 ORLANDO GOVERNMENT Orlando has a Mayor-Commission form Housing...... 407.246.2708 of government. Six City Commissioners Mayor’s Business are elected at-large from their respective Assistance Team...... 407.246.2222 districts to four-year terms. The Mayor is the formal representative of the City. Office of Communications and Neighborhood Relations ...... 407.246.3104 CITY LEADERS Parks ...... 407.246.2283 CITY OF ORLANDO MAYOR, Recreation ...... 407.246.4300 BUDDY DYER [email protected] DOWNTOWN ORLANDO INFORMATION CENTER Phone: 407.246.2221 407.254.INFO (4636) 201 S. Orange Ave., Ste. 102 DISTRICT 1 COMMISSIONER, Orlando, FL 32801 JIM GRAY [email protected] Phone: 407.246.2001 WEBSITES DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONER, City of Orlando TONY ORTIZ cityoforlando.net [email protected] Phone: 407.246.2002 Economic Development cityoforlando.net/economic DISTRICT 3 COMMISSIONER, Downtown Development Board ROBERT F. STUART downtownorlando.com [email protected] Phone: 407.246.2003 Visit Orlando visitorlando.com DISTRICT 4 COMMISSIONER, PATTY SHEEHAN Aviation Authority [email protected] orlandoairports.net Phone: 407.246.2004 Orlando Economic Development Commission DISTRICT 5 COMMISSIONER, orlandoedc.com REGINA I. HILL [email protected] Phone: 407.246.2005 DISTRICT 6 COMMISSIONER, SAMUEL B. INGS [email protected] Phone: 407.246.2006

For copies of this brochure contact the City of Orlando Economic Development Department at 407.246.2821 or 400 S. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801