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YOUR TOWN OCOEE TO ISSUE COMMUNITY GRANTS Beginning this week, the city of Ocoee’s Community Grant applications will be available online at ocoee.org. Residents may also pick up an application at City Hall, 150 N. Lakeshore Drive. The deadline to submit applications is Jan. 31.

The Community Grant program provides financial grants of up to $500. There is $5,000 available for this grant cycle.

Eligible groups are Ocoee nonprofit organizations and civic groups. In addition, nonprofit organizations and civic groups outside the city limits, which benefit residents of Ocoee, are also qualified to apply for a grant. The city awards the grants to acknowledge excellence and to further the contributions these local organizations bring to the Ocoee community. Completed applications should be mailed or delivered to City Hall.

For information, call (407) 905-3100.

NEW YEAR, NEW EXHIBIT

To kick off the new year, SoBo Gallery will open a new exhibit for the month of January called All Mixed Up. The exhibit features artwork in all subjects that uses more than one medium, including collage, assemblage and sculpture. The featured artist is Christine Peloquin.

The exhibit will run until Jan. 28. The SoBo Gallery is at 127 N. Boyd St., Winter Garden.

AN EVENING OF RECOLLECTIONS History comes alive when people who lived it share their stories. Jerry Chicone Jr. and Larry Grimes, both Winter Garden natives and good friends for many decades, have gathered quite a collection of tales and memories.

Hear them share their stories of West Orange County’s past at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 21 E. Plant St., Winter Garden.

Seating is limited. RSVP to Jim Crescitelli at jcrescitelli@ wghf.org or call (407) 6563244.

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Stories to watch in 2017 From a new county commissioner to the strategy to handle growth in Oakland and the progress of a massive development in Ocoee, 2017 promises to be a memorable year for West Orange.

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Ocoee police officer receives life-saving award A life-saving tactic he learned while responding to the Pulse shooting June 12 helped Ocoee police Officer Nathan Coch save a gunshot victim’s life on Aug. 17.

GABBY BAQUERO STAFF WRITER OCOEE It was around three in the morning. The parking lot of the Oak Forest apartment complex was dark.

Nathan Coch, an Ocoee police officer, was one of the first officers who responded to the scene, where neighbors reported gunshots. Upon arrival, Coch was called over by his fellow officers to a location where a man sat on a curb slowly rocking back and forth.

There was blood everywhere; the man had multiple gunshots wounds. One bullet had penetrated a lung, making its way straight through his chest and out his back.

The hole was larger than a nickel. Given what they’d learned in routine police training, Coch and everyone surrounding him realized what that meant.

It was a sucking chest wound — a dangerous, complicated injury that can kill most within 10 minutes. With this type of injury, the lung breathes from the path of least resistance — the wound itself.

Knowing they only had minutes before it would be too late, Coch went to work doing what he could to help save the man’s life. Proper occlusive dressing — a type of dressing that uses a waxy coat rather than an absorbent gauze pad to create an air-tight seal — was unavailable. So, he used a tactic he learned while attending to victims in the Pulse tragedy that uses AED pads to seal sucking chest wounds.

“I learned it at Pulse. Probably, like four or five people into it, we ran out of occlusive dress-

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3D DESIGN 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Get a firsthand view of the MakerBot 3D printer in action as it builds an object layer by layer. Draw and design your very own three-dimensional objects using an easy-to-use modeling software. Recommended for adults. (407) 835-7323.

SATURDAY, JAN. 7

COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING WORKSHOP 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at FMI STEM Academy, 325 Ocoee Apopka Road, Ocoee.

Worried about how to send your child to college? Get information in this free workshop. (407) 490-8810.

INSECT SAFARI: BUGS OF THE DEAD 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland. Join Christy LeDuc for a special Insect Safari. She will explore the creepy crawly world of

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the Bugs of the Dead. Afterward, join LeDuc for a hike, traveling the trails in search for insects. Bug nets and containers will be provided. For all ages. Free for members, $5 for others. Register online at oaklandnaturepreserve.org. (407) 905-0054.

KNIT IT LEVEL 1: THE KNIT STITCH 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Create a bookmark in your choice of color. Learn casting on, the knit stitch and binding off. No experience necessary. (407) 835-7323.

SUMMERPORT VILLAGE FOOD TRUCK NIGHT 5:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Lakefront Farmer’s Market at Summerport Village, 13790 Bridgewater Crossings Blvd, No. 1080, Windermere.

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by Scotty Long, cooking decorating,

face-painting and a variety of vendors. See Facebook page for more details.

TUESDAY, JAN. 10

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: HALF YOUR PLATE 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Learn the importance and benefits of eating a variety of fruits and vegetables.

Space is limited. Registration required at (407) 835-7323.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee.

Body builders, bug busters, energy boosters — food is amazing stuff. Get the scoop on the foods you eat, from the disgusting facts to healthy benefits.

Ages 6 to 12. (407) 835-7323.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11

FAMILY ART NIGHT 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 11 through 25, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Explore art as a family with books and hands-on activities.

In this four-week series, families will learn about a different art style each night and then recreate the art. Recommended for families with children ages 5 and up. (407) 835-7323.

THURSDAY, JAN. 12

BASICS OF VEGETABLE GARDENING 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Jessie Brock Community Center, 310 N. Dillard St., Winter Garden. Learn to grow “warm season” vegetables, including soil preparation, adjusting soil pH, fertilizing, irrigation, pests and diseases. Event is free. Register at gardenflorida. eventbrite.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 14

BLUE HIKE: LAKE BEAUCLAIR TOUR 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Trimble Park Ramp, 5802 Trimble Park Road, Mount Dora.

Join Oakland Nature Preserve President Jim Peterson for a two- to three-hour kayak tour on the lake. Participants must bring their own canoe or kayak and a life jacket. No beginners or inflatable kayaks. Preregistration required at oaklandnaturepreserve.org. Limited space is available. Free for ONP members, $5 for others. (407) 905-0054.

KNIT IT LEVEL 2: INCREASES AND DECREASES 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Winter Garden Library, 805 E. Plant St. Increase your knitting skills. Use increases and decreases to add a delicate edge

to your work. Learn yarn overs, the knit-two-together stitch and pattern reading to create work on the bias. (407) 835-7323.

TUESDAY, JAN. 17

I HAVE A DREAM 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee. Celebrate the life and dream of Martin Luther King Jr. by making crafts inspired by your own dreams and the importance of peace and togetherness. Ages 6 to 12.

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.18, at the West Oaks Library, 1821 E. Silver Star Road, Ocoee.

Certified assistants will answer questions regarding the Affordable Care Act and assist with enrolling in the Health Insurance Marketplace. The open enrollment period for 2017 will end Jan. 31 (407) 340-0844 or visit facebook.com/enrollorlando.

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Center of the city

At buildout, City Center West Orange will cover nearly 100 acres, have more than 500,000 square feet of commercial space and house more than 1,700 families.

This year, City Center West Orange will see its infrastructure completed and beginning installations of building structures.

BRITTANY GAINES STAFF WRITER OCOEE Hints of construction can be seen just south of downtown Ocoee.

Trees have been cleared on a swath of land between Maine Street and Lake Bennet. Dirt is being sculpted and flattened.

For years, talk of City Center West Orange has circulated in and around West Orange County. But now, the construction vehicles are mobilizing.

“I’m just excited to see it happening,” said Joel Keller, chair of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency board. “It’s been a long time coming. Now, it’s finally off the drawing boards and a reality.”

The plans for the City Center began nearly 10 years ago, when the CRA began assessing how to best use its three target areas around the city.

According to the CRA’s development plan from 2010, target area 2 — the site of City Center West Orange — had “the potential to accommodate mixed-use retail, office and residential building between two and five stories within a fine-

ABOUT THE DEVELOPER The Park Development Corporation was established in 1995 by current President and CEO David Townsend.

Townsend got his start in the business more than 30 years ago working in real estate, finance, development and marketing.

Since its creation, PDC has developed several real-estate projects, which include apartment complexes, office building centers, retail lifestyle centers, hotels and condominiums.

Townsend currently has 2,800,000 square feet of mixed-use product, including retail, office and apartments, under development.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING To help generate money for the construction of City Center West Orange, the project has been approved for the EB-5 Program. Foreign nationals across the world can invest a minimum of $500,000 in the project to qualify for the U.S.’s Immigrant Investor Program.

This allows the investor and their immediate family to live in the U.S. with a green card and also gives them the opportunity to apply for citizenship after living in the U.S. for five years.

grained network of urban streets.”

So when David Townsend, chief executive officer of Park Development Corporation, decided to take on the project of developing the city center five years ago, it spelled new excitement for the City of Ocoee.

“It just fell into our lap,” said Ocoee City Planner Mike Rumer. “A project like this we did not envision, but because of the pre-planning, it allowed this to happen. This is the highest and best use (of the area).”

But before any buildings can begin to take shape, the structural bones must be set up.

“Currently, they’re going to start site construction building the roads and stormwater pond,” Rumer said.

“All you’re going to see are roads going in for eight or nine months.”

Once that infrastructure is mostly in place, likely sometime in August, Townsend said construction will begin on the building.

“The building — floors, walls and ceilings — is built off-site and then trucked to the site,” Townsend said.

The goal, he said, is to have 50% of phase two of the project complete by the end of 2017.

“It’s a wonderful project,” Townsend said. “The city has been very supportive. We expect great things.”

TRAFFIC CONCERNS

One of the biggest concerns about the development of City Center West Orange is the increased traffic to that area.

“Everyone wants to know how we’re going to take care of the traffic,” said Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson. “We’re pre-setting the system’s infrastructure to get ready for all this. If you come plop (City Center West Orange) in and not have the roads, we’re in trouble.”

To resolve traffic issues before they even begin, the city decided to create a block system for City Center.

“A block can move more vehicles than one four-lane road,” Rumer said.

And to keep the traffic moving, Maine Street, which will move traffic east and west through City Center, will end at Blackwood Avenue on its eastern end and South Bluford Avenue on its western end.

Maine Street also will be extended in the coming months to connect between South Bluford Avenue and Maguire Road.

“That will allow people to not only outlet onto Bluford, but they can also get to Maguire,” Rumer said. “It’ll create a nice east-west bypass of (State Road) 50, so you can get to downtown Winter Garden without being on 50.”

There also is discussion of creating a southern outlet from City Center West Orange at some point that will flow traffic directly to West Colonial Drive.

With all these coming updates in road infrastructures, both Rumer and Johnson are confident traffic won’t be an issue once the city center opens for business.

THE FUTURE

By the time City Center West Orange is complete, it will include 1,720 condominium and apartment homes, 400,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and another 200,000 square feet of office space.

“It’s finally the take-off of that CRA area,” Keller said. “It shows the economy is coming back. I think you’re going to see a lot of positive growth, and you’re going to see more people attracted to the area.”

Although buildout is still years away, one of the largest impacts the city hopes to see is a boost in the local economy.

During construction, the project will create an estimated 5,000 jobs, Townsend said.

After buildout, City Center itself is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs.

But it’s not only the new jobs that has Johnson excited. The tax revenue from both new residents and commercial properties will help stimulate the city’s finances.

“It will be an economic fund for the city,” Johnson said. “That’s one of the things we’re trying to catch up on — economic development with our commercial areas to help subsidize the city. Winter Garden has had a beautiful commercial area for years, so there’s a lot more funding coming in (for them). Now, we’re trying to work toward getting that back.”

And with the goal of revitalizing Ocoee without raising taxes, having an increased revenue will help with future projects, Johnson said.

“To have this project, it will pay,” he said. “If people living there are paying taxes, we’ll get a portion of it back. So that also builds back up.

It helps us set our basic budget up.”

LIVING LOCALLY

City Center West Orange is constantly referred to as a future “destination location” that will not only feature a variety of stores and restaurants but also a walkway along Lake Bennet.

“You’ve got your shops, your food,” Johnson said. “There’s going to be a grocery store; there will be drug stores; there will be recreation facilities. Everything will be at that place.”

As a result, Ocoee residents may not have to drive as far to find quality dining or entertainment.

In 2009, Ocoee conducted a study to find out how far their residents travel to get a meal or find entertainment. The study found that, on average, most Ocoee residents drive between five and 14 miles for dinner or a movie, mostly due to the lack of options within their own city limits.

“Sometimes you want to eat without driving to Winter Garden or Fowler Groves,” Johnson said.

“They want to go somewhere local, and that’s what we’re working to get.”

In addition to boosting the dining and entertainment scene in town, Johnson said he hopes the city center will attract more young families to the area.

“I’ve been told that millennials like more of this type of living,” he said about City Center of West Orange’s more urban vibe.

But even for retirees who don’t want the maintenance of a house and lawn any more, living in a condo within walking distance to amenities might be more appealing, said Johnson, who suggested that he found the idea appealing himself.

And with the ongoing expansions at Health Central Hospital drawing more employees to the area, more families can live, work and play in Ocoee.

But ultimately, City Center West Orange is about maintaining that small-town charm while helping Ocoee grow.

“It gives citizens a pride in their own (town),” Johnson said. “I just think it’s a win-win for the city, and it’ll be a win-win for the citizens.”

Contact Brittany Gaines at bgaines@ orangeobserver.com.

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n 100 — Acres of land will be developed at buildout n 1,720 — Condominium and apartment homes n 400,000 — Square feet of retail and restaurant space n 200,000 — Square feet of office space n 70,000 Square footage of the West Orange County Convention Center n 4,000— Jobs created

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A lifelong geology enthusiast with childhood aspirations of being an orchestra conductor, Betsy VanderLey, the newly elected District 1 Orange County Commissioner, never foresaw her future involvement in politics.

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Betsy VanderLey formed a habit of beginning her day at 5:30 in the morning with a hot mug of coffee and a Bible long before she was elected to fill the District 1 seat in the Orange County Board of Commissioners Nov. 8.

A deeply religious woman, mother of three and lifelong geology enthusiast, VanderLey rarely spared a thought to the world of politics, suspecting politicians to be motivated by self-interest or money. Her outlook has changed much since then, but she still views her own involvement in politics as a simple means to solve others’ problems.

The Oakland resident had her first brush with political affairs around 15 years ago while aiding her father, Jon VanderLey — a former Oakland mayor — with small tasks. She’d help write newsletters for him but steadily grew more involved in bigger projects, even organizing the first Oakland Heritage Festival nearly 20 years ago.

With a full-time job as a business development consultant that helps engineers and land developers with strategic planning, VanderLey soon became more active in local government. She eventually joined Orange County’s Planning and Zoning Commission, the first official step toward her eventual election victory for the District 1 seat.

“I wasn’t surprised,” recalled Rachel Chiles, 31, upon hearing her mother planned to run for the District 1 seat. “She always seems to be into one thing or the next. You know, community service or Rotary. She sat on several nonprofit boards.

“She constantly seems to be going and doing things out in the community, so it’s not surprising.”

A LOVE OF MUSIC

Born in Traverse City, Michigan, VanderLey first set foot in the Sunshine State when she was 12. Her father had the family move to Florida due to a job involving the construction of Walt Disney World. VanderLey also got her first official job at Disney, working in food services within Adventureland.

She soon saved up enough to buy her own car – a red 1967 Pontiac Lemans, she remembers dearly. In an act of her growing independence, she took a three-day solo trip to Michigan, but not before her concerned father installed a CB radio to keep in touch in case of an emergency.

“So I came home and told my parents I was going to go to Michigan for a few weeks and see relatives up there,” VanderLey recollected. “So I got in my car and drove up to Michigan at 16. I can’t imagine anyone being OK with a 16-year-old girl doing that now.”

As a teenager, VanderLey also harbored a love of music that continues today. She plays the piano and often sings to herself in the shower or in her car.

Her No. 1 rule whenever others come along for a ride is to never talk over the songs.

“I love singing ‘Handel’s Messiah,’ ” said VanderLey on her most favorite song to sing.

“I actually sang it in the Orlando Choral Society for many years.

So I still sing that, especially at Christmastime.”

Her adoration of music was sparked at the age of 5. Her parents took her to an orchestral concert hosted by a local world-renowned college preparatory school for classical musicians. World-renowned pianist Van Cliburn was playing Rachmaninoff’s No. 2 piano concerto; the day remains a fond memory for VanderLey. “I was absolutely hooked on it. It was kind of magical,” she reminisced. “The lake behind

the birch trees, the sun setting on the lake and the outdoor band show and they were all in their tails, it was just — it was fairyland, and the music really caught me. So ever since then, I’ve been a huge music lover.

And when I was a teenager, I had decided I was going to be the first female conductor of the New York Philharmonic.”

A LOVE OF ROCKS

Although VanderLey never did quite pursue the career path of a symphony orchestra conductor, she did venture into a study she found equally fascinating: geology. The life of a geologist – analyzing rock formations and volcanoes in different locations – appealed to her.

She enrolled in Valencia College to get a geology degree but discontinued her studies at the end of her sophomore year to raise her first child. However, she now has an extensive collection in her home to appease her interest in rocks – a collection her kids jokingly titled “mom’s collection of dead stuff.” ”She loves artifacts,” Chiles said of her mom. “She loves fossils and was always very interested in geology and the study of rock formations and what that means to the area. I mean, she’s always buying fossils constantly. I feel like they fill up the house. And we constantly tell her to stop, but it just continues to grow; there are fossils on every surface.”

The collection has taken VanderLey a few decades to build and includes all sorts of fossilized rocks, including shark jaws and turtle shells she finds while hiking or purchases in outdoor markets.

A LOVE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE

The lifelong geology enthusiast and secret rock’n’roll fan also holds firm beliefs regarding community. VanderLey believes helping other community members in any way they can should be normalized behavior rather than the exception.

This is a philosophy she hopes to portray in real life in her duties as commissioner and a message she wishes to convey in a book she hopes to publish

in the future titled “Standing in the Gap.” The book, she shared, would focus on how she was raised and the principles she believes society has lost but can easily regain.

“That’s the whole essence of community: it’s that you go through life together and you help each other and prop each other up when times are tough,” VanderLey said, referring to the time when West Orange community supported her family after her brother’s death in 2002. “So I wouldn’t say that it’s selfless, I would say it’s just how communities are supposed to behave.”

She suggests people should be motivated to get involved in politics because they want to solve others’ problems, a goal she shared was her own reasoning for running in the election.

“It affords you the opportunity to solve some problems,” VanderLey said. “You know how you’re driving down the road going, ‘Why doesn’t somebody do something about’ whatever — a traffic signal that needs to go in or whatever it might be.

The reason for doing it is not to be prominent; the reason for doing it is to be of service — to solve problems for people that don’t know how to navigate the system.”

Since becoming active in local government, VanderLey has helped several members in the community.

When it was brought to her attention that a school bus stop was located in a dangerous spot, she helped get it relocated. When she came across a Gotha resident with an obvious flooding issue in his yard he said began with the construction of a nearby neighborhood 10 years ago, she used her connections in the county to help get his problem fixed.

“That’s really satisfying, when you know you can solve a potentially difficult situation for someone,” VanderLey added. “I don’t really think about what I do as politics. I think of it as serving my community.”

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Disney magic Disney executive Keith Bradford steps into the role of West Orange Chamber of Commerce chairman for 2017. anniversary this year.

“With (Bradford’s) leadership in our 45th year and Disney’s 45th year, it just seems like the right time and right circumstance,” said Stina D’Uva, president and chief executive officer of the West Orange Chamber of Commerce.

“We couldn’t have planned it better. And with our first Disney representative as chairman, it’s an exciting start to our 45th year.”

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Keith Bradford, vice president of Disney Springs, is the incoming chairman for the West Orange Chamber of Commerce for 2017.

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For as long as anyone can remember, The Mouse has held a seat on the West Orange Chamber of Commerce.

But this year, for the first time, a Disney executive has been tapped to lead the organization’s executive board of directors.

Vice President of Disney Springs Keith Bradford joined the West Orange Chamber of Commerce nearly five years ago to continue Disney’s long history of association with the chamber.

“I wanted to be part of the West Orange Chamber of Commerce because it’s an active chamber,” Bradford said. “It’s part of a community that I live in, and it helps me connect with community leaders.”

And Bradford’s rise to chairman could not be more timely.

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For the last 22 years, Bradford has worked at Disney, serving in a variety of roles. Early on in his Disney career, Bradford managed several properties, including Port Orleans Resort. But for the last seven-and-one-half years, Bradford has worked as vice president of Disney Springs.

“Working on revitalizing Disney Springs has been fantastic,” Bradford said. “I’ve been involved in it since the initial idea of it. We opened the last district neighborhood this past May.” Compared to the old Downtown Disney, Bradford said that Disney Springs has nearly doubled the number of shops and restaurants plus more access to parking.

“The response has been fantastic from the guests,” he said.

But Bradford said the key to the success of Disney Springs was teamwork — something he plans to use in his new role with the Chamber.

“In the Chamber, there are a lot of business members, small and large, with a lot of needs that need to be met,” Bradford said. “I think about Disney Springs and the significance of that project.

It doesn’t happen without a lot of collaboration — that’s something I’ve learned from my career (at Disney).”

In addition to tapping into his Disney career, Bradford said he also plans to refer to some of his pre-Disney experiences for his new role with the Chamber, which includes time serving on two different boards in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

But so far, Bradford said his favorite part of participating in the chamber is the people.

“I’ve enjoyed the people and community leaders that I’ve gotten to know and how passionate they are about making West Orange County a place to live and work,” Bradford said. “That’s exciting for me.”

CHANGING OF THE GUARD

The position of chairman is rotated annually, and Bradford will be taking the gavel from the 2016 Chairman Rob Maphis.

Maphis is currently the vice president and chief operating officer at The COLLAGE Companies, a design-build construction management and general contracting company based in Lake Mary.

Although he will miss being chairman, Maphis said he was pleased to hand his position over to Bradford.

“This is a truly bittersweet departure for me,” Maphis wrote on the Chamber’s blog in his final post as chairman. “On one hand, I will miss being chair of an organization with a tremendous board and an outstanding staff who always give their heart and soul to this community. However, I am also pleased that the incoming chairman is Keith Bradford, as he is an extraordinarily capable and talented leader who will serve us well. Additionally, as vice president of Disney Springs, Keith is uniquely qualified to lead the Chamber’s 45th year, because Disney is also celebrating its 45th year right now.”

decisions.”

Bradford said he’s looking forward to a year full of exciting new things.

“The 45th anniversary — this is a big year,” Bradford said. “Just in the fact we’re celebrating that is very, very exciting. We have things in store this year that we have yet to announce — two significant items happening this year that will be announced in coming months. Those will be pivotal during my time as chairman.”

Although Bradford refused to give any more hints about these coming items, D’Uva said to keep an eye and ear turned toward the Chamber between mid-year and the third quarter for announcements.

It’s a major year for Bradford who will not only help usher in the Chamber’s 45th year but also will mark another milestone in 2017 — this one on the home front.

This year, Bradford — a Windermere resident and father of three — will celebrate his 30th anniversary to his wife, Pam. Contact Brittany Gaines at bgaines@orangeobserver.com.

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Maphis’ sentiments about incoming chairman Bradford were echoed by D’Uva. “We’re glad to have Keith with his expertise of Disney as well as his expertise on another board of directors,” she said. “He is smart; he is no nonsense; he likes to get down to the issue and make smart

CHAMBER HISTORY Created in 1972, the West Orange Chamber of Commerce has worked with hundreds of businesses across West Orange County to to create more and better opportunities for everyone in the county.

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ing,” Coch said. “And it was just such a high volume of people. So one of the paramedics told me — and I don’t even know the paramedic’s name to this day because there were so many people — he advised to cut the cords. And I was like, ‘Why am I cutting the cords? It’s going to be useless if I put these on.’ I was thinking we were using it to restart someone’s heart. And he was like, just cut them! And then a little after I understood where he was going with it as we were using them.”

Because AED pads are adhesive, they are able to create the tight seal needed to close a sucking chest wound and help a victim breathe normally via their esophagus again.

That life-saving trick Coch learned in those few hectic moments have remained in Coch’s memory. After that day, he asked the Ocoee Fire Department for any outdated AED pads they were planning to discard.

To this day, Coch has not spoken to the man whose life he helped save.

He’s aided in the process of saving many lives before and expects he likely will help save many more to come given his line of work.

A police officer’s initial treatment of potentially fatal injuries usually is critical in helping people reach a hospital in time.

But Coch insists it’s not just him wh o d e s e r ve s credit. Rather, it’s everyone who makes it their duty to involve themselves in a life-ordeath situation.

“It wasn’t just me,” Coch emphasized repeatedly.

“It was the other cops, the firefighters, the paramedics, the doctors, the nurses. In all honesty, those are the true heroes in the battle because I’m not a surgeon. I can’t do surgeries in the field. They’re the ones who are the true heroes.”

“It wasn’t just me. It was the firefighters, the paramedics, the doctors, the nurses. In all honesty, those are the true heroes.”

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The strategy for managing growth Oakland is poised to see tremendous growth in the coming years, and elected officials have worked diligently to make sure it is handled correctly.

AMY QUESINBERRY COMMUNITY EDITOR

OAKLAND “The growth that is

coming to us is not something we necessarily asked for but knew we had to prepare for if we wanted to do it right and maintain our identity and way of life,” said Oakland Mayor Kathy Stark. “We’ve been preparing for this for years. Growth is coming; it’s not going to grow around us.”

West Colonial Drive has few businesses along its stretch in the town of Oakland, but the empty land, mostly zoned commercial, won’t stay that way forever.

“My philosophy as manager is planning and preparation, the value of it, and putting resources and financing there, as opposed to not planning and then having to put corrective measures in place,” Foltz said. “(Managing growth in Oakland means) residential and non-residential development that maintains the unique character of Oakland,” he said. “This is based on community visioning and legally approved standards and review

processes that ensure the highest levels of transparency and community involvement to create a 21stcentury community that maintains its 19th-century charm.”

But the nuts-and-bolts planning must come before the added charm is visible.

While it doesn’t look like much is happening on the main thoroughfare through the town, there has been an abundance of activity for several years as elected officials and town staff develop an ambitious strategy to manage what businesses come to Oakland and how they will fit into the town’s landscape.

This planning process began in 2013, when a visioning charrette was held with the commission, Town Hall department heads, Planning & Zoning members, homeowners associations, the churches, citizens representing all sections of the town and key personnel from Orange County and neighboring cities. All Oakland residents were also invited to observe the session.

This set the stage for all future decisions.

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the force main and main wastewater lift station to connect with Clermont; securing of a $1 million legislative appropriation for further construction of the main wastewater gravity line along State Road 50 and securing of easements; approval of the zoning, development agreement and Phase 1 Plat for Oakland Trails (145 single-family dwellings); approval of zoning and development agreement for Oakland Park (295 single-family dwellings); approval of the Comprehensive Plan amendment for Oakland Preserve (300 single-family dwellings, 300 multifamily dwellings and a 150 unit assisted-living facility); annexation of the Eagles Landing property (20 single-family dwellings); and adoption of the Joint Planning Agreement with Orange County.

To handle the extra vehicles these developments will put on the roads, construction is expected to begin on the roundabout at the western end of Oakland Avenue, where it intersects with State Road 50, Old State Road 50, J.W. Jones Road and the West Orange Trail. This will alleviate some traffic nightmares, especially once the new subdivisions are built on J.W. Jones Road.

Residents could see the first new business — a RaceTrac convenience store at S.R. 50 and Remington Road — before the year is over, and it, like all new construction, will be subject to the architectural and landscaping criteria established in the Gateway Corridor Overlay District ordinance.

The commission created these rules in 1999, when the town was in its earliest stages of development along West Colonial.

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“I encourage residents to get involved and attend meetings so they are informed about the decisions that we are making.”

– Mayor Kathy Stark

RaceTrac are a small hotel, food and beverage locations, banks and local businesses, Stark said, and all with walkability and access to ecotourism.

“This year will be about trying to get people to understand what we’re trying to do in regards to growth,” she said. “Our approach has to be very measured and careful.

“Our mission is to protect the identity of this town, period,” Stark said. “And then recognizing that landowners have a right to build on their land.”

All new development increases the tax base in the town, which has always been low.

But the addition of the commercial element — and the increase to the tax base — can’t come without the sewer system.

The current plan, orchestrated

by Stark, the town commissioners, Town Manager Dennis Foltz and Public Works Director Mike Parker, takes the town down to its bones and begins with building

a centralized sewer system. It’s a major change for Oakland, which has always operated on a septic system.

The town received one million dollars from the state of Florida last year, which will help pay for taking the sewer system from the lift station on the west side of town to Florida’s Turnpike to the east. This opens up the opportunity to develop S.R. 50 to the east.

Parker has been working diligently to acquire grants for this massive project.

To help the commission and department heads, as well as the Planning & Zoning Board, an Appearance Review Board was established.

“This is to make sure we stay ‘Oakland,’” Foltz said.

“Now we are at the point where the planning is essentially done, and now it’s time to start putting things in the ground,” Stark said.

“I want this to be a place everyone just has to see. It’s a special place.”

While Stark and Foltz have a

passion for infrastructure preparation and making sure the community is prepared for the growth, each of the commissioners has his own area of concentration, which makes for a well-rounded group of elected officials.

“The commissioners all have a passion that they have seemed to take on, and it’s been pretty natural,” Stark said. “It’s not something that we’ve sat down and said, ‘You do this, and you do this.’”

Joseph McMullen’s passion is arts, children and giving back to the community, and he has spearheaded the new Oakland Art and History Center project. Mike Satterfield has been involved with the Oakland Avenue Charter School since the beginning. Rick Polland is devoted to the Oakland Nature Preserve and Friends of Lake Apopka. And Sal Ramos has a commitment to the poor and underserved.

“Also, Mike Parker has had such an impact on this town,” Stark said. “He’s good at finding grants

and administering grants. He is so smart. Our department heads are awesome, but Parker is just amazing at what he does. He flies so far under the radar, and I don’t think he gets enough credit for the background work that goes on.”

Stark and Foltz agree it takes more than staff and the commission to keep the town progressing.

“I encourage residents to get involved and attend meetings so they are informed about the decisions that we are making and to understand the amount of volunteer work that our residents do (on the various town boards) on behalf of all residents,” Stark said.

“We have to be in the position all the time that we do what’s right, and we can walk away knowing we did everything we could to do what’s right for the town,” Foltz said.

Contact Amy Quesinberry at AmyQ@orangeobserver.com.

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What’s next for Hamlin?

WHAT IS A HAMLIN?

Hamlins are cold-tolerant, sweet oranges grown in Florida since 1885. It is early ripening, thin-skinned and has few seeds and a tangy-sweet flavor.

Since it ripens early, it makes much of its harvest possible before the onset of winter freezes.

“Named after a variety of early season orange, Hamlin is nestled among lakes and former citrus groves in a relaxed setting with abundant natural amenities,” according to the community’s website.

The Hamlin community hub is situated along Lake Hancock.

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HORIZON WEST Ask anyone at

Boyd Development Corporation what their ultimate vision for Hamlin is, and they’ll likely say that it’s to offer Central Florida residents a charming masterplanned community with a lakefront retail and entertainment hub.

Hamlin’s ultimate goal of channeling old-Florida charm revolves around 100 acres of Lake Hancock and the surrounding trails and parks, while also offering dining, retail and entertainment options for Central Florida families.

“We really want Hamlin to be a place where whenever people all over Central Florida want to go do something they say, ‘Let’s just go to Hamlin,’” said Kevin Merideth of Boyd Development Corporation, the development orga-

nization that is the mastermind behind Hamlin. “There’s going be so many events going on, so many interesting restaurants and places to shop, we want it it to be a place where people say ‘Let’s just go to Hamlin, we’ll get there and figure out what we want to do.’”

Merideth said that currently there isn’t much of this concept on display in the Central Florida area, so Boyd Development’s goal is to bring something to the market that doesn’t exist yet on a large scale.

In 2016, developers made quite a few exciting announcements regarding the first retailers and new developments coming to the Hamlin town center. In 2017, residents can expect to see more groundbreaking, further tenant announcements and even a couple of these retailers finally coming to

fruition and opening their doors.

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Scheduled to arrive in the fall is a luxury movie theater, operated by Cinépolis USA. Construction on the 40,000-square-foot, 10-screen theater is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2017, Merideth said. It will be able to seat between 750 and 800 people.

“They (Cinépolis) would like to open prior to all the blockbusters coming out in December,” Merideth said. “They’re looking at an opening of late 2017.”

This will be the seventh dine-in movie theater for Cinépolis, which aims to let guests “sit back, relax and escape.” Guests will be able to enjoy waiter service, reclining leather seats and a full bar, along with an elegant lobby space and cutting-edge sound and projec-

tion technology, according to the company website.

At Cinépolis theaters, guests must first purchase tickets online prior to visiting. Theaters will open about 20 minutes before the movie begins. Upon arrival, servers will greet guests and take their orders. The meals come out either before or at the start of the show.

Like the Lakewalk at Hamlin apartment complex, the new theater will look out onto Lake Hancock.

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Those in the market for a new apartment to lease just might find their fit at Lakewalk at Hamlin, the latest housing option in the Hamlin area. The $50 million complex will feature 316 units upon completion and fronts Lake Hancock.

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This year, Central Florida residents can expect to watch even more of West Orange master-planned community Hamlin come to life as ground breaks and more retailers open.

“The first units in that luxury apartment community should begin moving in in the summer, and then we’ll be complete with that project by the first quarter of 2018,” Merideth said.

Thus far Boyd Development has not yet announced floor plans or size of apartments nor any management company to operate and lease the complex.

Lakewalk is the first apartment complex to come to the Hamlin area. Currently there are three other neighborhoods in Hamlin that have single-family homes for sale: Hamlin Reserve by Ashton Woods, The Cove at Hamlin

by Taylor Morrison and Overlook at Hamlin by Ashton Woods. The three neighborhoods will eventually be composed of nearly 2,000 homes.

PROTON THERAPY CENTER

By early 2019, Hamlin will have something that is a bit of a rarity in the United States — a proton therapy center.

The first piece of a 25-acre medical complex, the center will provide advanced cancer treatment. Proton therapy uses protons instead of X-rays in radiation treatments and, like X-ray radiation, is another type of externalbeam radiation therapy. As positively charged particles, protons at high energy can destroy cancer cells.

This center — which will be one of only about 25 of its kind nationwide — will be using technology from ProNova Solutions, which includes “pencil beam” radia-

tion technology that is effective in destroying malignant tumors while sparing healthy tissue.

The two-story, 30,000-squarefoot building is set to include three treatment rooms and medical offices. It will see between 800 and 1,000 patients each year and anchors the outer medical campus. On its own it is projected to generate about 100 clinical and administrative jobs.

Merideth said that construction should start toward the end of 2017, with a projected opening of late 2018 to early 2019.

In addition to the proton therapy center, Horizon West is getting its own hospital right in Hamlin, on the south side of Porter Road.

Operated by Orlando Health, the 70,000-square-foot hospital is to be situated on 80 acres. It will act as a freestanding emergency room and also include outpatient diagnostics and laboratory services, offices for primary-care physicians and specialists and a human performance and wellness center.

In late 2016, Orlando Health also filed a certificate for a second phase to the hospital — a fivestory building with 103 inpatient beds. Since permits and plans have not yet been solidified, more announcements and a potential timeline are likely for 2017.

PUBLIX

Construction started toward the end of 2016 on the Publix Super Market on the southwest quadrant opposite of Walmart.

The 54,000-square-foot grocery store will anchor its own

200,000-square-foot retail center, as well as a variety of smaller shops and restaurants.

Merideth said they are anticipating Publix opening this summer. And it won’t be a typical shopping strip plaza but instead will function as more of an urban design, with the buildings pulled up toward the main roads.

“On the Publix quadrant we’ll start the main street that will carry over to the lakefront area. It’ll feel a lot more inviting than typical grocery-anchored shopping centers, and really our focus has been on finding some good restaurant and retail partners,” Merideth said. “The aim is to bring some concepts that aren’t necessarily that prevalent yet in Central Florida, so we’re doing a lot of research and discussion with folks to bring them to the area.”

A main street leads Publix to an eventual lakefront shopping center, which is anchored by upcoming luxury movie theater Cinépolis.

WALMART SUPERCENTER

Located on the northwest corner of the intersection of New Independence Parkway and Hamlin Groves Trail, the 190,000-squarefoot supercenter became the first retailer in the Hamlin community to open. Having welcomed its first customers on Nov. 16, 2016, it created more than 250 jobs and serves as the anchor store in its quadrant.

It is part of what will eventually be a 400,000-square-foot retail development, and a handful of smaller stores and restaurants will follow.

ABOUT HAMLIN Hamlin is a master-planned community that ultimately will consist of retail, restaurants, entertainment and residential developments.

The supercenter features a pharmacy, auto center, vision center and garden center, as well as a Dunkin’ Donuts inside and a gas station outside.

“The theme of the building is catered to the Hamlin community, so we’ve really made it more a community type of store so customers in this area see the same type of look as what their homes look like,” store manager Aaron Brothers said in a previous interview.

Contact Danielle Hendrix at dhendrix@orangeobserver.com.

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Originally from South Carolina, Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson moved to Ocoee in 1955 at the age of 5. He worked at a post office for nearly 20 years before he retired and became involved in local politics in 1986.

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Rusty Johnson’s goals for the city of Ocoee include lowering taxes, expanding the downtown and boosting economic growth and development.

GABBY BAQUERO STAFF WRITER OCOEE Working 12-hour work days while leading a whole city might seem intimidating to many and managing an inbox that receives an average of 200 to 300 emails from constituents is no easy task — but Ocoee Mayor Rusty Johnson enthusiastically embraces the challenge.

He wouldn’t want it any other way for the city he’s resided in for 61 years.

The retired post office worker volunteered to serve on several city boards before eventually being elected mayor in 2015.

Although Johnson never took a single political course during his business degree from what it is now known as the University of Central Florida, it failed to deter Johnson’s determination to lend a hand in improving the city of Ocoee.

“Even when I was in college, I didn’t really take anything pertaining to political stuff,” Johnson shared. “I kind of got into doing this because I just wanted to be involved with the city and see what I could do. So it just kind of led into that for the last 30 years, and that’s what I’ve done.”

Some volunteer board members believe the city’s management has significantly changed since Johnson took office after

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- Mike Hopper change the type of people that sit on the boards, the whole parameter changes.”

Johnson strongly credits the joint labor of his fellow commissioners and city staff members’ for all the recent growth and development projects that have been approved for design and construction, the most notable being the City Center West Orange and downtown Ocoee.

PROVIDING ANSWERS TO CITIZENS

The city’s resolution to fix the downtown area only came about after a three-day strategic meeting held two years ago, and the City Center West Orange is a work in progress. But Johnson refuses to stop the train just yet, as he possesses other goals in mind he’d also like to fulfill for the city.

“What my plan is, is to try to bring economic growth and development,” he said. “Do our expansion of the city that we’ve got to do and then fix it to where people’s tax base will go down. If we bring in the ad valorem and the new businesses and things that’ll help pay the tax bill, we can lower

the citizens’ tax base. And that’s one of the big things I want to try to do.”

In addition to attracting businesses to lower the tax base and advancing growth, Johnson shared that one of his highest priorities has remained – and will continue to be – providing honesty to his constituents. Timeconsuming as it is to respond to every citizen request, he deems it worth the effort because “people need to hear the truth,” and politicians should promote citizen engagement and information.

“What I like to do is give an answer to the citizens,” Johnson said. “I want to be able to have you ask me questions and get an answer. It seems to me that in a lot of government things people don’t really get an answer. They just kind of get brushed off and told, ‘Don’t worry, we’re taking care of it. We know what we’re doing, and we don’t need to talk to you.’”

He’s familiar with how things progress under different styles of leadership, and he particularly appreciates Johnson’s brand of leadership.

“I’m extremely excited about what’s going on right now,” West said. “Rusty likes what he does — he enjoys being mayor. … He’s got a vision of what he wants to see the city become, and he’s got a vision for what the people want for the city.”

Johnson’s vision and passion for the city has also genuinely impressed Mike Hopper, a citizen who most recently served on the Code Enforcement Board. Hopper appreciates Johnson’s promise to bring more shops and restaurants downtown and is convinced Johnson truly has the interests of Ocoee at heart.

“We have made a real significant leap to the future, actually, and I think it’s a real good step,” Hopper said. “I’ve known Rusty all of my life almost. He’s been a council person, he’s always volunteered, and so he’s got the city of Ocoee at his heart. I think that’s the biggest asset that Rusty has.

He loves the city of Ocoee.”

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the former mayor, S. Scott Vandergrift, stepped down due to health issues. However, Johnson repeatedly emphasized the word “we” when describing the recent successes and ambitious projects undertaken in the city.

“Right now, in the city of Ocoee, we have a very good city commission that seems to work very well, and that’s an asset for Rusty,” said Milton West, an Ocoee resident who’s been on the planning and zoning board for 16 years. “They share some of his vision. … It’s one of the reasons why the city is moving (forward).”

Johnson, himself, recalls a time when it wasn’t that way, when communication between the city’s leadership and city staff was sorely lacking.

The result, Johnson said, was a city that did not make much progress in growth and development – a stark contrast to the extensive downtown Ocoee revitalization project the city has taken significant steps toward making a reality.

“I also wanted to make sure we grew in the right way,” Johnson explained, referring to why he decided to run for mayor.

“Make things happen and move them toward the right direction, and that’s what I think we’ve done. There was a period in time there where we just kind of sat stagnant, you know? We didn’t really do anything, but that kind of changed because when you

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Winter Garden resident JoAnn Newman leads the Orlando Science Center, which aims to inspire curiosity and exploration in guests of all ages.

Garden resident. “The audience of children ages 7 and younger is one of our largest audiences, and it was one of the smallest areas.”

The young guests still can pick oranges from the trees and load them into crates, but they can now sort them, wash and dry them in a simulated factory environment and feed all the oranges into a citrus tower. Then the lights flash, and the oranges drop out of the tower, and the kids can start the process all over again.

A citrus truck has been added, and children can sit in it and actually change a tire.

Newman said there isn’t a great deal of technology in the exhibit.

“It’s about their hands-on interaction,” she said. “They get cooperative play, which leads to the goal of teamwork and communication.

“That was really our design approach — and, of course, everything has to be fun and engaging, but there is a lot of learning taking place,” she said. “Children do learn through play … the 21stcentury skills that we all need to be successful, not only the STEM career, which we’re focused on, but in whatever career they choose.”

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The CEO’s first exposure to the Orlando center was when she chaperoned a sleepover for her daughter. She said both of her children, now grown, have benefited from OSC, and her son even volunteered with the animals in

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570,000 people were discovering Newman didn’t have access to and learning there. a science center growing up, but She expects the children’s area she did have engineers in her fam- to continue to drive science center ily. Her father was an engineer at memberships. heart, and her oldest brother is Newman believes strongly in an engineer and is the one who introducing education to children convinced her to enter the field, at a young age and engaging the as well. next generation of future employShe earned her undergraduate able adults. degree in industrial and systems “When we talk about STEM engineering at learning, we Pennsylvania say, ‘You just State University can’t start and has a master’s learning eardegree in indusly enough,’” trial engineers h e sa i d . ing from Purdue “And if we’re University. She going to fill and her husband, these jobs, who now live we have to near downtown start looking Winter Garden, at nontradipreviously called tional placWindermere es. Seventyhome for 18 years. five percent After a 22-year of engineers c a re e r with had a family AT&T, Newman member or was hired in 2003 friend who as the director was an engiof exhibits and neer, so we operations at the need to reach Orlando Science out. We need – JoAnn Newman Center. She has more girls been CEO since in engineer2009. ing, we need She has seen more stumany changes during her 14 years dents of colors to go into these at the center and said she is proud careers, so that’s some of the work of her team and how far they’ve the Orlando Science Center can come. do, so we’re really excited about A decade ago, attendance that.” reached 220,000. Last year,

“We’re trying to fill a gap we see in the community, which is high-quality educational opportunities for young children and their parents.”

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The renovation of KidsTown is just the first leg of a major project at OSC, Newman said.

“We’ve now done such a good job with the little ones; the next projects are what we call ‘all ages,’” she said.

Touring exhibits keep the center’s offerings fresh and updated, such as the upcoming Astronaut.

“Astronaut is going to give the audience a little bit of a feel for what it takes to become a space explorer,” she said.

Guests can learn about the physical and psychological affects of being an astronaut and discover the technology needed to complete a mission. They can sit in simulators. And they can take on challenges that center around teamwork and communication.

The next exhibit is Identity, which teaches about genetics, uniqueness and one’s physical, psychological and social identity.

Another exhibit, Playing with Light, is just that, Newman said.

“You can mix colored lights, you can freeze and interact with your shadow, there’s a strobe-light area, a maze of laser lights, fiber optics, a way to paint with light,” she said.

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Between 2010 and 2015, the county’s population swelled 12.4%. To account for that growth, West Orange’s Horizon West and surrounding communities are hustling to accommodate new residents.

This year, West Orange residents can expect to see their health care options grow with them. In the works are numerous projects from providers such as Orlando Health, Florida Hospital and Validus Senior Living.

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It’s been quite the year for Ocoee’s Health Central Hospital, a branch of Orlando Health that has seen the completion of a new 40-bed tower in 2016. The new bed tower is part of a larger project to expand the hospital and its emergency wing.

While the bed tower is complete, the emergency-room renovations are anticipated to be complete by the end of January. So far there are 52 functional rooms, and the end product will boast 60 beds — triple the size of the old

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Coming this year are even more additions to the Ocoee campus. The 17,000-square-foot UF Health Cancer Center, currently located across from Health Central off West Colonial Drive, will move to the center of the campus and nearly double in size to 30,000 square feet. With the expansion of the cancer center comes an increase in the number of treatment areas for infusions and chemotherapy, a linear accelerator or external beam radiation treatments.

“Unfortunately cancer touches all of us here, and it’s one of those things we’d like to have the family involved in closely, so we want to make sure we can offer that right here on the campus,” Marsh said.

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An affiliation with the NFL Alumni Association helps connect local NFL alumni who may be in need of its services — mainly the memory-care units — to the center and its services.

The $30 million, 158-bed center officially opened Sept. 13 and includes amenities such as: a selfserve bistro with gourmet coffee bar, fitness center with exercise classes and salon services, a tiki bar and putting greens, pond with pier and boardwalk, fenced dog park, local transportation by chauffeured town car, swimming pool with ADA lift, library, 24-hour security system and more.

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The West Orange Healthcare District initially purchased the first 40 acres in 2000 and another 40 in 2005, as it anticipated Horizon West’s growth and an eventual need for a hospital.

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“Since its opening, Florida Hospital Winter Garden has seen more than 20,000 patients, illustrating the need for health care options close to home for residents of West Orange County,” said David Breen, corporate communications manager at Florida Hospital.

Florida Hospital is set to begin construction in mid- to late 2017

on a seven-story, 100-bed inpatient tower on the Winter Garden campus. The addition includes a critical-care unit, an on-site intensive care unit, an inpatient surgical fleet, a diagnostic catheterization laboratory and a cafeteria.

The new tower will be built adjacent to the three-story existing emergency department, which offers year-round emergency services not only to local West Orange residents but also to those in surrounding Central Florida counties. The inpatient tower is expected to open in 2019.

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In addition, the Orlando Health Medical Pavilion at Spring Lake is on schedule to open sometime in January 2017. It will have offices for primary care physicians and specialists. The three-story building is set to host experts in internal medicine, orthopedics, geriatrics, oncology and cardiology. The Spring Lake project is rounded out by on-site imaging and diagnostic centers, a pharmacy and a cafe.

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Staying power With nine years in the books and offerings that have grown beyond varsity football to include five different sports, the Sunshine State Athletic Conference — which includes three local high schools — is eyeing more growth and excitement in 2017.

STEVEN RYZEWSKI

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Sunshine State Athletic Conference n 30 - Varsity football members n 9 - Years conference has existed n 9 - Different champions crowned in varsity football, including Windermere Prep in 2014 n 5 - Sports offered during the 2016-17 school year (varsity football, middle school football, boys and girls basketball, beach volleyball) n 3 - Local members (CFCA, Legacy Charter, Windermere Prep)

Among many goals of the FHSAA’s sweeping changes to its playoff and district formatting for football last fall was that of bringing some of the state’s many independent programs — or programs that compete outside of traditional state series competition — back into the fold.

The elimination of districts in Classes 1A-4A was championed as giving the smaller programs more autonomy over scheduling, with games against district rivals no longer mandated.

According to FloridaHSFootball.com, more than 30 independent schools have agreed to return to state series competition as of Dec. 14 — but while other independent conferences are reeling from departures, the Sunshine State Athletic Conference continues to gain momentum.

The SSAC, which includes local programs at Windermere Prep, Legacy Charter and Central Florida Christian Academy, suffered a net loss of just two programs this offseason, according to league president Stuart Weiss.

Seven total programs departed — though not all of those who departed did so to rejoin the state series — and five programs joined the independent league, giving the conference 30 members for its 2017 fall football season.

According to Weiss, who in six years as a coach and administrator for the league has seen it blossom from 12 teams to 30, the reason so many programs are content to stay put is simple: the conference offers a good

Cook is readying for his second season as the Eagles’ head coach — and that fact, itself, is welcome news for a program that has seen four different head coaches in four years. The instability in the program has led to a drop in numbers for CFCA’s football program, with the Eagles dressing just 25 players this past fall.

In spite of that, and in spite of the lack of continuity in coaching philosophy, the Eagles have been able to compile a 19-12 record over the past three seasons.

That has made CFCA, along with Legacy and Windermere Prep, happy customers in the SSAC. To maintain its competitive balance, the league only admits programs that would classify as Class 3A or lower if they were to compete in state series play. Its board also puts an emphasis on finding like-minded members who are going to respect the rules and run clean programs.

It also puts an emphasis on being responsive to its programs.

“We try to meet the needs of our members,” Weiss said.

“Everything we’ve done has been at the request of our members.”

Strong feedback from its membership has led to the SSAC expanding beyond varsity football over the past few years.

The conference has 22 members in its middle school football league and has already added boys and girls basketball.

This spring, it will have its first season of beach volleyball and, in the 2017-18 school year, there are hopes of offering boys and girls soccer for its members.

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for soccer — is one where schools can compete in the SSAC as well as in the state series, thanks to more scheduling flexibility as compared to a sport such as football.

As it did last winter, the SSAC will host a basketball tournament and crown a champion in January prior to the beginning of district tournaments for the state series.

The addition of beach volleyball has spurred a new level of excitement around the league, as it represents the first time that the sport — which is growing in popularity — has been offered in the state of Florida.

“Our response when we came out when we were going to have beach volleyball was probably the biggest response we’ve had for anything,” Weiss said. “It’s been widespread, and it’s been positive.”

In light of the FHSAA’s recent efforts to bring some of its independent members back into the state series fold, Weiss says that there is a perception that his league — which technically operates within the overriding governing system of the FHSAA — does not get along with the organization, but he says that is not the case.

“We’re pro-FHSAA — we think we’re what’s good about FHSAA,” Weiss said. “We’re just trying to offer something for our members.”

Going forward into the new year, Weiss says he and the other board members and commissioners within the league are excited to continue to grow the conference’s brand — and to possibly a crown a 10th unique champion at its annual Florida Bowl game in the fall.

“That’s parity,” Weiss said.

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“Teams that compete here typically have a great, positive experience,” Weiss said, championing the league’s emphasis on sportsmanship and hospitality. “The games are competitive. You don’t tend to get a lot of that chippiness in the games, and it’s a really good, wholesome place to play.”

The league prides itself on providing parity — there has been a different varsity football champion in each of the conference’s nine seasons of competition — and on being a place where smaller programs who might struggle in state series play can be competitive.

Among those programs is CFCA. “For us, at CFCA, it (competing in the state series) would not be feasible,” Eagles head coach Chris Cook said. “Our student population is so small, and the influx from year to year would make it really hard to be competitive year in and year out.”

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Encore performance A year after helping lead the West Orange High softball team to a state championship, ace pitcher and University of Georgia signee Lauren Mathis has her eye on leading the Warriors back to state.

BY THE NUMBERS Mathis’ Junior Season n Won-loss record: 25-1 n ERA (innings pitched): 0.15 (138.1) n Strikeouts: 272 n Runs allowed (earned): 9 (3) n Recognized as Florida’s “Miss Softball”

STEVEN RYZEWSKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR WINTER GARDEN Lauren Mathis isn’t afraid to admit how many times she has watched the video of the final out of the 2016 FHSAA Class 9A Softball State Championship Game.

After all, Mathis — the ace pitcher for the West Orange High softball team who was on the mound that night against Tampa’s Alonso High — says her recollection of throwing the game’s final pitch, along with the celebration that ensued, is a little hazy.

“I’ve watched that clip at least a thousand times — I still watch it to this day,” Mathis says. “It’s my pinned tweet on Twitter.”

It was a moment that will last a lifetime, but Mathis — who has signed a National Letter of Intent to play her college softball for Georgia — isn’t done with her career as a Warrior just yet.

The Warriors’ dream season, which included Mathis being recognized as Florida’s Miss Softball, was just her junior year.

That means that, after helping the program win its second state title, she and her teammates can now set their gaze on a goal that would be a first for the school: a

repeat championship.

“To win it back-to-back would be absolutely phenomenal,” Mathis said.

GROWING IN THE PROGRAM

The 2017 spring season will be Mathis’ fourth on the Warriors’ varsity team, an impressive — if not unsurprising — feat.

The standout pitcher came into the program with a reputation after having been part of the Windermere Little League softball team that made the 2012 Little League Softball World Series, in addition to a strong record on the national travel ball circuits.

Her appearances on the mound were limited as a freshman and, though they increased significantly as a sophomore, they tended to come in relief of Kelsey Morrison, currently a pitcher for the University of Tennessee.

Morrison was a stellar pitcher for the Warriors during her own career, and Mathis humerously recalls the many times her and then-bullpen catcher Sam Moore — now playing at Auburn — would get up to warm-up to relieve Morrison, only for Morrison to pitch her way out of a jam and regain her dominance.

Mathis’ sophomore season was

highlighted by a relief appearance in a televised win against Apopka during the regular season and an extra-inning pitchers’ duel in the regional championship.

Those moments were among the reasons head coach Todd LaNeave felt confident with Mathis being the staff’s ace once Morrison graduated in the spring of 2015.

“I don’t think it phased her at all,” LaNeave said. “I think she knew that once Kelsey was gone, it was going to be hers.”

If anything, Mathis’ memorable junior season for West Orange was defined by how low-maintenance she was for LaNeave — thanks to her focus and a strong relationship with her catcher, Maggie Wheless. “(Mathis is) one of those that you give her the ball, and there wasn’t a whole lot that you had to talk to her about,” LaNeave recalled. “When she comes off the field into the dugout, I don’t talk to her. I talk to Maggie.”

This season, Mathis will again be looked to for the bulk of the starts for the Warriors, though junior Landry Newgent got some valuable innings of experience as a sophomore and will also be available to LaNeave.

LOOKING FORWARD

Whatever comes of her final year at West Orange, Mathis is also excited to be a Bulldog.

Mathis, who says she has thrived in large part because of the support she gets from her parents, says her family has a long history with the University of Georgia — a factor when she de-committed from the University of Florida and instead opted for the Bulldogs.

When she does begin her college career, she’ll be competing in the SEC against a number of former teammates — including Morrison and Moore.

“That’s going to be so fun,” Mathis said when considering the on-field reunions that will occur.

“I don’t know — I’ve got to beat them. I can’t lose to them.”

For LaNeave, especially, the possibility that Mathis and Morrison could one day face off as opposing pitchers when the Bulldogs and Volunteers take the field is reason to get the DVR fired up.

“I’ll be absolutely tuning in and if I can’t I’ll be recording it,” LaNeave said. “That’ll be really cool to see. It’ll be neat to watch the two of them battle it out.”

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Eva Meridith — God reached out, placed her hand in His and led her Home. Eva passed from this world on Dec. 23, 2016. Our hearts are filled with tears and sorrow, but we rejoice in our Mother’s release from the pain and suffering of this world. We have been blessed because God gave us a true Earth Angel for a Mom. Her children: Danny Meridith, Butch and Rainelle Meridith, Debra and Randy Kraft, Andrew and Debra Kral, Lia Kral. Grandchildren: Michael and Melissa Meridith, Michelle Clevenger, Mike B. Meridith, Christy and Jason Kempher, Bradley Meridith, Mike Frostrom, Michele Frostrom and Marcus Kral.

Great-grandchildren: Josh Clevenger, Abigail and Alex Meridith, Paige and Cole Kempher and Christian and Lacy Meridith.

Eva’s family tree was planted in Central Florida multiple generations ago. She was born in Orlando (Orlo Vista) on Aug. 8, 1926, to Heber Buckner Walker and Francis Turner Walker.

The youngest of five children, she is now in joyous reunion with her brothers, Robert Walker and B.H. Walker; and her sisters, Mildred Vickers and Dorothy Mauldin.

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mate, Emery, at the tender age of 15 and he at 17.

They eloped one year later on Dec. 8, 1942. They made their home in Orlando until 1959, when Emery packed up the family and moved them to a remote location called Windermere.

Windermere’s population of 500 provided the family with a real “Mayberry” kind of life.

She and Emery were happily married for 38 years but were sadly separated by Emery’s untimely death in 1980. Few though they were, those years were filled with fun adventures, building a thriving business, making many friends, raising three children, helping anyone in anyway they could, while loving each other with all their heart and soul.

Six years after Emery’s death, Eva met and married another good man, Frank Kral. Frank’s two children, Andrew and Lia, were a happy addition to Eva’s family,

and she quickly pulled them into her heart.

Eva always prayed that God would bless her with a family and lots of children to care for and love. Although she gave birth to only three babies, He was gracious to answer her prayers and gave her many families and children to love and give of herself.

Eva was always available to lend a helping hand wherever needed.

She was involved in numerous West Orange organizations, which brought her great joy and rich friendships.

She was part of the West Orange Junior Service League, West Orange Memorial Hospital, PEO, Orlando Sportsman’s Club, Autistic Handicapped Children of Central Florida, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and too many PTAs to count.

We will be honoring our Mother with a celebration of her beautiful spirit and life with a service Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017. This will be followed by a social time to share smiles, stories and some good Southern food.

Service Details: 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, Church of the Messiah, 241 N. Main St., Winter Garden, FL 34787. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Autistic Handicapped Children of Central Florida, P.O. Box 780265, Orlando, FL 32878; ahccf.org.

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He is preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Jane Steele, and survived by sons, David (JoAnne) Steele of New Smyrna, Florida, and Kent (Marsha) Steele of Setauket, New York; and daughter, Cherie (Bobby) Ruhle of Ocoee, FL. Calvin had nine grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren, with one on the way.

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In 2004, he and Jane moved to Winter Garden.

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Pastor James Horace Watson, 64, of Montverde, Florida, went to be with his Lord while worshipping in service on Sunday morning, Nov. 27, 2016. He was born June 8, 1952, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to his parents, Dock and Alpha Watson. On July 14, 1972, he married Linda Joyce Dyal in Winter Garden, Florida.

Jim is survived by his wife, Linda, of 44 years; his daughter, Amy (Robert) Marino; two sons, James (Melissa) Watson and Caleb (Jennifer) Watson; six g ra n d c h i l d r e n , Cheyenne Watson, Isabella Marino, Wyatt Watson, Madison Watson, Easton Watson and Gavin Watson.

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He was one of the founding members of the South Lake Pastors Fellowship. He was the chaplain for the Central Florida Christian Bass Club and was a member of the Christian Men’s Golf League. He loved spending time with his wife, Linda; they were high school sweethearts, and their love only grew stronger through the years. In their spare time you’d often find them walking the beach hand in hand and just enjoying each other’s presence. He loved time with his family, never missing any of the grandkids’ activities.

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