Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will join District 6 City Commissioner Samuel B. Ings in the Washington Shores community to unveil the rehabbed Village Square, formerly the Wilcox/Goldwyn shopping mall. The shopping center was recently transformed to promote economic development and expand accessibility to retail and professional services in the Washington Shores community.
The Village of Orlando, Inc. facilitated the rehabilitation of the shopping mall through an $808,469 Community Development Block Grant from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The 30,000 square foot complex consists of more than 40 retail/office spaces and community rooms available for non-profit and community organizations. Current stores include barber shops, hair salons, a dress and hat shop, a medical office, Central Florida Urban League satellite office, a sub shop and an ice cream parlor.
VILLAGE OF ORLANDO, INC.:
The Village of Orlando, Inc. is a Florida non-profit corporation serving as a Community Housing Development Organization with more than a decade of experience developing and providing affordable housing for low to moderate income families.
The Village of Orlando, Inc. has impacted the Washington Shores community by transforming both the look and quality of affordable housing with the Hope Village, Hope Estates and Hope Square housing developments all with funding assistance through the City of Orlando’s Housing and Community Development Department.
WHO:
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
District 6 City Commissioner Samuel B. Ings
United States Representative Corrine Brown
Florida State Senator Gary Siplin
Florida State Representative Geraldine Thompson
WHEN:
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
5:30 p.m.
WHERE:
927 South Goldwyn Avenue
