Developing A Dynamic Downtown

"Instead of continuing a futile battle to lure tourists away from theme-park nightspots, downtown Orlando is slowly changing into a place where locals are the preferred customers. In the past week, that directional shift has been validated by news that two of downtown’s biggest drags -- the long-fallow Jaymont block between Pine and Church streets and the outdated Church Street Station -- are next in line for a big-time makeover. If development groups can pull off both projects, the results could dramatically change downtown. Instead of an area that bustles with hungry office workers at noontime and young revelers on weekend nights with a gulf of near-silence in between, Orlando’s central core could reach a long-awaited goal and become a true 24-hour city."