How a Central Florida Suburb Transformed Into a Walkable Destination

Along US 17/92, in the northern Orange County suburbs of Orlando, suburbia is being retrofitted.

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February 26, 2018, 8:00 AM PST

The community of Maitland, a suburban Central Florida community located eight miles north of Downtown Orlando, dreamed of developing an urban core where residents can go for a night out, rather than taking their money to Orlando or nearby Winter Park. After modifying public policies to incrementally transform a congested six-lane arterial highway locally known as Orlando Avenue into an urban corridor, the area is now economically competitive and socially relevant for the 21st century.

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Monday, February 26, 2018 in Modern Cities

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