Tag: Oakland

GOVERNMENT

Oakland Mayor opens Seat 3 applications to the public

In a first, the town commission will not nominate the next commissioner to fill seat.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Oakland votes for change

Shane Taylor is first "elected" mayor in decades. George Oliver III regains Ocoee D4 seat. Winter Garden D2 race goes to April run-off.

BLACK HISTORY

A new cultural exhibit shows that Black history is Oakland history

The Healthy West Orange Arts and Heritage Center includes some of its Black history with Est. 1887, its opening exhibit about the Town of Oakland's origins.

SKY LIGHTING

Oakland Town Commission puts the dark back into the night sky

New zoning ordinance for dark-sky compliant outdoor lighting unanimously approved.

CONSERVATION

Oakland receives $2 million for stormwater harvesting project

Operation will help reduce town’s reliance on drinking water for irrigation.

GOVERNMENT

Oakland juggles multiple water projects

Conservation, wastewater and redundancy projects take priority to keep pace with population growth.

TRANSPORTATION

Oakland teeing up revised golf cart ordinance for driving to/from Winter Garden

Town Manager Steve Koontz anticipates "a lot more golf cart traffic" with the completion of three residential roads.

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Polland wins third term from Oakland voters

Commissioner cleans up with 71 percent of the vote.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION

Qualifying period for Oakland Town Commission election opens Friday

2022 election season kicks off for two municipal seats. Look for VoxPopuli's upcoming voting guide.

ENVIRONMENT

Oakland’s Great Green Irrigation Plan

With no reclaimed water to use, the town's leaders discovered another untapped resource.