Mount Dora Rotary to host candidates forum Thursday
Three non Rotarians will ask questions Ronald Aldrich Robert Bennett and Harlow Middleton. The Rotary Club of Mount Dora sponsors a candidates forum at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 in the Bank of Mount Dora community room. All six Mount Dora City Council candidates expected to attend. The meeting ends at 9 p.m. with Gary Bray moderating.
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Ronald Aldrich
Robert Bennett
Harlow Middleton
Rotary Club of
Mount Dora
Bank of Mount Dora
Mount Dora City
Gary Bray
Rotub
Service Club
Princess Court mini mall opens in Mount Dora scene
In downtown Mount Dora the former Princess Theatre has been reborn as the Princess Court mini mall. Tom Champion and Jack Morgan led the redevelopment turning the shell into a warm open space with a dozen specialty shops on main floor and mezzanine. Meanwhile Kresge company hires for a new K Mart at Golden Triangle Shopping Center with March 1 projected opening and applications for sales help likely in early February.
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Princess Court
Mount Dora
Princess Theatre
Tom Champion
Jack Morgan
U .S
Sx Kresge Company
K-Mart
Grant City
Golden Triangle
John Mestan
Kresge
Orlando
Mestan
Princess Court Hosts Private Showing For Central Florida Leaders
Princess Court in Mount Dora hosts a private showing this Saturday evening for officials and business leaders from nearby central Florida cities. The event features the Princess Yum Yum shop and entertainment. Another new shop brings the complex to a dozen, with A Cut Above slated to open January 1.
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Princess Court
Mount Dora
Fifth Avenue
Tom Champion
Jack Morgan
Mount Dora Council Race Has Six Contenders
Six candidates compete for three Mount Dora city council seats in the upcoming municipal election with one withdrawal. Incumbents Cox Dake and Lott face challengers Clayton Coffield and Hutcheson while Shipley runs unopposed for the park commission. Up to 2,000 voters participate.
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Mount Dora
Ronald Aicher
W. G. Shipley
Mount Dora Park Commission
Howard Cox
Gordon Dake
C. O. Lott
Lavond Clayton
John Coffield
Colene Hutcheson
Mount Dora CofC Director Resigns for Leesburg Post
Jean Cook Jedlicka resigns as executive director of the Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce effective December to become executive vice president of the Leesburg Chamber. She cites better pay and notes the chamber’s growth from 300 to about 800 members and ongoing community projects.
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Jean Cook Jedlicka
Mount Dora
Jean
Cypress Gardens
The
Inquirer
National Weather Service
Orlando
Cofc
Jedlicka
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Seaboard Coast Line
Jim Hunt
Mount Dora Library Groundbreaking Planned for Wednesday
A. W. Smith & Son Inc of Leesburg is the apparent low bidder for the Mount Dora Public Library project. Bids were opened Monday at city hall and the groundbreaking is set for 11 am Wednesday December 15 at Donnelly Street and Ninth Avenue. Ruth Richards and Jefferson Ray III will help dig the first shovelful with other city officials and library supporters present. Construction is estimated at five months with an additional 30 days for furnishing and book transfer.
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A. W. Smith & Son Inc
Leesburg
Mount Dora Public
Jefferson Ray III
Mount Dora
Dave Edgerton
Mount Dora Plans Block Grant Hearings This Month
Public hearings set in Mount Dora to solicit citizen input on the Community Development Block Grant application. Meetings are Monday and Tuesday in December 2021, with a pre application due January 17 to HUD Jacksonville. The process targets street paving drainage sewer housing rehab and planning.
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Mount Dora
City Hall
East Town
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jacksonville
Jameison
Mount Dora set to vote 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. next Tuesday
Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday December 14 for Mount Dora's city election. All registered voters vote at the Mount Dora Community Building in the rear auditorium accessed from Sixth Avenue. no precinct polling places will be used.
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Mount Dora
Sixth Avenue
City adopts parking law with graduated fines
Mount Dora City Council approved an ordinance establishing graduated fines for overtime parking in posted areas and a no parking rule within 20 feet of crosswalks. The measure, effective immediately, targets commercial districts downtown and in East Town. Mayor Tom Champion led the move.
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Dowlstown
Mount Dora
Tom Champion
Grant-Grandview
East Town Council
Route change announced for Mount Dora Christmas parade
The Mount Dora Lions and Jaycees sponsor the annual parade this Saturday December 11 with 50 floats and four bands. The route now runs from Donnelly Street to Gilbert Park with Santa Claus greeting children at the park. Cash prizes will be awarded. fund-raising continues.
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Mount Dora
12Th Avenue
Donnelly
Fifth
Gilbert Park
Santa Claus
Cox
Romano
Weather readings at Mount Dora station since December
The Mount Dora Fire Department weather station reports daily high and low temperatures since December 1. Precipitation for the period totals 0.80 inches, bringing annual rainfall to 50.83 inches.
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Mount Dora
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