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Healthy West Orange Trails group seeks renewed facilitation money and will fund a regional planning study
Summary
Bike Walk Central Florida updated the Ocoee commission on the Healthy West Orange Trails Connection, highlighted $5 million for trail projects and a $500,000 facilitation fund that is expiring, and said partners will cost‑share to continue coordination; a network‑wide planning study will be solicited using foundation funds at no cost to partner cities.
Patrick Panza, operations director for Bike Walk Central Florida, told the Ocoee City Commission on Dec. 16 that the Healthy West Orange Trails Connection (HWOTC) is moving from planning into an action phase and asked partner cities to renew their support for the collaborative’s facilitation work.
"We were building framework," Panza said, summarizing five years of work by partner cities, the Foundation for a Healthier West Orange and other agencies. He said the original initiative included $5,000,000 for trail…
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