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Martinez highlights community partnerships, after-school programs and advice for future leaders

Orlando History Makers (podcast) · November 19, 2025
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Summary

In an Orlando History Makers interview, Mel Martinez described county partnerships with nonprofits and private sector for after-school programs, recounted repurposing county facilities, and advised leaders to preserve quality of life and leave the community better than they found it.

Mel Martinez told Orlando City Commissioner Robert Stewart that longstanding community partnerships — involving government, nonprofits and private business — were central to several local initiatives, from after-school programs for middle schoolers to county facility planning.

Martinez described after-school programs that brought together the school district,…

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