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Orlando’s Growth Crisis and Cultural Shift | Orlando News
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Andrew Ross, NYU professor living in Disney’s Celebration, reveals how Central Florida’s weak growth laws are fueling unchecked sprawl — and why Urban Growth Boundaries could be the answer. He critiques Florida’s $91 million farmland buyout around Lake Apopka, warning it risks erasing minority farmworker communities. Ross also highlights Orlando’s unique lack of a beltway and proposes redirecting transportation funds to struggling public schools. Finally, he challenges the notion that Orlando is becoming “Disney,” arguing that the city’s cultural potential — like its club scene — was sidelined, not born from commercialization alone.
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