mayor jerry demings News & Updates

NEWS: Orange County Mayor Shares Update on Potential Theme Park Closures Due to Hurricane Idalia

August 29, 2023 by Jasmine Kocon

The Mayor of Orange County has made a statement regarding the theme parks ahead of Hurricane Idalia.

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NEWS: Florida’s Orange County Declares State of Emergency

July 28, 2021 by Jenna Saxton

Florida's Orange County Mayor is now recommending that masks be worn indoors in alignment with a new executive order.

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NEWS: Florida’s Orange County Mayor Recommends Returning to Wearing Masks Indoors

July 12, 2021 by Lydia Storks

The Orange County, FL mayor has recommended that all individuals wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status. We've got all the details here!

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Mask Mandate Will Be Lifted Tomorrow in Florida’s Orange County

June 4, 2021 by Jenna Saxton

Florida's Orange County could be relaxing mask and distancing mandates even further in the coming days and weeks.

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NEWS: Face Masks No Long Required Outdoors in Florida’s Orange County

May 14, 2021 by Carly Terzigni

Orange County has reached the threshold needed to lift its outdoor face mask mandate.

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NEWS! Florida’s Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings Comments on Disney World Layoffs

October 1, 2020 by Carly Terzigni

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings held a press conference today, where he commented on the recent announcement from Disney that 28,000 of its Cast Members across their Parks, Experiences, and Products divisions would be laid off.

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Orange County Mayor Demings “Won’t Hesitate” to Ask Disney World to Reevaluate Their Phased Reopening If Needed

July 13, 2020 by Carly Terzigni

The Mayor's comments were in response to a question regarding the decision to re-close Hong Kong Disneyland.

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NEWS: Orange County May Give Universal Orlando $5 Million To Build Their New Epic Universe Park

July 7, 2020 by Alex Martin

Find out about the tax credit Universal Orlando may be receiving for Epic Universe.

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NEWS! Mayor Demings Mandates That Florida’s Orange County Will Have a Face Mask Requirement Starting This Weekend

June 18, 2020 by Rachel Franko

As Florida has started to reopen, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has put a new Executive Order in place. Check out all the details about the mask requirement here!

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NEWS: Florida’s Orange County Task Force Discusses “Pent Up Demand” For Theme Parks

May 6, 2020 by Carly Terzigni

Today was a day full of meetings and press briefings from the Orange County Task Force and from Orange County Major Jerry Demings. Today's meetings included remarks on the news of Shanghai Disneyland reopening on May 11, which brought up the importance of Disney World and other major theme parks to the local Orange County economy.

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