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22 x June 21 — July 4, 2018 x www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com<br />
n Medians in Ocoee get<br />
a beauty treatment<br />
In an effort to “green up” Fifty West,<br />
Ocoee’s Community Redevelopment<br />
Agency started re-landscaping the<br />
medians on Old Winter Garden<br />
Road between Maguire Road and<br />
Blackwood Avenue. Work is expected<br />
to wrap up by July 31, weather<br />
permitting. The westbound lanes will<br />
remain open during construction;<br />
however, the eastbound inside lane<br />
is closed. Construction hours are between<br />
7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on<br />
weekdays.<br />
The project includes planting new<br />
palms, oaks, crape myrtles, shrubs<br />
and ground cover. Irrigation will be<br />
installed, and a fresh layer of mulch<br />
will finish up the refresh. Concrete will<br />
be installed in the median closest to<br />
Blackwood Avenue, where it is too narrow<br />
for plants to grow successfully. The<br />
CRA has more plans to beatify its redevelopment<br />
district, Fifty West, which is<br />
defined as the area between State Road<br />
429 and Clarke Road, and the Turnpike<br />
on the south, north to Story Road.<br />
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n Rotary club donates to<br />
Edgwood Children’s<br />
Ranch<br />
compiled by Lauren Salinero<br />
n Shepherd’s Hope receives<br />
grant for hurricane relief<br />
efforts<br />
Shepherd’s Hope was among<br />
20 recipients to be awarded a grant<br />
from Direct Relief and the National<br />
The Rotary Club of Dr. Phillips donates time and $5,000 to Edgewood Children’s Ranch to<br />
purchase washing machines.<br />
Association of Free & Charitable<br />
Clinics. More than $1.8 million was<br />
awarded through this grant program<br />
to support free and charitable clinics<br />
in Florida and Texas that were<br />
affected last year by hurricanes<br />
Harvey and Irma. Shepherd’s Hope<br />
received a $121,115 grant to support<br />
its outstanding Hurricane Irma relief<br />
efforts.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.shepherdshope.org.<br />
n Black and White<br />
Weekend a success<br />
I'm in Events held it’s<br />
ninth annual Black and<br />
White Weekend, which<br />
raised $17,400 for Base<br />
Camp Children’s Cancer<br />
Foundation. The event<br />
brought together people<br />
of all ages and work backgrounds<br />
for eating, drinking,<br />
dancing, mingling,<br />
socializing, networking and<br />
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