2007 March

In a move to put a stop to declining tourism numbers, Osceola County has pledged its support for additional funding to the Visit Florida program.  The Florida association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (FACVB) has joined with Visit Florida to convince the State Legislature to appropriate an additional $59 million for tourism marketing.   This total does not include the $25million currently appropriated to the funds for tourism marketing.  The FACVB is tasked with seeking out the approval of local communities and counties in support of this increase in spending.

In a move supported by most citizens, the Osceola County commission recently approved a measure to place specific sites on a “target list” for the Environmental Lands Conservation Program created by the county. The effort is a move in part to preserve land from overdevelopment and to instead preserve its use for future parks and greenways.