Planning for Greatness

Since publishing East Orlando’s Visioning Study in 2003, the East Orlando Chamber of Commerce has consistently worked to enhance the operating environment and quality of life for East Orlando’s businesses and residents, respectively. In 2007, the Government Affairs committee began drafting our first business advocacy agenda to offer a single document containing our positions on specific local, state and federal issues subject to current public discussion or debate.

Our 2008 Business Advocacy Agenda, Planning for Greatness, was published in February, in time for the critical political season. With important agenda items facing our city and county government, state legislators and U.S. Congress, the EOCC is striving to provide a unified voice for East and Southeast Orlando.

Click here to download a copy of the 2008 Business Advocacy Agenda.

In addition, the Board of Directors have adopted the following resolutions:

Resolution on FCAT - adopted 4-10-08

The intent of the Government Affairs Program is to make our community’s vision a reality. To accomplish our vision, the Chamber has hired George Spaeth as our Director of Government Affairs. He will work to ensure our voice is heard in downtown Orlando, Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. To learn more about George, click here.

If you are interested in making a one-time gift to the EOCC to provide a foundation for this new program, please click here. All gifts will be put to work immediately on accomplishing our top ten priorities for 2008, including the following goals:

1. Connect Alafaya Trail/ Innovation Way to Beachline Expressway

2. Attract additional Orange County Sheriff’s substation

3. Procure funding for new library facility

4. Protect funding for UCF College of Medicine/ Burnham Institute for Medical Research

5. Assist in efforts to create workforce housing using responsible development practices

6. Identify additional public transit corridors and funding

7. Support fair and equitable property tax reform

8. Protect sensitive habitat and environmental lands

9. Manage future growth through appropriate comprehensive plan changes

10. Support property insurance reform