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December 5, 2011
As we enjoy another holiday season filled with the hustle and bustle of shopping, parties and decorations, I want to remind everybody that the holidays are also a great time to help those less fortunate. Many of our Central Florida neighbors are in need this year. In the spirit of the season, we are launching ORLANDO SHARES, a community campaign to encourage every resident and business to do what they can to make someone else’s holidays a little brighter. Here are a few ways to show that ORLANDO SHARES:
Categories: Mayor Dyer in the Community October 26, 2011
Talking about how the NBA Lockout impacts jobs and our
local economy on Fox Business Channel Categories: Mayor Dyer in the Community October 25, 2011
Mayor Buddy Dyer’s State of Downtown Address Categories: Mayor Dyer in the Community October 13, 2011
An Open Letter to the NBA from Orlando Mayor Buddy
Dyer and the Mayors of America’s NBA cities http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/20111013-letter-nba.pdf Categories: Mayor Dyer in the Community September 12, 2011 Dyer: Orlando Has Lots to Offer Relocating Businesses For the last several weeks, we have been talking about
how the City of Orlando is in the best financial shape of any major city
in Florida. Categories: Economic News, Mayor Dyer in the Community September 12, 2011 Orlando Sentinel My Word - Pensions I want to pass along a “My Word” column I wrote that
appeared in the Orlando Sentinel today. Categories: Economic News, Mayor Dyer in the Community August 9, 2011 Orlando Small Business Defense Procurement Summit This week, I partnered with U.S. Senator Bill Nelson to host a day-long summit aimed at giving Orlando’s Small Businesses new tools to help them secure contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense. The Orlando Small Business Defense Procurement Summit drew 500 small business owners from around Central Florida and featured presentations by Cecilia Muñoz, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of White House Intergovernmental Affairs and Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics. The event is part of a larger effort by the White House and the Defense Department to encourage more small businesses to pursue DOD contracts and give those businesses a greater understanding of how to interact with the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal contracting agencies. The event also included panel discussions with federal contractors and provided Orlando’s small businesses with the opportunity to engage in matchmaking sessions with major prime contractors and government contracting officials. The event is featured on the White House Blog at: Categories: Economic News, Mayor Dyer in the Community August 1, 2011 GE Ecomagination
Today I visited GE's Downtown Orlando office. GE's presence in Orlando includes GE Capital as well as a portion of the company's "Ecomagination" unit which focuses on creating solutions to the world's sustainability challenges. Categories: Mayor Dyer in the Community June 15, 2011 On Tuesday, I had the great privilege of visiting with some of the nearly 3,500 Central Florida residents who work at the Orlando headquarters of Siemens. Our friends at Siemens invited me there to help launch the company’s Diversity Week Celebration. At the event, I had the chance to meet with many of the men and women who work in the company’s energy division. I participated in a lively question and answer session with employees. I even got to tour the Siemens Orlando campus in an electric vehicle! It was a great event – and I can’t thank Siemens enough for the invitation to share in their diversity celebration. Read more... Buddy Dyer, Categories: Mayor Dyer in the Community April 15, 2011
At the April 11, 2011 City Council Workshop, the Orlando City Council and Mayor Dyer confirmed our commitment to assisting our City's small businesses during these challenging economic times. Read more... Buddy Dyer, Categories: Mayor Dyer in the Community |
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I
am often moved by the generosity of our residents and their willingness
to help those in need. Our City’s culture of caring and service is one
of its greatest strengths.
In 2009, the City of Orlando
launched Strengthen Orlando, a local effort to generate jobs and
help residents and small businesses "weather the storm" during
the national recession. Through the Strengthen Orlando
initiative, 900 jobs have been created by expediting $180
million in capital improvement projects and 600 jobs have been
created by expediting the planning and review process for any
commercial project that creates ten or more jobs.