From Staff Reports
In Summary:
The Apopka Development Review Committee is scheduled to meet January 7 at 9 a.m. in the Apopka City Hall Council Chambers to review a range of special events and development proposals. Plans for the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade, organized by the South Apopka Ministerial Alliance, will be the featured item, along with two proposed events at the Apopka Amphitheater. The agenda also includes multiple development and subdivision projects that could shape future growth across Apopka.
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The Apopka Development Review Committee will meet on Wednesday at 9 am in the Apopka City Hall Council Chambers, with the proposed 17th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in South Apopka headlining a diverse agenda of special events and development projects.
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The committee will review plans submitted by the South Apopka Ministerial Alliance for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade, scheduled for January 19 from 2 to 3 p.m. The parade would travel along Central Avenue, Station Street, and Marvin C. Zanders Avenue, ending at the John Bridges Center. The annual event is one of the city’s largest MLK celebrations and draws participants and spectators from across the community.
In addition to the parade, two events are proposed at the Apopka Amphitheater. These include a free MLK Weekend concert hosted by The Leach Firm on January 17, and the R&B and Southern Soul Picnic Fest planned for January 31.
The agenda also includes multiple development-related items, led by revisions to the Major Development Plan and Construction Site Plan for the Residences at Emerson Park, a mixed-use project near Ocoee-Apopka Road and Harmon Road East. Committee members will also review a second submittal for the Cold Link Logistics industrial warehouse on West Orange Blossom Trail and a third submittal for Invitation Cove, a proposed townhome development on Monroe Avenue.
Rounding out the agenda is a revised construction site plan for Springhaven (formerly Chandler Hills), a single-family residential subdivision proposed near Chandler Road, West Kelly Park Road, and Jason Dwelley Road.
The meeting is open to the public.
Key Points:
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The Development Review Committee will meet on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
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The 17th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade is scheduled for January 19 in South Apopka.
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Two additional special events are proposed for the Apopka Amphitheater later in January.
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Major development items include revisions to the Residences at Emerson Park and Cold Link Logistics projects.
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A revised construction site plan for the Springhaven subdivision will also be reviewed.
