Quick takes — Future projects in Oviedo

By Megan Stokes ● News, Oviedo ● January 5, 2022

A rendering for the Alafaya Woods Publix reconstruction project. Photo courtesy of the City of Oviedo.

The Alafaya Woods Publix as it is today. Photo by Megan Stokes

Plans for the demolition and reconstruction of the Alafaya Square Publix, located at 81 Alafaya Woods Blvd., are underway. The Oviedo City Council approved the project’s architectural plans on Monday night. Publix still must submit official site plans to the city for approval by the Council at a later date.

The project will include two exterior murals, but developer Randy Holihan had no details to share on those yet.

Shane Kelly Park, on the corner of County Road 426 and Lockwood Road will soon get a concrete walking trail, new benches and exercise stations.

The $400,000 project will be largely funded by a U.S. Department of Transportation and Florida Department of Environmental Protection grant. The City of Oviedo will pay $80,000 of that price tag. Council approved the project Monday night. The city anticipates starting work on this project within six months.

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Megan oversees editorial content, policy and staff. She attends meetings, writes copy, sends out the e-newsletter, and curates conversations on social media. She also works to create partnerships that can strengthen the bond between community and newsroom.

Megan has served as a community journalist for more than 15 years, including as associate editor for the East Orlando Sun and a reporter for the Seminole Voice, the Winter Park-Maitland Observer and Orlando Magazine. She served as treasurer for the Florida Press Club for seven years and has won awards from the Florida Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism at West Virginia University.

Megan also loves yoga, running and playing board games with her family.

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