Official warns apartment talks are happening near S.R. 417 in Winter Springs
One possibility is to use the Live Local Act, criticized by local officials for not improving affordable housing, to bring more apartments to Winter Springs.
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Key Winter Springs meeting to decide: Should city help pay for 417 expansion, raise stormwater rates?
Winter Springs will get a similar 417 expansion cost sharing pitch that Oviedo already rejected. Separately, planning board considers new bank in the Winter Springs Town Center.
A coffee house in a historic Oviedo-area building? Meeting next week for Slavia Station project
Art and music events offered as owners propose a "Slavia Station" stop on the Cross Seminole Trail.
Oviedo declines to offer gas tax money for 417 connector to airport
Winter Springs will discuss the same 417 airport connector road proposal next month as the $200M projects rolls ahead.
Seminole County teachers cut for next year: an estimated 205 teachers, staff
Separately, volleyball competition trips at Oviedo High School and Hagerty High School get reconsidered, could come to the board for approval in May
All three Seminole County school board election races contested in 2026
Incumbent Kelley Davis has not filed for re-election for her Seminole County School Board seat. She has a pending Florida Bar complaint that could have her law license suspended for a year.
Seminole County Public Schools bans out-of-state and overnight field trips, or did they?
Seminole County Schools announced an apparent ban on out-of-state trips, which would have stopped its top athletes and scholars from traveling the country, citing budget issues. Currently SCPS can only survive 3 years pulling from budget reserves without risking a state takeover.
Winter Springs to review purchasing policy in wake of hotel card use
Winter Springs also prioritizes penny sales tax spending for coming years, with a focus on stormwater and bridges.
Winter Springs election to be heavily contested as candidates line up
2026 Seminole County election season heats up: Two incumbent county commissioners draw opponents, Winter Springs seats draw new challengers.
Winter Springs stormwater rate could go up to pay for pond maintenance
Rates would eventually double to $20 per month by 2030, under a proposal commissioners workshopped this week