What’s Up Downtown Orlando – 50 Years and Rising
In-person event is at capacity!
Over the past fifty years,
downtown Orlando’s growth has become a national model in showcasing how municipalities, community partners, and business leaders can execute a shared vision for a 21st century city. The Downtown Development Board (DDB) is proud to be serving the downtown community for 50 years. Attend What’s Up Downtown Orlando – 50 Years and Rising.
Join us on Thursday, September 30 as we continue our 50th-anniversary celebration with a panel discussion focusing on the past, present, and future of downtown Orlando. Jennifer Quigley, Vice President at WBQ Design & Engineering, Inc and former DDB Board Chair, will serve as moderator. Joining us on the panel to discuss downtown’s past and future trajectory will be:
-Thomas C. Chatmon, Jr., DDB/CRA Executive Director
-Frank Billingsley, Director of Placemaking and Competitiveness, former DDB Executive Director, 2002 – 2006
-Thomas R. Kohler, Senior Principal at Real Estate Research Consultants, Inc, former DDB Executive Director, 1979 – 2002
Downtown Orlando
Downtown is the origin of vitality. It’s the booming, buzzing, vivid city center that drives, entertains, and magnetizes the region. It’s where you turn up the typical live/work/play into the dynamic thrive/grow/flow. It’s the choice for corporate headquarters, trending start-ups, and everything in between. It’s where you can live in a sky-high pad above city lights or in a charming, historic home on a brick-paved street. Youthful, eclectic, strong, energized, and authentic—we can promise you inspiration, collaboration, diversity, and opportunity when you turn up downtown.
