{"id":321435,"date":"2026-06-27T01:38:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321435\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T01:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:38:27","slug":"orlando-unveils-redesign-of-historic-church-street-to-boost-walkability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/321435\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando unveils redesign of historic Church Street to boost walkability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zje802ewmf93nh4o.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando unveils redesign of historic Church Street\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zje802ewmf93nh4o.jpg\" alt=\"Orlando unveils redesign of historic Church Street\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; The City of Orlando has unveiled plans to redevelop Church Street, launching the first phase of a multiyear project aimed at creating a more pedestrian-friendly downtown corridor.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The redesign includes removing curbs to create a shared street, replacing brick pavers, upgrading drainage, installing new lighting, and adding trees, planters and other landscaping.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Why the improvements?  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">City officials said the improvements are intended to increase mobility, improve connectivity and encourage activity throughout the day and evening.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/fox-local\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Downtown Development Board officials said the project is designed to make Church Street more welcoming for residents, visitors and families while supporting the city&#8217;s broader vision of a more walkable downtown.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The redevelopment comes as several storefronts along Church Street remain vacant and city leaders work to attract new businesses and investment to the historic corridor.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35&#8217;S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Residents who spoke about the project said they hope the improvements will help revitalize the area and strengthen downtown Orlando&#8217;s appeal.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Construction is scheduled to begin July 7 as part of a three-phase effort expected to be completed by 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written based on information shared by the City of Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orange County News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\/orlando\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. &#8211; The City of Orlando has unveiled plans to redevelop Church Street, launching the first phase&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,628],"class_list":["post-321435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}