{"id":332738,"date":"2026-07-08T06:39:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332738\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T06:39:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T06:39:25","slug":"orlando-to-break-ground-on-church-street-transformation-project-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/332738\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando to break ground on Church Street transformation project"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

A project to revitalize an historic stretch of downtown Orlando is set to begin soon.<\/p>\n

City leaders will break ground on the Church Street Festival Street project on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The project, which will be done in three phases, will include turning the area into a pedestrian-friendly “festival street” with events, outdoor dining and more.<\/p>\n

ORLANDO, Fla. – Church Street in downtown Orlando is set for a major transformation.<\/p>\n

The city will kick off the first phase of the Church Street Festival Street project on Tuesday with a groundbreaking ceremony.<\/p>\n

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What we know<\/p>\n

The project, which will be done in three phases, will transform a stretch of Church Street from Garland Avenue east to Magnolia Avenue into a pedestrian-friendly “festival street” with year-round events, outdoor dining and more.<\/p>\n

According to officials, phase one will include reconstructing Garland Avenue into a road with two 11-foot travel lanes and a curb-less roadway that connects to pedestrian spaces.<\/p>\n

Work on the first phase of the project is expected to be completed by winter of 2026.<\/p>\n

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City leaders say drivers and pedestrians should plan for delays around downtown during construction.<\/p>\n

The Church Street Festival Street project is part of the DTO Action Plan<\/a> to update areas around downtown to make it more welcoming and walkable.<\/p>\n

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This article was written with information released by the city of Orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A project to revitalize an historic stretch of downtown Orlando is set to begin soon. City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72400,2470,2275,139,141,140,79630,137316],"class_list":["post-332738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-church-street","tag-city-leaders","tag-downtown-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-street-festival","tag-street-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332738","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=332738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}