City of Orlando - Government

06/15/2026

Join us for the Juneteenth Community Resource Fair!

📍Grand Avenue Neighborhood Center
🗓 June 20
⏰ 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Enjoy free food, live entertainment, a kids' zone, community resources and opportunities to connect with organizations that support health, wellness and economic empowerment.

Come connect and celebrate with us. orlando.gov/Juneteenth

06/15/2026

We’re inviting entrepreneurs and business owners to join us for our “How to Do Business with the City of Orlando” workshop, in partnership with the National Entrepreneur Center.

🗓️ Tuesday, June 23
🕙 10a.m. - 12 p.m.
📍3201 E. Colonial Drive

During this workshop, attendees will learn valuable information about necessary steps and documentation to opening or expanding a business, becoming a certified Small Business Enterprise, programming and assistance offered by the city, how to participate in contracting opportunities and more.

To register or learn more, visit orlando.gov/businessworkshop

06/12/2026

May this light represent love, remembrance, and the enduring strength of a community that still stands united to honor the 49 angels and all those forever impacted by the tragedy at Pulse on June 12, 2016. 
 
They are  
 Forever embers in our orbit. 
 And we carry them, 
 Guiding us back to one another 
 Like constellations,  
 Showing us  
 How to keep choosing love and joy.
 
Excerpt from “Forever Embers in Our Orbit”
Poem by Camara Gaither

——🕊️

Que esta luz simbolice el amor, el recuerdo y la fortaleza de una comunidad que sigue unida para honrar a sus 49 ángeles y a todos quienes fueron afectados para siempre por la tragedia de Pulse el 12 de junio de 2016.

Son
brasas eternas en nuestra órbita.
Que llevamos con nosotros,
guiándonos los unos a los otros
como constelaciones,
mostrándonos
cómo seguir eligiendo el amor y la alegría.

Fragmento de «Brasas eternas en nuestra órbita»
Poema de Camara Gaither

06/12/2026

Join us today at 5:30 p.m. for the annual Pulse Remembrance Ceremony

📍First United Methodist Church, Downtown Orlando

Can't attend in person? Watch live or catch the encore presentation on our YouTube channel. Simultaneous interpretation available in English and Spanish.

For details, visit pulseorlando.org/remembrance

06/12/2026

06/11/2026

Ten years ago, our community was forever changed.

To mark a decade since the Pulse Nightclub tragedy, we invite the community to visit the Terrace Gallery at Orlando City Hall for Created in Community: Portraits of Pulse.

This exhibition features 49 collaborative portraits honoring each life taken. Designed as paint-by-number works by local artist Jeff Sonksen and completed in 2017 by families, friends and community members, the portraits became a shared act of healing, with some intentionally left unfinished.

First displayed as part of the Orlando Traveling Memorial, the collection has traveled throughout Orlando and to Chicago before being acquired by the Orange County Regional History Center in 2024.

The exhibition is on view through August 23, 2026. Learn more about remembrance events and activations taking place this week at PulseOrlando.org.

06/10/2026

Following the Pulse tragedy, blood donations helped save lives. Today, the need remains just as important.

Honor the spirit of Orlando United by donating blood and helping ensure lifesaving blood is available for those who need it most.

Day of Remembrance Blood Drive
🗓️ June 12 | 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
📍 Orlando City Hall
Schedule your donation today pulseorlando.org/Events

Donors will receive a $20 eGift Card, a OneBlood Pulse t-shirt and a free wellness checkup.

Every person in our community has the ability to save lives. Donating blood takes only about an hour of our time, but means so much to a patient in need.

Susie and I were happy to donate through OneBlood today and encourage you to donate as well if you're able to.

06/10/2026

We're Hiring!

The City of Orlando - Government has an opening for a Mechanic I/II/III - Automotive (Streets). This position performs skilled mechanical work analyzing and diagnosing problems. Inspects, replaces, and/or repairs defective parts. Performs preventative maintenance on City of Orlando automobiles, tractors, mowers, trucks, street sweepers, equipment, fire trucks and equipment, police cars and/or motorcycles, and small engines. Assigns and oversees work and training of lower-level mechanics. Performs a variety of tasks requiring specialized knowledge and skills. Work is performed under general supervision and is reviewed while in progress and upon completion for accuracy and completeness. Apply today on orlando.gov/jobs!