Jim Pugh's philanthropic push of a $7.5 million pledge toward a new performing-arts center has established momentum for an ambitious fundraising effort.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer looked at the wealthy community and business leaders crowded onto the patio of real-estate developer Jim Pugh's Winter Park estate.
How to spend millions of dollars from a proposed penny increase in Orange County's resort tax has soared to the top of tourism leaders' agendas.
For the first time, Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty has thrown his support behind raising the tourist tax to pay for a new performing-arts center and other civic projects downtown.
ORLANDO, Fla…The Orlando Performing Arts Center (OPAC), a nonprofit corporation, recently announced the results of a fundraising study conducted to determine potential private funding for a perform