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During any event downtown, parking is a bear. Even though the city of Orlando is building new sports and entertainment venues – parking remains a hot commodity. That led some business savvy residents of the Parramore neighborhood to cash in on the city’s lack of spots. But does the practice represents a darker side of development in the community?

More than 8,000 minority job seekers from across the country will come to Orlando next month for the chance to get hired by tech firms, government agencies, and more. 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, for the third time in more than thirty-five years, Orlando will host the nation’s largest diversity career expo.

Planned Parenthood is dropping its lawsuit against the state of Florida, but state officials are still continuing their investigations.

The HIV prevention nonprofit Hope and Help spent an afternoon giving out some 3,000 condoms to residents in Parramore.

Ronnie Greene's new book explores a case dating back to the days after Hurricane Katrina, when New Orleans police officers shot six unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge in East New Orleans.

Orlando was poised to break ground on a new $155 million Major League Soccer stadium when something got in the way: Faith Deliverance Temple.The 100-member congregation refused to give up its Parramore home for the stadium that city leaders vowed would bring an economic revival to the chronically distressed community.Faith Deliverance Temple was the church that stood up to City Hall and won.

One of the biggest physical transformations coming to Parramore is the soccer stadium. It’ll be Major League Soccer’s third largest stadium- seating 25,500 spectators. Some Parramore residents say the stadium will bring new opportunities, while others say it’s not what this neighborhood needs.

For more than two decades, kids in Orlando’s Tangelo Park neighborhood have been educated through a program that begins at age two and continues through college. It's funded by hotelier and philanthropist Harris Rosen. And now Rosen’s starting a new program in Parramore.

Construction on a new soccer stadium has opened Orlando’s historically black Parramore community to a wave of change.Long-time residents teeter between fear and hope; some fear they’ll be swept up and forgotten; others hope they’ll see better opportunities in the blighted area. But as development sets in Parramore, it’s also creeping west toward the Washington Shores and West Lakes communities. 90.7's Renata Sago spoke with residents there who are bracing themselves for change that’s headed their way.

The musical and graphic novel Fun Home describe Bechdel's coming out, and her dad's closeted homosexuality. She says, "In many ways ... my professional career has been a reaction to my father's life."