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Disney’s first affordable housing project cleared a critical hurdle Tuesday — but just barely.
Just when it appeared Orange County commissioners might turn down a proposed land-use change needed to develop 114 Disney-owned acres into a 1,400-unit multifamily housing project in Horizon West, Mayor Jerry Demings took charge.
At his urging, commissioners voted 4-2 to send the proposed change in the county’s comprehensive land-use plan to Tallahassee for a state review, a mandatory step in the approval process.
Commissioner Nicole Wilson, whose west Orange district includes Disney parks and fast-growing Horizon West, cast a “no” vote on Disney Imagineering’s request for “transmittal.” Commissioner Emily Bonilla also voted no.
“I really wanted to hit the pause button, tap the brakes,” Wilson said after the meeting.
The commission chambers were filled to capacity with advocates of the project wearing green T-shirts bearing the slogan “Build Affordable Housing” on one side and opponents hoisting signs with their own slogans, “From Pixie dust to concrete: Not the Magic we expected” and “Not the Disney dream, just a corporate scheme” on the other.