East Winter Garden residents invited to share local stories

The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is hosting a forum to gather photos and tales of families in the historic black neighborhood.

By Amy Quesinberry
| 9:07 a.m. July 17, 2024

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The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is hosting a forum — with the help of the Rev. Dan Johnson — to gather local history and family stories from residents in east Winter Garden. The free event will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18, at Heller Hall, 21 E. Plant Street.

Heritage foundation staff are available to scan photographs and documents to add to the growing archive of black family and business files, and they will be available to record the stories. The project is funded in part by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program and by United Arts Central Florida.

For information, call the WGHF at (407) 656-3244.

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Amy Quesinberry

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.