GlobeSt.com UPDATE: Quaint Mount Dora Grapples with Growth

MOUNT DORA, FL-This New England-styled city of 9,418 permanent residents and an estimated winter tourist population of 30,000, 28 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando, doesn’t do things in a hurry, especially when the construction of a new city hall building is concerned.

The city has been thinking about a new building or expansion since 1997.

After years of laboring in cramped quarters, city hall staff and council members agree an expansion of the 37-year-old, 6,500-sf, Colonial-styled structure at 510 Baker St. is imminent. But not at the expense of eliminating the building’s graceful appearance, residents complain.