Healthy West Orange Trails Connection
Bringing together partners to promote, activate and enhance the trail system by creating opportunities for physical activity, social engagement, prosperity, and happiness.
Connecting Healthy Communities
Getting outdoors – whether to walk, bike, play or just take in the environment – is key to West Orange residents becoming the healthiest in the nation. The Healthy West Orange Trails Connection (HWOTC) was formed to promote, activate and enhance the trail system to create opportunities for physical activity, social engagement, prosperity, and happiness. Our goal is to connect a dynamic regional trail system that we can all enjoy close to home.
The HWOTC Steering Committee
City of Ocoee
City of Winter Garden
Foundation for a Healthier West Orange
Gotha Rural Settlement
Town of Oakland
Town of Windermere
West Orange Healthcare District
Supporting partners
Bike/Walk Central Florida
City of Apopka
Florida Department of Health – Orange County
Florida Department of Transportation
MetroPlan Orlando
Orange County
West Orange Chamber of Commerce
Enhancing the Trails
Thankfully, West Orange already has some of the best trails around. But how do we build on our existing trails and multi-use paths and connect our residents to where they need to go? And how do we encourage our community to get out and take advantage of these trails? That’s what the West Orange Healthcare District asked a task force to consider, research and report. The resulting Healthy West Orange Trails Initiative Report is a first step and guideline for the HWOTC.
Getting Involved
There are a number of ways to stay connected:
Healthy West Orange Trails Connection Meetings
The HWOTC is actively meeting to implement the recommendations of the Initiative Report, with the large group of stakeholders coming together quarterly at the Steering Committee Meetings posted below. HWOTC executive and steering committee meetings are in person at 1200 E. Plant Street, Suite 200 in Winter Garden, FL. Should you wish to join the meeting or need special accommodations, please contact us at amendyk@fhwo.org or 407-337-6919 no later than 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Executive committee meetings will be held at 10:30 a.m. on:
June 15, 2022
July 20, 2022
August 17, 2022
Steering committee meetings will be held at 11 a.m. on:
May 19, 2022
August 18, 2022
November 17, 2022