Does Winter Park stay, or does it go?

It stays.

Orange County Commissioners voted 5-2 Tuesday night on a new district map that keeps Winter Park in District 5 with the rest of rural east county instead of moving Winter Park into a newly created District 7 with Pine Hills, Eatonville and Maitland — a change Winter Park city officials have been heavily pushing.

Where Winter Park ended up was one of the most controversial issues during the county’s redistricting . Orange County voters approved a referendum last year to grow from six districts to eight. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings serves as the at-large member.

Winter Park is a small city of about 30,000 that’s home to pristine Rollins College, the upscale Park Avenue with restaurants and shops, as well as other

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