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6021 S Conway Rd
Orlando, FL 32812
(407) 254-9200

FCS teaches consumer science, nutrition, food preparation, parenting, early childhood education, family economics and resource management, human development, as well as other related subjects. The University of Florida Orange County Extension intends to educate, inform and provide updated information on UF/IFAS Orange County Extension's FCS activities and to support and promote the UF/IFAS Orange County Extension's objectives for these activities through it's social media site. All comments are made by UF/IFAS Orange County Extension's designees. This site is not a public forum. Social media users may share ideas through commentary that is consistent with and furthers the objectives of a UF/IFAS Orange County Extension post and the University of Florida IFAS Extension reserves the right to remove any comments that do not fall within this purpose. By posting a comment on this social media site, users agree to follow the terms of use of this site, Florida and federal laws and University of Florida regulations and policies, including but not limited to the University's Acceptable Use of Computing Resources Policy. The UF/IFAS Orange County Extension reserves the right to remove from the site any comments that violate these requirements.

The Cooperative Extension Service was established in May 1914 with the passage of the Smith-Lever Act. This act gave official federal government sanction to a plan providing for the cooperation of federal, state and county in a system of rural education now known as the Cooperative Extension work. Orange County entered into this educational partnership earlier than most counties by acquiring it's first County Agent on February 23, 1914. A Home Demonstration Agent (Home Economics) was added to staff in 1914 and the Agriculture Agent (Animal Industries) was added in 1938. Over the next 56 years, six different County Agents served Orange County as the population grew from 20,000 to over 350,000 residents. Currently eleven County Agents serve Orange County's over 1 million residents.

The City of Belle Isle operates under a City Manager-Council form of government including seven district City Commissioners. All Belle Isle elected officials serve without compensation, including the Mayor. Belle Isle is proud to provide residents with City services while maintaining one of the lowest tax rates in Central Florida. Elected officials: Mayor William G. Brooks, P.E. District 1 Commissioner Jay Nagle District 2 Commissioner Keith Van Dyke District 3 Commissioner Karl Shuck District 4 Commissioner Larry Ady District 5 Commissioner Harvey Ready District 6 Commissioner Lydia Pisano (Vice Mayor) District 7 Commissioner Eric Spaulding