The Osceola Chamber Advocacy

Fund expansion of the I-4 corridor, including vehicular and multi-modal improvements (including rail access) through Osceola County.

Accelerate funding and implementation of improvements for U.S. Route 192 to address critical safety and congestion issues adversely impacting access into Osceola County and ongoing rapid economic development.

Support the City of Kissimmee’s strategic plans with the Kissimmee Gateway Airport and any expansion plans that can attract economic development into Osceola County.

Support the funding of road expansions that alleviate residential and business burden due to the growth of residents in Osceola County.

By way of The Osceola Chamber Foundation’s Health Leadership Council, which is comprised of a public and private partnership with the Florida Department of Health, The Osceola Chamber fully supports legislative strategies that provides funding for the community health improvement plan. Said plan includes; Health Care Access; Substance Abuse Prevention and Mental Health Services.

The Osceola Chamber supports any comprehensive property insurance legislation designed to address Florida’s escalating insurance costs. While these reforms are being implemented, we urge lawmakers to continue to explore solutions to Florida’s insurance problems and to support sensible legislation that balances the need for property insurance relief with measures that ensure Florida’s insurance industry remains healthy and competitive.  

The central Florida region and specifically Osceola County continues to experience record-high population growth. This growth is good for the economy and has paved the way for the diversification of the county’s workforce, at the same time, this has and continues to fuel the demand for robust housing product. The Osceola Chamber supports any action by the legislature that can help alleviate the shortage of materials for builders, so housing can be attainable for the residents of Osceola County.

Although there is no silver bullet solution to housing affordability, The Osceola Chamber supports finding unique ways to make it easier for additional supply to enter the market that will ensure that housing is and remains attainable for all Osceola County residents. By way of example, studio and one-bedroom apartments offer an attractive and attainable housing option for many workforce professionals such as nurses, firefighters, EMTs, and teachers. Units of this size are an essential component to diverse and robust housing stock and are a much-needed product type in Osceola County.

We support economic fairness to all parties in Osceola County to include but not limited to greater high-speed broadband access to citizens for education, business, health care, and agriculture that will have positive impacts for the economy and daily life.

The Osceola Chamber will continue to protect trust funds at the state level that support the funding of workforce housing.