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City of Orlando announces resolution to include LGBT businesses

ORLANDO, Fla. — The city of Orlando wants to make sure small businesses within the LGBT community get a chance at success.

Mayor Buddy Dyer and Commissioner Patty Sheehan announced Tuesday those companies will get the same incentives already offered to minority, women and veteran-owned businesses.

“The resolution that we are announcing today will help the city continue to be a welcoming place for business so the LGBTQ+ business inclusion resolution will allow the city of Orlando to develop a database and registry of LGBTQ+ plus owned businesses with the national LGBT chamber of commerce as a certifying entity,” said Dyer.

Trina Gregory-Propst has run the restaurant Seven Bites with her wife for nearly five years.

“We have grown our business and our family here. We chose to buy a home here. We choose to have a business here,” she said.

The city’s resolution will also provide a mechanism for the city to track how many LGBTQ+ businesses it does business with.

Gregory-Propst said the move will give all businesses a fair shot at winning.

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Karen Parks

Karen Parks, WFTV.com

Karen Parks is a reporter at WFTV.