News and Updates

Osceola Regional Medical Center leadership has announced that the hospital will significantly expand its ability to care for the community through a $50 million expansion which includes a new patient services tower. When complete, the tower will house an additional 64 state-of-the-art private rooms. Twelve of these rooms will be designated for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients; 20 will be for patients needing an intermediate level of care; and 34 will be designated for Medical/Surgical patients, bringing Osceola Regional's total bed count to 321. The ambitious undertaking adds 107,000 square feet of new space and 20,000 square feet of renovated space to the hospital's existing footprint.

Kissimmee Mayor Jim Swan and Osceola County Commissioner John Quinoñes joined administrators from the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program for a ribbon cutting to officially open the new UCF Business Incubator-Kissimmee at the City Centre located at 111 East Monument Ave. in Kissimmee.

Officials from the Deseret Ranch rolled out the Red Carpet last month for a delegation of a dozen agricultural buyers from the Republic of China (Taiwan). General Manager Erik Jacobsen, above, greets the group at the Welcome Center, an old-style "Cracker House" on the property.

St. Cloud Welding and Fabrication's Bobbie Jean Lollis received a proclamation by the Osceola Board of County Commission from Chairman Fred Hawkins Jr.

The Osceola Board of County Commissioners declared October 4, 2010 as ORBIS Appreciation Day. ORBIS, located in the Poinciana Office and Industrial Park, manufactures plastic containers for companies such as Coke and Pepsi. This month the company celebrated a year without injury at the plant facilities.

The Osceola County Economic Development Department would like to invite you to join us on September 13th at 1:30 p.m. in accepting the 2010 Existing Industry Appreciation Proclamation.

Osceola County, City of Kissimmee and University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program officials participated in the ground breaking of the UCF Business Incubator–Kissimmee on Thursday, June 24, at the City Centre, 111 E. Monument Avenue.

Osceola County, Florida - Osceola County officials participated in the grand opening of the UCF Business Incubator-St. Cloud on Wednesday April 28, 2010.