Community
Lake Cherokee is small enough that a lot of community life still happens on the sidewalk and at the lake’s edge. This page collects the parts that move online: events as they’re scheduled, the channels for staying in touch, neighborhoods we share boundaries and concerns with, and the resources residents reach for most.
The neighborhood has an active Facebook page — follow along there for day-to-day updates and neighbor conversation.
The Association’s first elected board takes office after the June 15, 2026 vote. A few things below are intentionally placeholders until the new board adopts its communications plan. We’d rather leave a section honest and empty than fill it with a channel that doesn’t exist yet.
Upcoming events
No events on the calendar right now. Once the new board takes office after the June 15, 2026 election, neighborhood events — cleanups, socials, walking tours — will be posted here as they're scheduled.
Get involved
Every committee is run by neighbors, and there's a place for whatever you can give — an hour a month or a standing role. Tell us what interests you and a board member or committee chair will follow up. Share your interests.
Stay connected
Lake Cherokee doesn't have a formally adopted neighborhood mailing list or chat channel yet. The Association's first elected board takes office after the June 15, 2026 vote, and one of its early jobs will be to choose and announce the communications channels that the neighborhood wants to use — an email list, a group chat, or something else.
Until then, the most reliable way to reach us is email: hello@lakecherokeefl.org. We update this section as soon as a formal channel is adopted.
Newsletter
Monthly updates on neighborhood news, board meeting recaps, and community events — delivered to your inbox.
Suggest an agenda item
Once the new board is seated, an address-verified online form will let any Lake Cherokee resident propose an item for the next Association meeting. The form pairs a short bot-check with a match against the historic-district address list so submissions are attributable to people who actually live in the district.
Until that form ships, residents can email a proposed item to hello@lakecherokeefl.org. Include your street, a one-line description, and (if you have it) the bylaw or policy your item relates to. The board will acknowledge each suggestion and note whether it can be taken up at the next meeting.
Sister neighborhoods
Lake Cherokee is one of six historic districts in Orlando and sits inside a tightly-organized stretch of South Downtown. The neighborhoods below are our peers in two distinct senses: the other residential historic districts, and the neighborhoods we directly share streets and parks with.
Historic-district neighbors
The four other residential historic districts in Orlando. Each was created by petition of property owners and sets its own HPB review scope at designation.
Lake Eola Heights (opens in a new tab)
Designated 1989; on the National Register since 1991. LEHHNA (1985) is the longest-running Orlando historic-neighborhood association — closest analogue to what the LCNA is forming.
Lake Copeland
Immediately southwest. Shares oak-lined brick streets, the Delaney Park footprint, and the same lake-edge character with Lake Cherokee.
Lake Lawsona
Designated 1994. East of Summerlin; overlaps the Thornton Park / Lawsona-Fern Creek area. A volunteer effort is pursuing National Register listing.
Colonialtown South
Designated 2000 — the most recent of Orlando's six historic districts. Sets a narrower HPB review scope than Lake Cherokee (paint colors, for example, are not reviewed).
Adjacent neighborhoods
Peers by geography. They share streets, parks, and civic concerns with Lake Cherokee, but don't carry the historic-district overlay.
Delaney Park (opens in a new tab)
Directly south. Real-estate coverage notes the only structural difference between Delaney Park and Lake Cherokee is the historic-district overlay. The DPNA stewards the Delaney Park Fountain and coordinates with the City on park-adjacent matters.
Lake Davis / Greenwood
Immediately adjacent. The Lake Davis/Greenwood Neighborhood Association operates primarily through its Facebook group and coverage in The Community Paper; no dedicated website surfaced in current research.
Local resources
The handful of contacts residents reach for most. The full directory — utilities, historic-preservation applications, archives, more — lives onthe resources page.
- Report a Problem (opens in a new tab)
The City's online portal for non-emergency issues like potholes, streetlight outages, and damaged street signs.
- Trash, Recycling & Yard Waste Schedule (opens in a new tab)
Look up your address-specific collection days for trash, recycling, and yard waste.
- Code Enforcement (opens in a new tab)
Report a code violation or check the status of an existing case.
- OUC — Orlando Utilities Commission (opens in a new tab)
Electric and water service for the City of Orlando. Start, stop, or transfer service and report outages.
- Contact District 6 — Stephanie Vanos (opens in a new tab)
The School Board member representing the Lake Cherokee area. Email, phone, term-of-office, and how to engage.
- Historic Preservation Applications (opens in a new tab)
How to apply for a Certificate of Appropriateness before exterior work in the historic district. Minor modifications are reviewed in 2–10 days; major modifications (alterations, additions, new construction, relocation, demolition) require a full Board hearing and take approximately seven weeks from closing to issue.