About DiverseCity
Welcome to Orlando! We are truly a melting pot of people and entertainment; home to major theme parks such as Walt Disney World® Resort, Universal Orlando Resort™, SeaWorld Orlando and exciting entertainment complexes such as I-Drive 360, Pointe Orlando and Dave & Busters to name a few. And let’s not forget an abundance of shopping. We are also home to African-American, Asian, Hispanic and LGBT communities. This website will give you a glimpse inside some of these communities where you can dine, shop, play and learn were our citizens live. From soul food and Latin to Asian cuisine there is something for everyone’s palate.
Explore Our Communities
African-American Community
African-American Community For an in depth historical view of Orlando, old and new take a short trip to downtown Orlando’s Division and South Streets where you’ll find the Wells’ Built Museum of African American History and Culture. Added to the U. S. Registry of National Historic Places in February 2000, the hotel and a nearby [...]
Hispanic Community
Hispanic Community More than a third of Orlando’s population is Hispanic and it continues to grow by leaps and bounds. While Puerto Ricans have been the largest portion of this community, it’s even more so now after Hurricane Irma displaced thousands who relocated to Central Florida. Mexicans, Dominicans, Colombians and others from South America also [...]
Asian-American Community
Asian-American Community The presence of Asian Americans in the theme park capital of the world extends beyond the exhibits at Walt Disney World’s Epcot and festive overlays during key dates in the cultural calendars. In fact, “The City Beautiful” shares its slogan with the Chinese city of Guilin, and you can literally visit a gift [...]
Caribbean Community
Caribbean Community Much of the in-migration to the great state of Florida comes from outside of the United States. More than thirty percent of the state’s booming population growth comes from the Caribbean and Central America. It has been estimated that there are more than 135,000 Caribbean or Caribbean American persons living in Central Florida [...]
