Friday, January 3, 2025, Noon – 1 p.m.
The Community Paper has been downtown Orlando’s trusted resource for all things local since 1989. Learn about the publication’s longtime coverage of the area and its collaboration with the History Center in our monthly feature, “The Way We Were.” Museum staff will share stories from some of their favorite history-focused articles, touching on the people and places that have made downtown and the surrounding neighborhoods such an interesting place to be.
Speakers for this Lunch & Learn include:
Jeremy Hileman – Assistant Curator of Collections, OCRHC
Debbie Gunter – Publisher/Owner, The Community Paper
Kara Kovalev – Collections Registrar, OCRHC
Emily Coughlan – Collections Manager, OCRHC
Travis Puterbaugh – Curator of Collections, OCRHC
About Debbie Gunter
Orlando native Debbie Gunter is the publisher of The Community Paper, which she purchased in 2010 while working as a full-time Realtor. With no journalism experience, the paper’s founder, Susan Titour, insisted her community connections were more important and that she could learn the business. Always one to accept a challenge, she took the leap and says she is “still learning” after 15 years.
Born at Orange Memorial Hospital in 1967, Debbie grew up in southwest Orange County and spent much of her adult life in College Park, where she raised her children. She now lives around the corner from her childhood home with her husband, Steve Gunter. Her three kids are all married now, and she has two grandchildren with another on the way.
Participate online or in-person. Closed caption available for online viewing.
History Center Members: Free
General Public: $5
History Center Members with lunch: $12
General Public with lunch: $17
Lunch must be ordered by 9 a.m. on Thursday, January 2.
Call 407-836-8580 with questions.
