Celebration News

Celebration News is Orlando Citizen’s desk for one town, covered the way a hometown paper covers it — by Rachel Donnelly, our Celebration correspondent. Celebration is the master-planned town The Walt Disney Company built in Osceola County in the 1990s: front porches and picket fences by design, and thirty years on a real community of schools, churches, shops, boards and neighbours. This desk covers all of it, from the public record and the town’s own calendars.

Looking for the town’s profile, rankings and best-of lists? Those live on the Celebration area portal. This page is the news desk: the running coverage.

What we cover

  • The town’s government, explained — the Celebration Community Development District (CDD) and the Celebration Residential Owners Association (CROA): what each one does, what each charges, and what their boards decide, from their own budgets, minutes and filings.
  • The villages — Village, Artisan Park, Island Village, Aquila Reserve and the town’s other neighbourhoods: what is being built, what is being repaired, what changes.
  • Schools as community — Celebration K-8 and Celebration High School: the campus life, calendars and community news of the town’s schools. (District board decisions are covered by our Schools desk; this desk covers the schools as the town’s institutions.)
  • Events and traditions — the farmers market, holiday events, Founders Day traditions and the Town Hall calendar, verified against the official source before we list a date or a price.
  • Town center and the hospital — Market Street and Front Street dining and small business, and AdventHealth Celebration, the hospital at Celebration Place.
  • Trails, lakes and growth — the boardwalks, trails and lakes the CDD maintains, Celebration real estate, and the US-192 corridor growth at the town’s edges.

Latest Celebration coverage

CROA and Celebration Town Hall, Explained: Who Runs What for Homeowners — CROA and Celebration Town Hall, explained: who runs what for homeowners.

Celebration by the Numbers: 11,178 People and a $635,000 Median Home Value — Celebration by the numbers: the Census Bureau’s portrait of the town.

Celebration High School: Home of the Storm, Explained — Celebration High School: home of the Storm, explained.

Celebration’s Trails, Lakes and Parks: The Outdoor Town, Explained — Celebration’s trails, lakes and parks: the outdoor town, explained.

Celebration’s Villages, Explained: From the 1996 Originals to Island Village — Celebration’s villages, explained: from the 1996 originals to Island Village.

Island Village: Celebration’s Newest Village Is Still Growing — Island Village: Celebration’s newest village is still growing.

Celebration’s Holiday Season 2026: The Town’s December Calendar, From the Official Listings — Celebration’s holiday season 2026: the town’s December calendar, from the official listings.

AdventHealth Celebration: The Hospital on Celebration Place, Explained — AdventHealth Celebration: the hospital on Celebration Place, explained.

Celebration K-8: The Town’s School, Explained for Families — Celebration K-8: the town’s school, explained for families.

Celebration CDD, Explained: The District That Runs the Town’s Streetlights, Lakes and Mosquito Control — The Celebration CDD, explained: what the district runs, what it charges and who to call.

All Celebration News stories, newest first: the Celebration News archive.