About the
Tower of Light
ORLANDO MAYOR BUDDY DYER HOSTS
“TOWER OF LIGHT”
ILLUMINATION CEREMONY
The Orlando chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women raised more than $52,000 to fund
public sculpture’s renovation
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer was joined by a
dozen city leaders and more than 100 members of the community during the well-known
“Tower of Light” sculpture’s illumination ceremony.
The Orlando chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women, or CREW, launched the revitalization and fundraising initiative to mark the
organization’s 25th anniversary.
• Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
• Former Orlando Mayor Bill Frederick
• Thomas Chatmon, Downtown Development Board and Community Redevelopment Agency Executive Director
• Maya Hatchette, CREW President
• Doris Wasson, CREW Project Manager for
the “Tower of Light” Restoration and Director of Operations for Owens Realty Services
The 63-foot glass-and-steel spire renovation
included the installation of 650 watts of programmable, full color spectrum LEDS, data
cabling and a wireless controller. The controller can be programmed with numerous presets (length and color of display) and can be
accessed via the Internet on computer, phone
or tablet.
The “Tower of Light,” by artist Ed Carpenter,
was commissioned and installed in 1992 under
the leadership of then Mayor Bill Frederick.
The original halogen lighting failed in 1994.
Many attempts at funding a relighting project
were discussed in the interim but none came
to fruition. Knowing that the City’s SEE ART
ORLANDO project was slated for debut in late
2013, the Orlando chapter of CREW pledged
to raise a minimum of $50,000 to renovate
and light. Sitting on the Plaza in front of City
Hall, the sculpture celebrates the intersection
of private and public interests in the City of
Orlando and is a symbol for the aspirations of
our community.