The Florida Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists, Inc. d/b/a Orlando Junior Academy (OJA), has served the Orlando community since 1906 by offering Pre-K through 8^th grade education to approximately 250 annually.  OJA will construct an approximately 5400 sf new Kitchen and Culinary Garden, at 28 East King Street, that will serve OJA students and the community, through cooking and gardening while integrating school curriculum, offering an Edible Education Experience.  The goal of the Edible Education Experience is to change people’s lives by connecting them to the pleasure of growing and preparing food, as well as eating and sharing it. OJA has partnered with the Emeril Lagasse Foundation on this endeavor.  The project will be named the Emeril Lagasse Kitchen House and Culinary Garden.

OJA has applied for assistance through the City of Orlando's Not-for-Profit Impact Fee Assistance program. The Not-for-Profit Impact Fee Assistance Program assists eligible not-for-profit agencies, located in the City of Orlando, with the payment of sewer benefit and transportation impact fees for construction projects. The maximum assistance approved under this program is 50% of the total eligible impact fees assessed on the project. The maximum amount granted under the program guidelines is $50,000. The standards for eligibility require that all requests for assistance be forwarded to City Council for approval. 

Total eligible fees for OJA under the Not-for-Profit Impact Fee Assistance Program, are $16,300.54. The program will pay fifty percent of eligible impact fees ($8,150.27).  The fee breakdown is as follows: Transportation Impact Fee @ 50% = $6,881.52, Sewer Benefit Fee @ 50% = $1,268.75.