Some items of note from the story: "We are doing all three projects," says Rebecca W. Sutton, the city's chief financial officer. "The question is whether we can assemble the money for all three at one time, or whether we need to phase the projects." Officials expect to decide by the end of this year how much funding they each will provide for the three projects, which add up to almost $1 billion. Starting next week, groups representing the three venues will make a two-hour presentation to the Orange County Board of Commissioners on three separate days. Then the City Council will have all three organizations present their proposals, possibly in a workshop, on the same day within a month or two. There, the groups will ask for city land to be donated, as well as for millions of dollars from Orlando's Community Redevelopment Agency. After that, city and county officials will be presented with a master plan for the downtown area, followed by the presentation of the final joint funding plan, and then an interlocal agreement will be worked out. At that time, it will be time to break ground. First up: the Orlando Performing Arts Center Corp., making its pitch to the county commission on Aug. 22 at 9 a.m., followed by the Citrus Bowl on Aug. 29 and the arena on Sept. 12. The PAC nonprofit group envisions a $900 million complex ($350 million for the PAC and the rest being commercial and residential development) on 9 acres in downtown across from City Hall, bounded by Orange Avenue, South Street, Rosalind Avenue and Anderson Street. If all goes well, construction of the performing arts center, parking garage and some of the residential construction could be completed by 2010, with everything else finished by 2013.