Join Downtown Orlando’s celebration of the culinary arts with the annual Taste of Downtown on Wednesday, May 19th from 5:30pm to 7:30 pm. Brought to you by the Downtown Orlando Partnership, the event will take place in the rotunda of Orlando’s City Hall. Advance tickets are $25 for members and $35 for non-members. Prices go [...]
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Whet Your Appetite in Downtown Orlando
Monday, May 10th, 2010Downtown Orlando Small Businesses to Benefit from “Entrepreneur Zone”
Thursday, March 11th, 2010In light of the weakened economy’s layoffs creating empty office spaces, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is heading a movement to create a boon for small independent businesses in the downtown Orlando office buildings.
“Entrepreneur Zone” is a new program Dyer and Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty debuted, with an aim to fill in vacant office space from downsized businesses.
Connecting [...]
Downtown Orlando & Eola Park to Host Florida Film Festival
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010This year is the 19th annual Florida Film Festival, and in addition to the Regal Winter Park Village 20 theatre and Enzian theatre, this year the event will include screenings in a number of locations throughout downtown Orlando.
Making the Festival a broader city-wide event, these other venues include a selection of well-known downtown locales such as [...]
Downtown Orlando: New Jobs Opening with High Speed Railway Projects
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Great news for thet downtown Orlando economy and job market. Thousands of jobs are expected to open up with the construction of the high-speed railroad that will be spanning central Florida.
Steve Olson, spokesman for Florida’s Department of Transportation, noted that many job inquiries have been made and many in need of work are in support of [...]
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer Delivers “State of the City” Address
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Today Mayor Buddy Dyer delivered a “State of the City” address, discussing accomplishments and local issues for the city of Orlando, reviewing the past year.
Included in the focus on local issues were the repairs for Lake Eola’s fountain, which was struck by lightning six months ago. Dyer started on the topic by stating, “I couldn’t [...]