Posts Tagged ‘luxury urban living’

Bring Your Pooch to “Yappy Hour” at Lake Eola

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando, Florida is a perfect place for walking your dog, and the Relax Grill at Lake Eola has just taken it to a new level! Introducing “Yappy Hours” the first Tuesday of every month from now through August, dog lovers can bring their pooch to Relax Grill at 211 Eola Parkway, [...]

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Downtown Orlando & Eola Park to Host Florida Film Festival

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

This 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 [...]

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Downtown Orlando: New Jobs Opening with High Speed Railway Projects

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Great 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 [...]

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Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer Delivers “State of the City” Address

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Today 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 [...]

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Six Months since Lightning Struck Lake Eola Fountain; Repair Announcements by Spring

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Six months ago, historic “Eola Girl”, the landmark fountain of Lake Eola, was struck by lightning and put into a state of disrepair.  Since then, the city went from scrambling to figure out how to fund repairs, to discovering two policies including a fine arts insurance policy protects the condition of the fountain, but comes [...]

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