This is our latest rundown of the top ten things you need to know this week, in Orlando’s Bungalow Neighborhood news, and some bonus headlines you may have missed.
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TOP TEN HEADLINES:
- Orlando Museum of Art is adding a rooftop Chihuly sculpture garden in their new venue in downtown Orlando.
- Watch other people watch SunRail collisions in this new awareness video for the local commuter rail system. Also, don’t stop your car on train tracks.
- Popular music venue/restaurant, The New Standard, is in Limbo right now as the owner navigates a lawsuit from the landlord and a staff walkout.
- Have you been to Halloween Horror Nights yet? Brendan went and he has some tips for you.
- The owners of Stasio’s in The Milk District are opening a new pizza fritta concept right next door.
- There’s a new print shop in downtown Orlando and we want to help you win a free custom shirt from them.
- Taste of College Park is back and taking place on September 30th at Dubsdread.
- Ivanhoe Village Main Street is hosting a fancy community party/fundraiser next month if you want to get involved and meet cool business owners and neighbors.
- “Bidding wars for rental units? 2021’s rental market is also on fire.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “Deputies search for 19-year-old missing out of Orlando.” – WSVN
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT):
- “Barnie’s Coffee on Drew Barrymore this week.” – Bungalower
- “CFCArts announce the hiring of three Vice Presidents.” – Bungalower
- “Jaber Orlando is closed.” – Bungalower
- “United Arts announces September Project Grant winners.” – Bungalower
- “Orlando is gearing up to become a rival to Silicon Valley — and shift away from being a destination primarily for tourists and retirees.” – Business Insider
- “Man set up Facebook livestream before attacking Orlando officers with brick, police say.” – Click Orlando
- “CMG downsizes staff at Orlando’s WDBO as part of larger layoffs.” – Inside Radio
- “Long vacant 500 N. Orange Ave. building nears renovation start after new tenant deal.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “A beer lover’s guide to Orlando breweries.” – Orlando Date Night Guide
- “DeSantis’ new Florida surgeon general questions masks, vaccines, other COVID-19 measures.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Global Peace Film Festival returns to Orlando for a 19th year.” – Orlando Weekly
- “How a hot housing market exacerbates inequality.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “Istanbul turns taps on old fountains, joining global push for free drinks.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “Black and Brown placemaking rooted in identity and ownership.” – Next City
- “L.A.’s new reflective streets bounce heat back into space.” – Reasons To Be Cheerful
- “Why ‘work from anywhere’ works for refugees.” – Reasons To Be Cheerful
- “Daycares in Finland built their own ‘forests,’ and it changed kids’ immune systems.” – Science Alert
- “Catalytic Places: Public Squares.” – Social Life Project
- “Playable Cities are the next public-space frontier.” – StreetsBlog NYC
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK:
- Monday 9/27: Spooky Paint and Sip at Persimmon Hollow (Downtown)
- Thursday 9/30: 2021 Taste of College Park (College Park)
- Thursday 9/30: What’s Up Downtown: 50 Years and Rising (Parramore)
- Friday 10/1: Carl Cox at The Vanguard (Downtown)
- Friday 10/1: Magic Kingdom 50th Anniversary and Fireworks (ONLINE)