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.
Click HERE to listen to the 251st episode of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1, which was recorded at The 808 in Thornton Park.
TOP TEN HEADLINES:
- The City of Orlando was poised to wrestle control of Virginia Drive away from Orange County this month but they’ve had to push the vote to January because the County is taking their time approving the language. Meanwhile, the cracks in the asphalt near Virginia and Mills are big enought to swallow a Christmas elf.
- Guy Fieri’s new chicken concept, Chicken Guy, has just opened in Winter Park and the traffic will never be the same.
- The City of Orlando is establishing a “Quiet Zone” that will force trains to tip-toe through the downtown core rather than sounding their horns.
- Downtown Orlando finally has a new nighttime economy manager and it looks like they’re going to hit the reset button and start fresh with their public programming.
- Downtown live music venue, Soundbar, has closed, and apparently it’s because the landlord doesn’t want to put any money into fixing the building. Which sounds a lot like what happened to Magnolia just up the street.
- Use our fancy hyper-local holiday shopping map to find the best local shops to support.
- Thornton Park residents are crowd-sourcing photos of a local neighborhood cat.
- Ravenous Pig just released a special hemp beer with the Eustis-based Treadwell Farms, and it’s really tasty.
- “Full Sail could get $1.3M from property tax exemption crafted specifically for university.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “12 ways to help others in Central Florida this holiday season.” – Orlando Sentinel
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT):
- “Cool Job Alert: Historic Preservation Officer at City of Orlando.” – Bungalower
- “Green Works still has over 100 free trees to give away.” – Bungalower
- “Hinckley’s Fancy Meats selling special ‘Viking Christmas’ dinner packages.” – Bungalower
- “Nani leaving Orlando City Soccer.” – Bungalower
- “New bookstore now open in Audubon Park.” – Bungalower
- “13-year-old arrested on attempted murder charge in shooting near Carver Middle School, police say.” – Click Orlando
- “Community Impact Heroes: Hannibal Square Community Land Trust top exec emphasizes affordable homeownership, not just rentals.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “Decades of conservation work arrive within reach of crowning environmental success.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Florida hires Billy Napier as Gators next football coach, replacing Dan Mullen.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Orlando police investigate ‘large brawl,’ shots fired near Carver Middle School.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Attendees grumble about lackluster Immersive Van Gogh exhibit following delays.” – Orlando Weekly
- “A Foodie’s Tour of Shiraz Market with State Representative Anna Eskamani of Central Florida.” – Tasty Chomps
- “How to design a city for sloths.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “To address homelessness, place governance must evolve.” – Brookings
- “When is a public policy racist?” – Brookings
- “What Lies Beneath: The curious underworld of Hobby Tunnelling.” – Messy Nessy
- “San Francisco will open a safe site for people living in RVs, but it could lead to more towing.” – Next City
- “HUD: Growth of homelessness during 2020 was ‘devastating,’ even before the pandemic.” – NPR
- “Reimagining the Post-Covid Library with CloroxPro: A Q&A with Claudia Strange of the Fulton County Library System.” – Project for Public Spaces
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK:
- Tuesday 12/7: A Taste of NOLA (Avalon Park)
- Tuesday 12/7: Loose Lips – The December Edition (Mills 50)
- Wednesday 12/8: Orlando Solar Bears Watch Party (Ivanhoe Village)
- Friday 12/10: Holiday Movie at Lake Eola – “The Polar Express” (Downtown)
- Friday 12/10: Light Up Hannibal Square (Winter Park)
- Friday 12/10: Opera Orlando presents selections from “The Secret River” (Milk District)
- Friday 12/10: Sick ‘n’ Wrong Film Festival (Universal Studios)
