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 280th episode of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1, which was recorded at Orlando’s first alcohol-free speakeasy, The Bandbox (Instagram | Website), in Ivanhoe Village, and includes an interview with the president of the National Entrepreneur Center to chat about their new BizLink Orange platform – a one-stop-shop for people looking to open a new business or start a non-profit in Orange County.
TOP TEN HEADLINES
- Yelp released its annual list of Top 100 Florida restaurants and seven of them are located in Orlando.
- The Florida Department of State Division of Library and Information Services has partnered with Florida State Parks to offer free park passes that you can check out with your library card.
- Plans have been filed to build a massive mixed-use development on the shores of Lake Fairview, just north of Grill’s Lakeside.
- There’s a new mixed martial arts fight club in Orlando that uses full plate armor and axes to battle and train.
- Orlando Main Street, the City District, has finally hired a new director.
- The City of Orlando is accepting applications for the 2022 Mayor’s City Academy.
- Popular Texas chain Shipley’s Do-Nuts is opening a location on OBT.
- “FBI seizes disputed Basquiat exhibit at Orlando Museum of Art.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Get involved: Here’s a list of local organizations supporting abortion access.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Publix opts out of distributing COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5.” – Orlando Weekly
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)
- “Florida sees one of worst outbreaks in history of meningococcal disease.” – 90.7 WMFE
- “Inside Winter Park’s most expensive home.” – the32789
- “Rising food prices are changing the way we eat and shop.” – Axios
- “Condo in Winter Park’s Instagram-friendly Park Aire asking $500,000.” – Bungalower
- “Cool Job Alert: Graphic/Digital Designer at SIX The Agency.” – Bungalower
- “Jack White to play Orlando on September 21.” – Bungalower
- “Mexican poke concept coming to downtown Orlando.” – Bungalower
- “Solar Bears sign new coach.” – Bungalower
- “Mistaken identity: Orlando beauty shop vandalized after racial tirade goes viral.” – Click Orlando
- “Paolo Banchero instantly makes the Orlando Magic a more formidable offensive team.” – NBA
- “Garden Theatre interim artistic director quits after 1 week.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Patient death spurs Orlando Health nurses to sound alarm about staffing.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill allowing cigarette smoking bans at beaches.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Taffy and Janine Klein bring their new cabaret to The Abbey for one night only.” – Watermark
- “Local student puts Orlando on the National Science Map.” – West Orlando News
- “3/2 Dover Shores East pool home asking $385,000.”
- “3/2 Home just south of downtown asking $429,900.”
- “MVRDV demonstrates the potential of Rotterdam’s roofscape.” – AZURE
- “Sweltering cities can’t keep enough swimming pools open.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “Placemaking in Bangladesh: In one of the densest places in the world, heritage, culture and social life is disappearing. A group of young architects and urbanists want to change that.” – Medium
- “The return of San Francisco’s privately owned public spaces.” – Planetizen
- “Who’s afraid of gentrification?” – Planetizen
- “Evanston, Illinois is the first city to offer reparations to Black residents.” – Reasons To Be Cheerful
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- Monday 6/27: Diversitastic Dining – Fusion Cooking Contest (Parramore)
- Monday 6/27: Gay Gay Gay – A Pandering Cabaret (South Eola)
- Monday 6/27: Red Panda Noodle Pop-up (Mills 50)
- Tuesday 6/28: Warped and Twisted Tour at Southern Nights (Milk District)
- Wednesday 6/29: Florida Fire Drakes Training (West Orlando)
- Wednesday 6/29: Pendulum of Pride – History of LGBTQ Resilience in CFL (Ivanhoe Village)
- Thursday 6/30: Tori Tori x The House of Suntory Listening Bar (Mills 50)
- Friday 7/1: Bullock and The Bandits – One Night Only (Ivanhoe Village)
- Friday 7/1: FAVO Motel Studios Open House (Park Lake Highland)
- Friday 7/1: Orlando Music Festival (West Orlando)
