This is our latest rundown of the top ten things you need to know this week, in Orlando’s downtown “bungalow neighborhoods.”
Click HERE to listen to Episode 372 of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1 FM, which was recorded at the Kia Center during Thursday’s Orlando Solar Bear match. There are only four games left of the regular season, if we don’t get into the playoffs that is.
TOP TEN HEADLINES
- Just a couple of weeks after it became public that Commissioner Regina Hill was under investigation for allegedly exploiting a 96-year-old constituent out of her life’s savings, she’s been arrested and charged and subsequently released on bond.
- Orange County Government got hit with a surprise bill for unpaid property taxes care of the onePulse Foundation.
- Excutives at iHeart Media made some questionable choices last week, including the choice to cut two popular radio hosts; Carlos Navarro and Rauce Padgett on Real Radio 104.1 FM.
- Orange County just named a new administrator for its Director of Arts and Cultural Affairs position and it’s none other than rockstar arts champion Vicki Landon.
- The historic Black Bottom House of Prayer lost its roof back in 2019 but is finally being resurrected by a local, Parramore-based architecture firm.
- The Morse Museum is hosting a one-night only exhibition from its super private neon sign collection and you’re not going to want to miss out. We hope if it does well enough, they’ll bust out the Ronnie’s sign for the holidays.
- Orange County announced the departure of the Regional History Center’s executive director, Pamela Schwartz.
- Here’s what’s moving into that old iFix Youri at Colonial and Mills.
- “onePulse won’t provide records for $6.5 million in spending, Orange County says.” – Orlando Sentinel
- “Tickets for EDC Orlando 2024 are now on sale.” – Orlando Weekly
ICYMI – (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)
- “Boxer and Clover is now in soft opening in East End Market.” – Bungalower
- “‘I trust in the process:’ Orlando Commissioner Regina Hill issues statement after arrest.” – Click Orlando
- “Walt Disney World dedicated nearly 80 acres to a massive affordable housing project near its Orlando park. But Orange County NIMBYs aren’t having it.” – Fortune
- “The Wheel at ICON Park renamed The Orlando Eye under new ownership.” – FOX 35
- “UCF’s $88M football stadium expansion project gets green light.” – FOX 35
- “Moody Mills 50 absinthe house Death in the Afternoon hits the bull’s-eye.” – Orlando Weekly
- “Michael Slaymaker to step down as Orlando Youth Alliance CEO.” – Watermark
- “Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill in Orlando to expedite squatter removal process.” – WESH 2
- “Large fire burns at abandoned hotel in Orlando’s tourist district.” – WESH 2
- “Eclipse boomtowns await their moment in the (blocked) sun.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “In this coworking space, only the cappuccino isn’t classified.” – Bloomberg CityLab
- “Hunting for the Lost River of Paris.” – Messy Nessy
- “As cities stare down a post-pandemic reckoning, this urbanist sees a revolution.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “Risks, rewards, and the future of downtown.” – Orlando Business Journal
- “New York congestion pricing approved by MTA Board.” – Planetizen
HOT EVENTS THIS WEEK
- Monday 4/1: Drennen and Crowbar’s Wrestlemania Spectacular 4 (Mills 50)
- Monday 4/1: Kiwi Camera Swap Meet (Ivanhoe Village)
- Monday 4/1: Orlando Magic vs. Portland Trail Blazers (Parramore)
- Tuesday 4/2: Orlando Solar Bears vs. Savannah Ghost Pirates (Parramore)
- Wednesday 4/3: Ivanhoe Park Brewery Goat Yoga (Ivanhoe Village)
- Wednesday 4/3: Music in Mills – Quantum Leap (Mills 50)
- Wednesday 4/3: YogaHigh at The Acre Orlando (College Park)
- Thursday 4/4: Orlando Solar Bears vs. Greenville Swamp Rabbits (Parramore)
- Thursday 4/4: Solar Eclipse Mocktail Lounge (Downtown)
- Thursday 4/4: Story at Ten10 Brewing (Ivanhoe Village)
- Thursday 4/4: Taste of Baldwin Park (Baldwin Park)
- Thursday 4/4: Teddy Swims at Hard Rock Live (Out of Bounds)
- Friday 4/5: Art in Bloom 2024 (Ivanhoe Village)
- Friday 4/5: Family Movie Night – “A Bug’s Life” (Audubon Park)
