The Thornton Park Main Street will host its 8th Annual Halloween Block Party on Saturday, October 30 on Washington Street from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. The event will feature outdoor bars, live DJs, and entertainment like Blue Star and La la, go-go dancers, fire dancers, a costume contest with prizes ranging from $500 to$1,000, […]
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Local food truck bringing Korean hot dogs to Orlando
Local chef Denni Cha has opened a new Korean-style hot dog truck. The last time we wrote about Cha he was making fancy sushi for the omakase hot spot, Soseki (Instagram | Website), in Winter Park. Since then he’s split off to launch his own concept and swapped out sushi for Instagram-ready corn dogs. A Korean hot dog, […]
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Winter Park’s new holiday decorations will spread through downtown business district
The City of Winter Park is hard at work planning a new holiday display of decorations and lights for the upcoming season. and this year it’ll be bigger than ever. The City Commission approved a design plan, created by AOA of Winter Park, in September that will include seasonal greenery, warm strings, and globes of lights, poinsettia […]
Posted inComing and Going, Featured, Food & Drink, Milk District
New fried chicken window now open at Whiskey Lou’s
Itsa Chicken (Instagram | Website) has just opened its new chicken window in the Milk District. We broke the news HERE in August that the popular fried chicken concept had secured a new brick-and-mortar space at longtime Milk District watering hole, Whiskey Lou’s, located at 121 N. Bumby Avenue [GMap]. The little chicken restaurant will be serving tasty food out of […]
Posted inArchitecture and Design, Art and Culture, Civics and Participation, Events, Ivanhoe Village, Parks
CityLab partners with Fringe on design challenges for annual festival
Orlando Fringe, which just celebrated its 30th theatre festival this past May and announced that it would be returning to downtown with its winter event series, just completed a program audit with University of Florida’s CityLab (Website) students and faculty. CityLab is a three-year off-campus program run by the University of Florida’s Graduate School of […]
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Visit Orlando giving away free 50-person vacation to Walt Disney World Resort
Visit Orlando has just launched a “Most Magical Gathering Contest” which will reunite one winner with up to 49 of their closest friends and family for a vacation at Walt Disney World Resort as part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations. The vacation celebration includes Walt Disney World theme park tickets, accommodations at a Disney Resort hotel […]
Posted inArchitecture and Design, Baldwin Park, Buildings
New multifamily and townhome development pitched for Sasoon Avenue
A developer is pitching a new residential project for East Orlando, tucked behind Baldwin Park on Sasoon Avenue, just up the street from the long-awaited veggie food hub at Fort Pitt. The project, which is currently scheduled to be presented to the Municipal Planning Board on November 16th, would transform a currently vacant parcel at […]
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Orlando completes Voluntary Local Review of Sustainable Development Goals at UN event
Orlando Mayor Dyer announced at a recent event hosted by the Brooking Institution and the United Nations Foundation that the City of Orlando would be releasing its first Voluntary Local Review of its Sustainable Development Goals. The assessment allows the City to confirm that its goals are aligned with those of the United Nations, which […]
Posted inApartments, Buildings, Civics and Participation, Orlando, Quality of Life
Orange County dedicates $13 million to affordable housing
The Orange County Board of County Commissioners voted last month to award $13.18 million to developers who are proposing to build four separate multi-family affordable housing developments in the region. The new Affordable Housing Trust Fund Program will allow for the construction of 525 new affordable housing units in the following projects. Banyan Development Group […]
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College Park hosting annual Jazzfest event next month
The College Park Main Street will host its 19th Annual College Park Jazzfest event on Saturday, November 13 from 5-11 p.m. along Edgewater Drive. The event will feature live performances from bands like the Legendary JC’s on three separate stages along the Edgewater corridor, between Smith and Hazel streets. The event will also feature local […]
Posted inCivics and Participation, Winter Park
City of Winter Park hosting job fair
The City of Winter Park has a number of open positions at the moment so they are hosting a City Job Fair on Saturday, October 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at the City Operations building at 1409 Howell Branch Road [GMap]. They are looking for applicants for positions in management, trade positions like mechanics, […]
Posted inOrlando, Technology
City funding more University of Central Florida Research Foundation projects
The City of Orlando is leaning into its relationship with the University of Central Florida and funding a number of programs via its UCF Research Foundation. The City stated at the October 11 Council Meeting that there was a “public need” to fund the following programs in the amount of $910,000. $600,000 to the UCF […]
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Super-famous drag queen Bianca Del Rio stomping into Orlando this Tuesday
Ru Paul’s Drag Race alum Bianca Del Rio, the infamous “clown in a gown,” will be performing at the Hard Rock Live this Tuesday, October 19 at Universal Studios Orlando. Del Rio (Roy Haylock), who won the sixth season of Ru Paul’s award-winning hit television series, is coming to Orlando as part of her “Unsanitized” […]
Posted inEvents, Food & Drink, Milk District
Central Florida Veg Fest is this weekend at Festival Park
The Vegetarians of Central Florida (Website) are back with its 9th Annual celebration of all things veggie at this year’s Central Florida Veg Fest on Saturday, October 23, at Orlando Festival Park in the Milk District. This year’s event will run from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and will feature eco-friendly vendors, speakers and presentations, local non-profit […]
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TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK
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 latest episode of “Bungalower and The Bus” on Real Radio 104.1 which was recorded at the newly opened Marketplace at Avalon Park food hall. […]