The Homegrown Co-op (Website | Facebook) is temporarily closing their online farmers market and reducing their operating hours of the retail location. The Homegrown Co-op located at 2310 N Orange Ave. (btwn. Orlando St. & Smith St.) provided an online farmers market where you can purchase locally sourced products and then pick them up or have […]
Posted inDowntown, News, Quality of Life
Orlando Could Allow Downtown Bars to Serve Until 3 a.m.
UPDATE: The ordinance was deferred after bar and club owners came forward to voice concerns. The city will and Downtown Development board will work with business owners to come up with a new proposal. Click here for our updated story. The Orlando City Council will vote today on a measure that would allow bars within the Downtown […]
Posted inArt and Culture, Buildings, Featured, Ivanhoe Village
Mold In Lake Ivanhoe OUC Building Causes Arts Groups to Leave
Mold in the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center at Lake Ivanhoe located at 1111 North Orange Ave. (btwn. Magnolia Ave. & Highland Ave.) which was once an OUC plant is forcing the arts groups that use the building to leave. The Orlando Ballet, Central Florida Community Arts and The Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra all make use […]
Posted inEvents, Orlando
Weekend Event Picks: Shakes Open House, City Soccer, Super Joy Riders
Saturday, August 24, 2013 Orlando Shakes Open House Lowndes Shakespeare Center 812 East Rollins Street Orlando, FL 32803 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Spend the day with the Orlando Shakespeare Theater and enjoy music, crafts, theater games, building tours, open rehearsals, and other festive activities. Plus, yummy birthday cupcakes for all. Now celebrating its 25th […]
Posted inComing and Going, News, Thornton Park
Urban ReThink in Thornton Park to Close
Urban ReThink (Website | Facebook) the collaborative workspace, event space and offices for all around great community programers will close their storefront location at 625 E Central Blvd. in Thornton Park by the end of September. “I cannot speak to the framework, location, or composition of the transition to come. This is all rather sudden. What […]
Posted inComing and Going, Retail, SODO
Awesome Blossom Beauty Salon Opens in Downtown South
Awesome Blossom Beauty Salon (Website | Facebook) moved from the Ft. Gatlin Shopping Center (107 Gatlin ave.) to their new location at 821 E Michigan. They operated the Galtin location for three years. The mother-daughter owned salon recently moved is having an open house tomorrow from 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at their new Downtown South […]
Posted inCollege Park, Coming and Going, Retail
Vintage Decor in College Park Getting Ready to Move
Vintage Decor (Facebook) in College Park will be moving by the end of September. Their current location it at 2630 Edgewater Dr. (& Clayton St.). They have until the end of September to find and move into a new location and owner Kim Wagner tells Bungalower she hopes to stay in the College Park area. Vintage Decor […]
Posted inFrom the Forums, Orlando
From the Forums: Roofing Contractor Recommendation
Did you know Bungalower.com has forums? We’ll regularly feature a forum post or discussion on the blog. You can ask for business recommendations, remodeling and real estate questions, lost/found pets and anything else impacting your bungalow neighborhood. Visit the Bungalower forums to post. dstaub69 posted: I live in the Lake Eola Heights neighborhood of Orlando, FL. We need […]
Posted inComing and Going, Food & Drink, Mills 50
The Strand Neighborhood Restaurant Coming to Mills 50
UPDATE December 17 2013: Photo Tour: The Strand Ready to Open in Mills 50 One of our first posts was on The Strand in Mills 50. At the time we didn’t have any information other than a sign on Mills Ave. Since then we’ve learned from the Joseph Rees the owner that he has been working […]
Posted inUncategorized
Photo of the Day: College Park Food Packing Party
The Rotary Club of College Park (Website | Facebook) along with community volunteers packed 20,000 meals last night at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church for distribution to Orange County School children and their families, through the Love Pantry Project, a project of the Christian Service Center.
Posted inBuildings, Featured, Lawsona/Fern Creek, Real Estate, South Eola
Rowhome Going in at Mills & South Street
A new five unit rowhome will be going in on the corner of South Street and Mills Avenue near Lake Lawsona (GMap). The new townhouse will be called South Mills Row (Website) are just north of the 408 on Mills and will be in the Lawsona/Fern Creek although it is very close to Eola South and a short […]
Posted inCollege Park, Featured, Roads, Transportation
College Park to get Sound Walls on I-4
Sample sound barriers courtesy of FDOT As part of the new Ultimate I-4 project (Website | Facebook) the Florida Department of Transportation plans to build sound walls up and down I-4 in some residential areas including College Park. At a meeting last night at the College Park Presbyterian Church FDOT staff gave residents an overview of the […]
Posted inAudubon Park, Coming and Going, Featured, Food & Drink
Sushi Lola’s to Close for a Month to Change Locations
The owners of Sushi Lola’s (Website | Facebook) will close their restaurant at the end of the month. The owners of the Audubon Park Garden District restaurant are working on a new location nine doors down in the same plaza, but that one won’t be ready until the fall. The current restaurant is located at 2806 […]
Posted inLake Como, News
Elderly Woman Dies In Lake Como House Fire
CFNews 13 and the Orlando Sentinel report that Orlando Police and firefighters found an elderly woman dead after a house burned down. Orlando Fire department arrived at the burning home on the 2800 block of Dellwood Drive (GMap) just after 1 p.m. The house sustained extensive damage and no foul play is suspected. The home […]
Posted inBuildings, Downtown, Sports
Magic Entertainment Complex Moves One Step Closer
The Orlando Magic have an agreement to pay the city about $12.7 million for property to build a new entertainment complex. The Orlando Sentinel obtained records that spell out the deal which the City of Orlando says is still being finalized. The magic plan to build a $100 million dollar entertainment complex on the block […]