Bynx Orlando (Facebook | Website), the hybrid retail concept we told you was opening in 420 E. Church Street right before the pandemic hit Orlando HERE in early March, has launched an online catalog. Bynx has been operating on a pop-up basis via a retro bus at events for months but faced with the inability to sell face-to-face […]
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GREAT READS: Orange County Library System’s May book selections
SPONSORED: “Great Reads” is a regular roundup of books that the Orange County Public Library System thinks you should peruse that month. Moms have our full respect year-round, but with current events that respect is ramped up. Where would we be without you, Mom? In honor of Mother’s Day, these reads chosen by Orange County Library […]
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No sidewalk dining if you’re in the County, says Mayor
We told you HERE that Orlando City Hall would be waiving restrictions on outdoor dining capacity during the first phase of reopening set in place by Governor DeSantis. The move was made in an effort to help restaurants reopen despite a restriction on indoor dining to 25 percent their regular occupancy in order to promote […]
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Impress Ink raises over $30,000 with t-shirt sales
PROMO: We told you HERE about local printer Impress Ink (Facebook | Website) launching an online shop to raise funds for local businesses. Well, the first month’s numbers are in and they’ve raised $30,228 since launching. OrlandoMerchStore.com features designed submitted by local restaurants, businesses, and organizations that will be sold for $25 a shirt on the site. That price […]
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Safr rideshare company partners with Mustard Seed this May
Safr (Website), the women-focused ridesharing service that launched locally in October 2019, has partnered with Mustard Seed of Central Florida to provide free rides from May 4-31 for those in need. Mustard Seed of Central Florida (Website) helps families and individuals who are looking to rebuild after disasters or personal tragedies by providing household furnishings […]
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Help us support local arts organizations
The pandemic has shuttered the doors of our local arts institutions but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still hard at work bringing their programming to Orlando. Bungalower Media is to launch a new series of behind-the-scenes video spotlights of local institutions and how they’re responding to this crisis. We are partnering with the amazing video […]
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Sudden dog track closures leave over 1,000 homeless greyhounds
In 2018 Florida residents voted to ban greyhound racing as a sport, leading to the closure of all 11 tracks in the state by January 1, 2021. Adoption agencies and dog rescue groups have been working to rehome the dogs one-by-one since the ruling passed two years ago but with the onset of the COVID-19 […]
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Local Main Street launches collaborative gift certificate program
The Milk District (Facebook | Website) has launched a new collaborative gift certificate program to support local businesses. The local Main Street program is selling “Milk Money” gift certificates on its website for $7.50 apiece, that you can redeem at participating businesses for $10 off your purchase. The Milk District will cover the difference in […]
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If OPD catches you outside they’re gonna give you something
As schools are closed and crime is down, the Orlando Police Department has an inordinate number of officers hitting the streets right now and if they catch you out and about with no essential business, then they’re going to give you something – a flyer. Orlando Police officers have been instructed to hand out copies […]
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Governor issues stay-at-home order for Florida
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Tuesday, March 1 that his office would issue a stay-at-home order, effective Thursday, April 2 at midnight. The order will instruct all Floridians, except those working at essential businesses, to shelter at home for the next 30 days. A number of Florida counties had declared their own stay-at-home orders […]
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Local printer launches online merch shop to support local restaurants
Impress Ink (Facebook | Website) is launching a new initiative to raise funds for local restaurants and small businesses by doing what they do best, sell shirts. Local restaurants, breweries, and organizations, can sign up with Impress Ink to showcase a unique t-shirt design on their website, OrlandoMerchStore.com. Each shirt will cost $25, which includes […]
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Tools to not be lonely while social distancing
Top-down mandates to stay home and keep your distance could very well save your life and that of your loved ones, but it also means that Orlandoans aren’t getting the face-to-face human time we need. Humans are social creatures and the unintended side effect of COVID-19 is a pandemic of loneliness. Roughly 27 percent of […]
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Orange County issues shelter-in-place order, effective March 26
UPDATE: Scroll down to see a copy of the Executive Order from the Mayor that includes a breakdown of non-essential and essential businesses. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings announced at a March 24 press conference that he would be imposing a shelter-in-place order for the entire county, closing all non-essential businesses. Businesses allowed to stay […]
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Eyes on the Street: Kernel Encore closing Milk District shop
We often get photographs and tips from our Bungalower readers of things that are happening around town, so we have started featuring them on the site in a series called Eyes on the Street, in honor of our favorite urbanist Jane Jacobs. ” Saw this on my ride today. Closing!” @thesuperrookie, Twitter Kernel Encore (Facebook) will close […]
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New coffee/vinyl/book shop opening downtown
South Eola is getting a hybrid concept shop in Camden Thornton Park later this year that combines a few different concepts into one. Bynx Orlando (Facebook | Website) is a new concept by the Reid family, led by local musician James Reid, that will be located at 420 E. Church Street [GMap] and will have […]