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08/18/2015

The drama surrounding a planned 28-story tower near Lake Eola Park continues as the Cathedral Church of St. Luke filed a petition Monday opposing the...

07/12/2015

OPEN HOUSE in Winter Park, today from 11 to 3 pm!
2 bedroom, 1 bath home with den, upgraded kitchen and bath, new roof, new double pane windows and more!

This 2 Beds 1 Bath Single Family House is For Sale at $225,000.

06/26/2015

OPEN HOUSE - Sunday, June 28 from 1 to 4 pm!

This 5 Beds 3.5 Baths Single Family House is For Sale at $695,000.

06/03/2015

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announced today that the planned third theater will be breaking ground in May of next year, due to a generous gift from Chuck Steinmetz and Margery Pabst Steinmetz. Steinmetz Hall will seat 1,700 people and will be the new home of the Orlando Ballet an…

05/21/2015

This was an amazing game! Let's hope there is many more wins to come!

Watch "Four-Nil", our look back at a historic day for the club, as Orlando City SC defeated the LA Galaxy to record their first home MLS victory on Sunday.

Watch: http://orlan.do/FourNil

05/15/2015

Downtown Orlando is a lot of people's favorite part of Orlando. What is yours?

03/24/2015

Looking for something free to do this spring? Check out the list below for some great ideas!

In celebration of spring, the City of Orlando rounded up some popular “things to do” in town this spring, for free. 20 Free Things to Do this Spring in the City Cycle across Cady Way Trail Go to Z.L. Riley Park Enjoy Joe Kittinger Park (We just wrote about the park’s namesake in this recent …

03/24/2015

No car?
No problem. Not everyone wants life to revolve around the car. We checked out how our local 'hoods ranked on walkscore.com, which rates neighborhoods...

02/17/2015

BBQ and Blues? This sounds too good to miss!

This year’s Blues B-Q (Website), a city-sponsored street festival with live music and yummy bites, will feature music from names like the Grammy Award-winning artist, Betty Wright and the Gerry Williams Band. Vendors like Four Rivers Smokehouse (Website), Porkie’s Original BBQ from Apopka (Websit…

02/05/2015

Attention Techies! Check out this festival that is coming to Downtown Orlando in October.

The planning team behind OrlandoiX (Facebook | Website), a five-day festival happening October 2-6, 2015, launched their new website and made several major announcements yesterday. OrlandoiX, short for Orlando Interactive Experience, intends to showcase Orlando as a world-class hub for entertainmen…

01/27/2015

So glad to see a local business being so successful!

Code School (Website | Facebook), an online platform for learning web development skills, was acquired by Pluralsight for $36 million. Code School was founded in 2011 and has called Downtown Orlando home for the last 4 years. They’ve had offices in the Angebilt, Chase Plaza Building and are now head…

01/21/2015

This is such a neat event every year! Glad to see it's growing.

The Central Florida Dragon Parade (Facebook | Website) is moving out of the heart of Mills 50 to the Fashion Square Mall. In 2013, over 5,000 attendees came to the parade to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. According to the planning committee, last year’s event brought out even more spectators.…