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Federal Grant Opportunities in August

Recently Awarded in District 10 Airport Taxiway and Lighting Rehabilitation Funding – Department of Transportation Recipient: Orlando International AirportAward: $8,385,160Description: This grant funding rehabilitates the existing Taxiway E lighting system to extend its useful life and enhance safe airfield operations during low visibility conditions and rehabilitates…

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Florida Blue Recognized as “Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion” for 7th Year

– Health insurer earns a score of 100 on Disability Equality Index – JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – July 26, 2021 – Florida Blue, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan of Florida, is pleased to announce it has received a top score on the 2021 Disability Equality…

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Orange County Mayor Issues State of Emergency as New COVID-19 Case Count Shatters Record

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings has signed a State of Local Emergency urging all residents and visitors to wear masks when in an indoor space with others whether they are vaccinated or unvaccinated. At a press conference on Wednesday, Demings said he wants residents and visitors…

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AdventHealth To Defer Scheduling New Elective Surgeries That Involve Overnight Stays, Require Masks in All Areas and Limit Visitors

AdventHealth doctors say surge driven by Delta and nearly all hospitalized patients are unvaccinated ORLANDO, Fla., July 22, 2021 – AdventHealth returned to “yellow” status in response to the latest surge in COVID-19 cases, the health system announced on today’s AdventHealth Morning Briefing. The move means that new elective surgeries…

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Leadership Orange Program is Back!

Orange County Public Schools invites you to see and hear what it takes to educate our 206,000 children every school day, as well as study the support operations that go on behind the scenes of our front-line teachers. We are now accepting applications for Class XI of our Leadership Orange…

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CenturyLink Fiber Transforming into Quantum Fiber

Winter Garden, Florida | July 21st, 2021 – Quantum Fiber | We’re proud to announce that CenturyLink Fiber is transforming into Quantum Fiber—an internet service built for what’s now and what’s next. Quantum Fiber gives builders, developers, and owners a game-changing amenity that opens possibilities for their properties and…

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Applications Now Being Accepted for the 2022 WOCC Board of Directors

Winter Garden, Florida | July 19th, 2021 – 2021 has been a year of change and new challenges. We have seen people come together like never before to make communities across the nation stronger. As new changes come forward, new plans for the future get made and that’s why The…

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Solar Bears, Lightning Extend Affiliation Agreement

SOLAR BEARS, LIGHTNING EXTEND AFFILIATION AGREEMENT Defending Stanley Cup champs to play preseason game at Amway Center on October 5   TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have extended its ECHL affiliation agreement with the Orlando Solar Bears, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today. The…

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Florida Blue Hiring 1,200 Remote Agents

Florida Blue hiring 1,200 remote seasonal positions in preparation for enrollment season Florida Blue, the state’s leading health insurer serving more than 5 million members, is currently hiring 1,200 licensed health insurance agents as part of the local Blue Cross Blue Shield plans’ preparations for the upcoming fall enrollment season.

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Successful Groundbreaking for the Town of Oakland!

The Town of Oakland hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on July 16th for the West Hull Avenue Septic to Sewer Conversion Project, joined by our partners, St. Johns River Water Management District, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. The West Hull Avenue neighborhood…

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Disney Confirms Plans to Build Campus in Lake Nona and Relocate 2,000 Jobs

By Jack Witthaus and Richard Bilbao  –  Orlando Business Journal Jul 15, 2021 Updated Jul 15, 2021, 4:22pm EDT The Walt Disney Co. has confirmed it will relocate roughly 2,000 jobs from its California headquarters to Lake Nona throughout the next 18 months, a master-planned community in southeast Orlando. Initially, the Disney campus will…

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Florida’s Economy Grows to 15th Largest in the World, Up from 17th

New data shows that today Florida, if it were an independent country, would be the 15th largest economy in the world. Florida overtook Indonesia and Mexico’s economies during the past year. COVID changed the world and the global economy, and the new numbers for 2020 are out, showing Florida’s growth…

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