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🤔 What do Tinder and commuting in Orlando have in common?
Would you swipe left or right on commuting around Orlando? The guys at Omnimodal break Orlando's transit woes down for us in Tinder terms.
SWIPE RIGHT ON TRANSPORTATION 🚙
What could Tinder and Lynx possibly have in common? According to David Moran and Nathan Selikoff, the brains behind Orlando tech company Omnimodal, it’s a lot.
Moran and Selikoff — the second group of changemakers in our transportation series — believe that technology could be the missing link from helping Orlandoans get around town more efficiently and effectively. The biggest culprit? A lack of real-time data.
Would you swipe right on Lyft? But swipe left on SunRail? Find out what Moran and Selikoff had to say by watching our video here.
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A BOLD BUDGET
Gov. Ron DeSantis is counting on the federal government to pony up for hurricane relief. His proposed $91.3 billion budget — the largest in state history — relies on the feds coming through with at least $1.5 billion in disaster assistance for hurricanes Irma and Michael.
The money would go toward debris removal, marine fisheries disaster recovery, and assisting people who were displaced from their homes. DeSantis has already had some wins at pushing the Trump administration to pitch in more for hurricane relief: After Michael, he convinced the White House to pay for 45 days of debris removal, instead of the five days that were initially approved.
Other notable line items include $100 million for school security, nearly $85 million to address the state’s opioid crisis, and about $338 million to build affordable housing and to support developers building those kinds of projects.
In other news…
- It was a sad Monday for animal lovers as news broke that 41 animals perished in a fire at the Second Chance Wildlife Sanctuary. The good news: The owner survived after being awoken by a screaming peacock. (Orlando Sentinel)
- Florida’s immigrant population has a significant economic impact on the Sunshine State, according to a new WalletHub analysis that puts us at No. 9 among all other states. (Orlando Business Journal)
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OUR PARTNER EVENTS
🏃♀️Saturday, Feb. 9: Be apart of Cupid’s Undie Run, a “brief” mile fun run that take place in the middle of a BIG party! (Downtown)
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IN AND AROUND TOWN 🆕
TODAY
🎨 Go for the food trucks, stay for the drink and draw (Milk District)
🗣 Get loose listening to local writers read the last 30 days of news (Mills 50)
🧘🏻♀️ Stretch it out at Community Yoga (Audubon Park)
❓ Back to your regularly-scheduled Tuesday night trivia (Ivanhoe)
🍻 Dessert, Nutella-filled tacos, and beer — oh my (Waterford Lakes)
✍️ Learn goal-setting from author Kerry Evelyn (Downtown)
❓ What do you know about Doctor Who? (Curry Ford West) 🆕
WEDNESDAY
🥓 Is anything better than a bacon-cutting ceremony? (SoDo)
🍷 Taste Justin wines with the founder himself (College Park)
🏒 Cheer the Solar Bears to a win over Jacksonville Icemen (Parramore)
❤️ Tell your love stories on stage (Thornton Park)
✍️ Freelancers, check out this meetup (Downtown) 🆕
THURSDAY
🍷 Wine, cheese and chocolate — the perfect pairing (Mills 50)
🍿 Watch Audrey Hepburn on the big screen (Maitland)
🍻 Try a new brew at Tasting Thursday (Downtown)
👉 Swipe right on love at this LGBTQ+ party (Parramore)
🎶 Relish in the sounds of Kaleigh Baker at Lil Indies (Mills 50)
FRIDAY
🍷 Through Sunday Celebrate Winefest at Lakeridge Winery (Clermont)
🌈 Support Come out with Pride at A Night for Pride (Thornton Park)
🍿 Grab the kids — or your girlfriends — and watch “Enchanted” (Lake Eola)
🎉 Check out this new event: “Thank God It’s Black” (Silver Star)
🏒 Celebrate ‘80s night at the Amway (Parramore)
🚚 This is food truck heaven (College Park)
🎶 This tribute to Van Halen will make you “Jump” (Winter Garden)
SATURDAY
🎶 Celebrate Black History Month with this jam session (Parramore) 🆕
🎶 Don’t miss this Blues & BBQ Festival (Winter Garden) 🆕
💘 It’s Galentine’s Day at Rifle Paper Co. (Winter Park) 🆕
🇧🇶 Hey vegans, check out Caribbean night at The District (Mills 50) 🆕
🌮 Skip Taco Tuesday so you can enjoy Taco Festival (Lake Nona) 🆕
🎨 Watch 11 local artists repaint Sam Flax in real time (Colonialtown) 🆕
🎉 Throw it back to the ‘50s at this sock-hop (Milk District) 🆕
💦 Clean up Lake Jennie Jewel and get a workout in (SoDo/Edgewood) 🆕
Going to one of these? Take us with you! Email a pic to hello@pulp.town or tag #pulptown on Instagram. See more upcoming events on our events page, and COMING SOON add your own events with a Pulptown membership.
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Make it a good day, Orlando,
— Pulptown