Stories with 'central florida' tag

🍰 Grab your Hurricane-themed cakes, Ian’s a-coming

Looking at how Hurricane Ian’s approach will affect us in Central Florida and resources to make the week a little less stressful.  By: Kit Mohr Heck, it’s Tuesday. It’s Florida, we’ve got a lot of sand, and in case you’ve had your head buried in it this past weekend and managed to avoid every news […]

/ September 27, 2022

🍔 Biting into O-town’s Burger Week

Let’s take a bite out of Burger Week, shall we? Plus, where to find a Pickle Rick Negroni, Shaq is back and meat made from milk. Guess who’s back, Wednesday.  Shaq is back, back again, and this time with another chicken restaurant in Central Florida. Shaquille O’Neal’s Big Chicken chain serves up the usual tenders […]

/ September 14, 2022

Locals to know: 10 questions with local photographer Airam Data-On

(📸: @airamdphoto) In my quest to introduce you to local people, businesses, and organizations to know in the city, I realized that I knew many, but I didn’t know-know them and figured now is a good time as any to get to know them better. That’s how I feel about Airam Data-On. I’ve only ever […]

/ April 12, 2021

Is local government incentivized by increased housing costs?

(📸: giphy) Our last reader-submitted question in our series about the current housing crisis in Central Florida is about property taxes and how they incentivize local government.  It comes from Kelsey K. who asked: “Does the city/county have a perverse incentive to allow housing costs to go up? Local governments receive the majority of their […]

/ November 27, 2019

Could strip malls be a solution to Orlando’s housing crisis?

(📸: Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay) Mark Brewer, CEO and President of Central Florida Foundation says turning old strip malls into housing could be one of many solutions needed to address our lack of affordable housing in Central Florida, but the practice comes with a lot of challenges. It’s a question our reader M. Adkins […]

/ November 20, 2019

The case for co-housing

(📸: @giphy) The first question in the third month of our deep dive into Central Florida’s affordable housing crisis comes from Kayla Mitchell, who asks, “Do you think co-housing could be a solution?” The tl;dr or short answer is no, co-housing is not a solution to affordable housing but it IS a possible solution to […]

/ November 5, 2019

Providing hope and school supplies for future generations in Central Florida

A look at some for the volunteers and backpacks organized for the 2018 Back 2 School Bash. 📸: HopeNow International In a few months when summer winds down, you’ll find a mountain of school backpacks and hair. For the past 13 years, Karla Radka, and her husband Michael Radka, have been leading hundreds of volunteers […]

/ March 19, 2019

These sloths are slowly winning over Central Florida

1… 2… 3… #slothie (📸: @wildfloridairboats) When was the last time you had an opportunity to hold a sloth? At Wild Florida, they want you to experience it.   “We’re in the business of helping people make a connection with animals,” said Sam Haught, the owner and co-founder of Wild Florida Airboats. Its mission is […]

/ February 12, 2019

5 stats to use next time you talk about affordable housing in Orlando

default 📸: @wallflowe12 It’s no secret that Orlando is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis and has been for a long time. But even just the phrase “affordable housing” has become so commonplace that it’s easy for us to assume we know what we’re talking about. That’s why we’re digging into what exactly […]

/ January 11, 2019