Community Bulletin

Leasing Park Avenue

Hold-Thyssen Inc., a Winter Park-based real estate services firm, recently negotiated a five-year lease agreement for 3,817 rentable square feet in Suite 200 at 243 W. Park Ave. in downtown Winter Park. Darby Hold and Therese Taylor, lease consultants for Hold-Thyssen Inc., negotiated the transaction representing the local landlord, New England Partners, LLC.

The new tenant, South Florida-based Harbor Community Bank, established its Central Florida Administrative Center in Winter Park, effective Aug. 1. The bank chose this building due to its excellent location in downtown Winter Park. Other major tenants at the New England Building include Kelly Price and Company, Elizabeth Hawthorne Faiella, PA, and Kracht Law Firm.

Call for senior artists

In celebration of Active Aging Week (sponsored by the International Council on Active Aging) – and in collaboration with the Winter Park Health Foundation, Rollins College and Volunteers for Community Impact – The Mayflower Retirement Community is issuing a call for local artists to participate in a juried senior art show. The registration deadline is Sept. 5.

The free event – called “Art for Generations” – is open to the public and will be held Thurs., Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Mayflower Retirement Community, located at 1620 Mayflower Court in Winter Park.

Artists must be at least 55 years of age, and may submit up to five original entries in any of the following categories: paintings (watercolor, oil, acrylic); 3-D mixed media (wood, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, basket-weaving, needlework, clay); or photography. Artwork must have been completed within the last three years.

A “Merit Award” of $100 will be awarded in each category, and an overall “Best of Show” award of $200 will also be presented.

To register, go to www.themayflower.com/artshow, or pick up a form at the front desk in The Mayflower lobby. For additional information, contact Janelle Renda at 407-672-1620, ext. 1165.

I-4 expansion headquarters

DACG, Inc.’s first project as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise will be the rehabilitation of the Interstate 4 expansion headquarters building in Maitland. The headquarters building will house the Interstate 4 Mobility Partners project teams such as contracting firms: SKANSKA USA, LANE Construction Corp., and Granite Construction Co., and serve as a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) field office.

DACG, Inc. has received several certifications in the past few months that provide eligibility to perform work on state and federal building projects as a woman and minority-owned business. DACG’s President Heather McCandless recently received notice of the construction contracting firm’s certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise.

The building will serve as the hub for construction activities during the I-4 project set for construction to start in early 2015 and completion in early 2021.