Community Bulletin and Business Briefs

The Performing Arts of Maitland logo will ride on the LYNX Community Bus for 2011. The Pam Board of Directors with MSO Trumpeters attended the unveiling.

Full Sail University has been named #34 by StudentAdvisor.com in their ranking of the Top 100 Social Media Colleges in the United States.

An exhibit created by the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center in Maitland has been chosen for display in the Capitol Rotunda in Tallahassee.

The School Board of Orange County Public Schools unanimously approved the FuelMySchool agreement to be the district’s official online provider for school fundraising and school needs. Visit FuelMySchool.com

On Tuesday, April 12, the students at Jewish Academy of Orlando used official voting machines and ballots to vote for their favorite novels from the Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award. Pictured is fifth-grader Shira Weiss, who read all 29 of the Sunshine State books!

The Orlando Regional Realtor Association reports the median price of Orlando area existing-home sales has increased for the second consecutive month to $103,000. However, the March 2011 median price is 6.36 percent less than the median recorded in March 2010.

Ryan Green of Maitland was named to the Dean’s List at Randolph-Macon Academy.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando Area dedicated five homes to local families in the Stag Horn Villas townhome community, the affiliate’s first multifamily community.

Maitland resident Susanne Shepherdson, a senior at Huntington University, has been included in the 2011 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

On April 14, four Lithuanian artists from Orlando opened their common art exhibit at the Winter Park Library. More than 50 people came to meet with painters Irma Kirveliene, Oksana Kofman, glass artist Saulius Jankauskas and photographer Edita Klinkel. The exhibit will be open until the end of April. Visit EditaKlinkelPhotography.com

BRIO Tuscan Grille introduced a new menu Tuesday, April 12, including Tuscan Dips and a $5 Martini Night.

The Winter Park Police Department in partnership with the Victim Service Center of Orange County is conducting free Women’s Safety Classes for women who work and live in Winter Park. Call 407-599-3311.

Tickets going on sale

The Goldenrod Chamber of Commerce will host the 23rd Annual Tastefully Goldenrod, Food Tasting & Silent Auction from 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 10, at Sts. Peter & Paul Social Hall.

Registration is open for the 7th Annual Orlando Triathlon in Baldwin Park at 7 a.m. Sunday, May 22. Visit EpicSportsMarketing.com

Volunteer opportunities

Maitland is looking for residents to serve on the Charter Review Commission. Deadline to apply is Friday, April 29. There are also openings on various city boards. Contact the City Clerk for an application at 407-539-6219 or [email protected]

Central Florida letter carriers are calling on Central Florida residents to leave a sturdy bag containing non-perishable foods next to their mailbox on Saturday, May 14 for Second Harvest Food Bank.

The Jewish Family Services Southwest Orlando office is seeking volunteers to help on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit JFSOrlando.org

The Florida Department of Elder Affairs is recruiting volunteers for its SHINE program. To become a volunteer, contact 407-514-1823 or [email protected]

Business Briefs

Under a new program, Insight Credit Union employees are challenged to donate 24 hours of community service a year to nonprofit organizations, with a credit union-wide goal of 3,744 hours.

C.T. Hsu + Associates was recently awarded five Design Excellence Awards from the American Institute of Architects’ Orlando Chapter.

Jewett Orthopaedic Clinic opened its new Lake Mary office at 701 Platinum Point in the Stirling Center off Rhinehart Road on Monday, April 4.

Mattamy Homes U.S. Group reported nationwide sales the first week in April were the highest since March of 2010, and this past March was a record sales month in the Orlando region.

Arbus Magazine has named Crystal T. Broughan of Orlando-based law firm Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A. as a Woman of Influence. Visit addmg.com

NAI Realvest recently negotiated a lease renewal for 2,400 square feet at South Park Business Center, a flex, office and warehouse center at 8600 Commodity Circle in Orlando.

Longtime Winter Park Realtors David Francetic and Shelley Heistand of Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate chalked up a record $41.3 million in residential sales in 2010 and ranked as the No. 1 Coldwell Banker real estate team in an eight-county Central Florida Region, according to year-end MLS figures from the Orlando Regional Realtor Association.

The Central Florida Branch of RE/MAX offices that include RE/MAX 200 Realty and RE/MAX Town & Country Realty recently received an award from the corporate RE/MAX, LLC office for their sales volume in 2010. The offices had a successful year and achieved over $300 million in volume.

Ann Resnick, founder and CEO of Annie’s Euro American Bakery, was asked by Sysco to give a keynote speech at the 2011 Women’s Food Service Forum Annual Leadership Development Conference held in Orlando.