Community Bulletin and Business Briefs

Community Bulletin

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of America Art is scheduled to reopen on Thursday, May 27. It closed on May 11, after an electrical short in the building's climate-control system caused some smoke to filter through the air ducts. The Museum on Park Avenue has to undergo an extensive cleaning. The electrical short was not related to the museum expansion currently under way. Visit MorseMuseum.org for more information.

Mitchell's Fish Market, which is opening in the Winter Park Village on June 14, is hiring for 115 positions, including various servers, cooks and general utility workers. Those interested should apply in person at 460 N. Orlando Ave. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 407-339-3474 or visit MitchellsFishMarket.com for more information.

During the week of July 13-18, the Thurston House will celebrate its 125th year, the same week as the city of Maitland celebrates its founding. Room rates all week are $125 per night. Also as a special that week, a variety of breakfast items from the late 1880s will be served. Visit www.thurstonhouse.com for more information.

About 50 students will graduate from Mountain State University Orlando this spring. The commencement ceremony will be held at 7 p.m on Tuesday, May 25 at the Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St., Orlando. Visit www.mountainstate.edu for more information.

Winter Park High School junior Lily Elmore had a unique 17th birthday celebration. She asked that everyone bring money that she could donate to Florida Hospital for Children. Lily was able to collect almost $600 and donated it all to the hospital. For more information on how to donate to Florida Hospital, please visit www.floridahopsitalfoundation.com.

To establish quiet zones, approximately $3.5 million is needed to transform our current rail crossings into safer crossings approved by the Federal Rail Administration. Winter Park says to please e-mail [email protected] before Friday, May 21, expressing your support.

The Maine Conservation Corps recently welcomed Neal Winston Watercutter of Maitland to serve as an Assistant Team Leader and AmeriCorps volunteer for the summer season. Watercutter, who is the son of Steve and Marianne Watercutter, also of Maitland, is a 1996 graduate of Lake Howell High School. For more information, visit www.maine.gov/doc/parks/mcc.

In an effort to raise funds for the local March of Dimes chapter, University of Phoenix's Central Florida campus in Maitland recently hosted a Dunk-A-Manager event. Employees were given an opportunity to dunk a manager or director for $5. Within two hours, staff members had already raised $330.

During Rollins College's recent commencement ceremony, the College awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to Allan Keen. Keen is a Rollins alumnus, a member of the Board of Trustees and president of Winter Park-based Keewin Real Property Company.

Business Briefs

The Maitland office of Deerfield Beach-based SIKON Construction announced that the company was a co-sponsor of the 2010 Lakeland Golf Classic held at the Lone Palm Country Club on April 30 that benefited the National Kidney Foundation of Florida, one of the Publix Super Markets Charities.

Winter Park-based Anson-Stoner received 15 District ADDY Awards – three Gold, 10 Silver and two Best of Category (AKA "Charlie") Awards – during the 4th District American Advertising Federation's award ceremony on Saturday, May 1, in Tampa.

RLF, a Winter Park-based architecture, engineering and interior design firm, recently received an Honorable Mention from the 2010 AIA TAP Building Information Model Awards for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center project.

Menchie's will open its newest franchise location in early June at 1939 Aloma Ave. in Winter Park. Local entrepreneurs Heissam Jebailey and Brian Linden are excited to bring this customizable frozen yogurt experience to the community.

Maitland-based Stevens Construction Inc. completed the renovation of the catheterization lab at the Florida Hospital Heart and Vascular Center in Sebring.

Winter Park-based Edwards Financial Services (EFS) was recognized in the Orlando Business Journal's Book of Lists 2010 as one of the largest financial planning firms in Central Florida.

The Orlando Regional Realtor Association has appointed Michael Kidd to serve as association executive of the 8,500-plus member organization.

NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement for 5,000 square feet of industrial space at 31653 Executive Blvd. in Executive Business Park in Leesburg.

Mattamy Homes has nearly sold out the first phase of its luxury City Homes at Baldwin Park located on Meeting Place in Baldwin Park off Corrine Drive and Bennett Road near downtown Orlando.

Emerson International recently closed three long-term lease agreements for office space in Maitland Center, Altamonte Springs and Longwood, including 4,152 square feet of office space at 2600 Maitland Center Parkway in Maitland Center.