Business Briefs

On Jan. 25, the Park Avenue Area Association hosted its annual member awards at the Meet & Greet. Members of the association voted and the results were shared for PAAA members in various categories:

Best Apparel Merchant- Tuni

Best Beauty Member- Gary Lambert Salon and Spa

Best Cultural Attraction Member- Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Best Restaurant/Specialty Food- The Ancient Olive

Best Gift/Specialty Store- Ten Thousand Villages

Best Professional Service Provider- Grafton Wealth Management at Merrill Lynch

Best Media/Publication- Winter Park Magazine

2011 Committee Chairman of the Year- Sarah Grafton DeVoe for Winter Park Sip & Stroll

Volunteer of the Year- Sarah Grafton DeVoe

The Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation elected Elizabeth Dvorak to its esteemed Board of Directors. Dvorak is chief executive officer and owner of Workscapes Inc.

NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new lease agreement that includes an option for the tenant to buy the property at 2325 Clark St. in Apopka.

Jonathan Perry, Shareholder in the Orlando office of Greenberg Traurig, was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for The Central Florida Partnership.

Daniel O’Keefe, Shareholder of Moore Stephens Lovelace, has been elected to serve as chairman of the Board of Directors for the Seminole State College Foundation.

Attorney Melody Lynch with Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, spoke about her Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) work involving a pregnant runaway teenager during a program titled "Practicing with Professionalism", a one-day seminar hosted by The Florida Bar.

Susan Vernon-Devlin, director of Public Relations at Massey Communications, has joined the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Central Florida’s board.

Keep Winter Park Beautiful (KWPB) is now accepting Pocket Park Restoration Project grant applications. Winter Park neighborhood and community-based groups are encouraged to apply for funds to support physical improvements such as plantings, restoration, community gardens and other beautification projects in public spaces. Complete details regarding the Pocket Park Restoration Project and grant applications can be found at www.kwpb.org under Projects > Pocket Park Restoration Project.