Community bulletin and business briefs

Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park is seeking enthusiastic and extremely appreciated volunteers who would love to work in a beautiful and tranquil setting. Volunteers interested in assisting with Reception, Gift Shop & Docent positions are invited to come to our 2010-2011 Season Orientation to be held on Aug. 11. Please call 407-647-6294 for additional information and to RSVP.

Calling for artists to participate in the Orlando Museum of Art's 1st Thursday event on Sept. 2: "Eclectic Knights II". This UCF Art Alumni Chapter annual event will represent the best UCF alumni and faculty has to offer from a variety of mediums. The deadline to submit is Sunday, Aug. 8. For more information, visit www.ucfalumni.com/art.

Eat at any Orlando Chipotle on Tuesday, Aug. 10, or Wednesday, Aug. 11, and save the receipt. Then go back any time during tax "free" weekend, Aug. 13–15 and receive a free burrito, salad, order of tacos or bowl with your receipt. No charge. No tax. No strings attached.

Winter Park resident Helmut Dungan held her 10th birthday party at Lilly Pulitzer in Winter Park on July 29. Instead of birthday gifts, Helmut asked that donations be made to Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Lilly Pulitzer also donated 10 percent of the day's sales to the Center. In total, Helmut raised $1,045 for the endangered turtles.

Historic Mount Vernon welcomed Dawn Dunham, from Maitland Middle School, to participate in a free weeklong program in July to further learn about the life and times of George Washington. "The teachers institute was a wonderful learning opportunity for me," said Dunham. "I am looking forward to sharing this information with my students at Maitland Middle School." For more information, visit www.MountVernon.org.

Local instructors of Infant Swimming Resource are competing in this month's Pepsi Refresh Project to Help Eliminate Childhood Drowning and encouraging the community to "vote for the float." To vote, visit http://pep.si/cfyml8 or text 101866 to Pepsi (73774). For more information about Infant Swimming Resource's self-rescue swimming program, please visit www.infantswim.com and watch their video on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1ufWFsip0.

After a great deal of planning, meetings and discussion, the Maitland Art and History Association is happy to announce the launching of a new look for the Maitland Art Center's website: www.maitlandartcenter.org. Under direction and guidance of UCF Professor Robert Reedy, students met with staff to help build an initial framework, then added text and photographs to offer more visual appeal for all to explore and enjoy.

Business Briefs

Orange County Property Appraiser Bill Donegan announced that his agency was recognized with a Special Achievement in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Award.

The Central Florida office of SIKON Construction, Maitland, announced the company is among Commercial Construction magazine's 2010 "Top U.S. Commercial Contractors."

NAI Realvest recently negotiated a new, three-year lease agreement for 2,000 square feet in the office building located at 280 Citrus Tower Blvd. in Clermont.

Readers of Orlando Weekly voted Ride Green Scooters on W. Fairbanks Avenue in Winter Park Central Florida's favorite provider of low-cost, energy-efficient Chinese motor scooters.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, LLC based in Baldwin Park, was awarded a design contract to remodel a Hannaford Brothers Supermarket in Swanton, Vt.

Phil Kean Designs, Inc. was honored at the 2010 Southeast Building Conference Awards Gala with five awards for residential design and construction.

Winter Park Memorial Hospital's Better Breathers Support Group was awarded the 2009-2010 best program of the year award by the Central Florida Chapter of the American Lung Association.

Moore Stephens Lovelace is proud to announce that Kurt Alter and Jeff Goolsby have been named principals.

The Downtown Orlando Penthouse Events Center, a 20,000-square-foot meeting facility located on the 16th floor of The Plaza's North Tower at the corner of Orange and Church Streets, is now open and available for a variety of large and small private events and will accommodate up to 250 guests.

Jon Franz, founder/broker of Business Exchange Services™ in Winter Park, received the International Business Broker Association's "Certified Business Intermediary" (CBI®) designation during IBBA Conference for Professional Development in Orlando.

Central Florida design firm Soco Interiors announced today that it has promoted senior designer Kristin Stape to serve as one of the firm's partners.

Grubb & Ellis/Commercial Florida Management Corporate office selected Lamm & Company Partners to renovate space in the Wachovia Building downtown.