Aug 31, 2011

Governor's Job Fair

Hundreds of upper, mid and entry level career openings in Central Florida as well as job seeker and educational resources on hand to assist you with your job search.

Governor's Job Fair 9/7/2011

Central Florida Fair Exposition Park
4603 W Colonial Drive, Orlando
located between Kirkman & John Young

free admission & free parking
open to all job seekers
no children, please

Aug 24, 2011

UCF Dental School

UCF is considering a proposal to establish a College of Dental Medicine at the UCF Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona. The college will fill a need to provide students with a local dental program and it is expected to create at least 110 local jobs as well as an initial economic impact of $73 million. The dental college also will benefit Central Florida’s community by attracting research that could improve oral and overall health care.

Aug 17, 2011

Waterford Lakes Lost Pets

LoveyLoaves has launched Waterford Lakes Lost Pets, a free community-service website to help reunite lost and found pets with their owners in Waterford Lakes, Avalon Park and the surrounding areas of east Orange County.

WaterfordLakesLostPets.com lets users post details about lost and found pets, download and print customized fliers and check out resources about pets and pet ownership. Once information is posted to the site, an automated message is sent to members of the community who have signed up for email alerts. That way, neighbors can look out for one another and their pets.

Aug 11, 2011

Property Values Down, Property Taxes Up

Real estate values may still be sinking, but tens of thousands of Orange County homeowners are about to get word that they still face a bigger tax bill. Property Appraiser Bill Donegan said the rude awakening should start arriving in the mail this weekend through Truth In Millage, or TRIM, notices. They are the annual heads-up owners receive showing how their assessed value and proposed tax rates compare with last year.

Overall property values in Orange shriveled by 2% from 2010, but because of a 30% school tax increase that voters approved last fall, all property owners likely face a bigger tax bill.

Aug 8, 2011

East Orlando Mega Developments

Two mega-development projects, Innovation Way East and Rybolt Park, located in East Orange County were supposed to wait two years before re-emerging after their defeat in 2010. But developers behind each one wanted to move ahead sooner on plans to build thousands of new residences and millions of feet in commercial construction. Read full article

Aug 2, 2011

Sales Tax Holiday

Sales tax holiday is 8/12/2011 to 8/14/2011. more info