Here’s this week’s activities. Have a great week and remember, some of the events listed below are still looking for vendor or sponsor participation so check the list carefully so you don’t miss on an opportunity to promote yourself and your business. NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES When: Tuesday, October 19th 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM What: Nona [...]
Today’s economy is both a stressful and terrifying time for graduates. With Florida’s high unemployment rate, some graduates remain in school longer than necessary rather than face the harsh reality that is today’s job market. However, life after graduation isn’t as scary of a thought for all graduates. UCF’s Medical Laboratory Science program, offered through [...]
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES When: Tuesday, October 4th 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM What: Nona Business Referral Group (Exclusive) Where: Sweet Mama’s, 12205 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando Why: Networking group that provides a weekly forum for members and guests where they can grow their business. They have an exclusive membership policy and each member is the only representative [...]
Just off State Road 417, a five-minute drive east from Orlando International Airport, a 650-acre parcel of land is fast becoming a $2 billion medical campus, including a medical school, research laboratories and hospitals. Three years ago the Lake Nona medical city, as it is known, was nothing but a pasture and a promise. Its [...]
With only two holes left at the girls’ Class 1A state golf tournament last year at Golden Hills Golf and Turf Club in Ocala, Ashley Holder was 5-under par as the individual title lay within reach. She would find trouble at the 17th hole, though, and finish in a three-way tie for third overall as [...]
Congratulations to the Lake Nona Boys Golf team who defeated Central Florida Christian Academy on Wednesday, 180 to 234. Once again, Ryan Stovash and Bo Hyltin led the Lions with the low scores of the round. Stovash had a match low 36 and Hyltin added a 41. The win brings the boys’ overall record to [...]
Second-year Lake Nona boys golf coach Justin Johnson was thinking about more than his team’s stroke average when the Lions opened their 2010 season last week against Bishop Moore. Johnson, 28, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in July and has since undergone two of a scheduled four chemotherapy treatments. Despite the diagnosis, Johnson said his [...]
According to a recent article in the Orlando Business Journal, Firehouse subs is growing rapidly, and is “working on a location in the Lake Nona area that will likely open in 2012.” With the recently opened WineHouse at Lake Nona, we’re seeing more and more establishments coming to the area to suport the growth from [...]
The University of Central Florida’s $69.5 million College of Medicine at Lake Nona in southeast Orlando is seeking silver certification from the United States Green Building Council. The four-story, 175,000-square-foot facility reduced its potential environmental impacts in several categories: a 64 percent reduction in water use for irrigation, a 48 percent reduction in indoor-water use, [...]
Josh Sullivan and Matt Mendez have good reason to be looking forward to their senior season at Lake Nona High. Lake Nona’s first year of existence was last season. This year was the first time the players were able to go through spring practices, and the familiarity they have with one another will be quite [...]
