The Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute scored $300 million in 2006 when it agreed to set up shop in Central Florida, making it one of the largest beneficiaries of public incentive money in state history. Just five years later, the institute that is central to Orlando’s “medical city” development – along with UCF’s medical school and [...]
University of Central Florida plans to open a dental school near its College of Medicine in the heart of Lake Nona’s Medical City. UCF officials announced Thursday that they’re looking to open a College of Dental Medicine in 2014 that would graduate about 100 dentists a year. But some state officials and administrators at other [...]
Even though Lake Nona is only a second-year school, softball coach Julie Bouton not only thought the Lions would reach the state playoffs, she expected it. “I knew they could do it,” said Bouton, who was an assistant coach in the Lions’ initial season. “Initially, that was my goal. The girls, honestly at the beginning [...]
Turning the car into this manicured corner of Orlando’s gated Lake Nona enclave, the rear-view mirror fills suddenly with the vision of a hulking white Mercedes S-Class. Out into the midday sun, resplendent in a signature get-up of two-tone shirt and designer shades, steps Ian Poulter. He is talking animatedly on his iPhone. An audience [...]
If you look good in a white lab coat or consider a stethoscope a must-have accessory, Orlando is becoming a prime job market. It’s not often that this city is touted as a leader in new high-wage jobs, but the region is poised to grow its image as a medical cluster over the next 18 [...]
On Saturday, March 19, 2011, Cargill Animal Nutrition’s employee-led Cargill Cares Council presented a $1,000 check to Harmony Institute board member Michael Stewart and Harmony Institute founder and president, Martha Lentz. The donation is to support the Institute’s mission of promoting human health and well-being through the interaction of people, animals and nature. After presenting [...]
Orlando’s VA hospital, with 134 in-patient beds, will shorten the trip for 90,000 veterans in Central Florida who now go to VA hospitals in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Gainesville. Veterans and elected officials marked the halfway point Sunday in the construction of the $665 million Orlando VA Medical Center with a “topping out” ceremony. A [...]
A little bit of Baldwin Park’s New Urbanism style may soon find a home in Lake Nona, opening up opportunities for additional commercial development needed to support neighborhood growth. Developer Lake Nona Land Co. has plans in the works for a 503-home traditional neighborhood design community — also known… Read more: Lake Nona fashions home [...]
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This isn’t something we’re used to hearing in the Lake Nona area, but, according to cfnews13.com, four boys tried breaking into Lake Nona High School. They were spotted on the roof of the school by a police helicopter after the set off alarms. The report says one of the boys’ mom showed up and said [...]
