What Orlando is talking about
💉 Florida residents age 60 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting Monday, March 15. Gov. Ron DeSantis made the announcement yesterday during a news conference in Tallahassee. (WESH)
🚲 March is Florida Bike Month y’all, and the Orlando Bike Coalition is hard at work advocating for all Orlando cyclists. The advocacy group is also on the hunt for board members to join its growing team. It’s specifically looking for candidates with a passion for advocacy and manifesting a safe cycling environment throughout Orlando. Is that you? Check out the application here and reach out to info@orlandobikes.org with any additional questions. (Orlando Bike Coalition)
🗳 It's a big day for Winter Garden, Ocoee, Windermere, and especially Winter Park. All four Orange County municipalities are heading to the polls today to vote on city officials: a mayoral position in Winter Park, city commissioner seats in Winter Garden, the District 2 and District 4 commissioner seats in Ocoee, and three seats on the Windermere Town Council. (Orlando Sentinel)
🎟 In “big” news on Friday, Universal Orlando announced that it will bring its Beetlejuice show back to Halloween Horror Nights this year. In case you missed it, yes, Halloween Horror Nights is back on and will celebrate its 30th anniversary from Sept. 3 to Oct. 31. Beetlejuice was the first big “haunt” announced and is so far the only one known. (Orlando Weekly)
💰 Today’s the last day for small historic restaurants to apply for a $1 million grant from Main Street America’s new grant program. The process is open to any small restaurants across the country that’ve been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and have at least 25 years’ worth of history within a community. Restaurants owned and operated by minority groups will be given special consideration and applications are due here by midnight tonight. (Bungalower)
🙏 Local food blogger Ricky Ly has launched a GoFundMe to raise money for snacks and food for frontline workers administering vaccines at the Orange County Convention Center. As of writing, he has raised $1,100 of his $2,000 goal. With Ly’s help, Tien Hung Market / Banh Mi Boy’s Benjamin Phan delivered over 200 Vietnamese Spring Rolls and gallons of Vietnamese coffee to the convention center workers last week. (Tasty Chomps)
