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Update on Mills & Nebraska

Here is some correspondence Gordon Spears received from the City. Download and view this pdf that references the changes below: Haven sketch-revised 5-30-13

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Hi Gordon,

Just wanted to let you know that the Mills Park developers are working on some revisions to the Haven / Nebraska intersection.  The curb will be extended to clearly prohibit the right turn motion. They are still working with traffic engineering staff to finalize the plan.
Thanks,
Elisabeth Dang, AICP
Chief Planner, Comprehensive Planning Studio

City of Orlando
Economic Development Department, City Planning Division
P.O. Box 4990
400 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, Florida  32802-4990

Phone: 407.246.3408

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Virginia Drive Live Street Party 2013~

Virginia Drive Live 2013

Event: Virginia Drive Live!
Host: Ivanhoe Village
Time: Friday, June 14, 2013 06:00PM until 09:00PM
Location: Virginia Drive

It’s that time of the year!

Virginia Dr. in Ivanhoe comes alive with late night shopping, food trucks, street vendors and artists,
entertainment, and more! Stretching along Virginia Dr. between Alden Rd. and Haven Dr.
Enjoy a beer garden in the lot next to The Venue and a wine stroll that leads you from merchant to merchant.

More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/118009578407697/

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2013 Lake Formosa Cleanup Sunday April 7th – 1p – 3p

The 2013 Lake Formosa Cleanup Sunday April 7th is from 1p – 3p.

We will be meeting in the parking lot next to the Lochaven Neighborhood Center, 610 North Lake Formosa.

We are partnering once again with Keep Orlando Beautiful, who will be providing trash bags and collection equipment and water.

Contact Emily at e_eade@hotmail.com if you want to volunteer.

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The Sunday Morning Coming Down Picnic Jam

https://www.facebook.com/events/599574580069988/

Join the fun at Menello Museum this sunday – before or after our Lake Formosa Lake Clean up.

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From Promoter Joseph Martens – I’m happy to announce the beginning of a new tradition in Orlando. Join us for the best of our live music, art, food and drink all in one place! Enjoy your favorite local bands performing a blend of originals with your favorite classics from the SMCD radio show. We’ll be celebrating old school Country, Folk, American and Bluegrass featuring songs from Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson to Lucinda Williams and Allison Krauss and everything in between.
Bring a blanket, bring your dog, bring your friends and whole family, we’ll bring the rest!
In addition to a full day of live music we will have food trucks, a dog parade, a karaoke dunk tank, activities for the kids and a large parlay of Orlando visual artist displaying and selling their work.
$10 at the door and all proceeds all proceeds from this event will go to benifit Heartstrings Music. (heartstringsmusic.org)

Our updated list of performers includes:

The JC’s Trio
My Generation
Thomas Wynn & Friends
with Jeff Nolan
Shew’Bird
Rocket Fish
Hindu Cowboys
The Gold Miners
Terri Binion
Jessy Daumen
Holcomb Brothers
Giddy Up Go
Stephen Rock
Sunny Raskin
Astatula Hometown Reunion
Heather Lee and Jordan Wynn
Maxx Von Shadow
The Polkstocks
Tim Turner
Nick Landess
Ricky Dickens
Mike Levin
Riverbottom Nightmare Band
Stahll in Time
Hanna Harber
Jim O’Rourk
Brian Chodorcoff
Christian Kelty
Matt Gersting
The Tom & Dan Show
The Reverend
Juno Smile

Stay tuned!

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Wekiva Parkway Community Open House Meeting‏ – this THURSDAY 3/21/13

The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority will hold a community open-house meeting for the first section of the Wekiva Parkway (State Road 429), located from just north of US Highway 441 near Plymouth Sorrento Road to north of Kelly Park Road.

The 4.6-mile project will feature all electronic tolling and an interchange at Kelly Park Road. Construction on this $224.7 million project is scheduled to begin by late 2014 and finish in 2016.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 21 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the cafeteria at Apopka High School located at 555 W. Martin St., Apopka, FL 32712. The public may review maps, drawings and other pertinent information about the 60% complete design plans for this project. Members of the project team will be available to answer questions.

For more information, please contact Public Information Officer Mary Brooks at 407-694-5505, via email at info@wekivaparkway.com or log on to www.wekivaparkway.com.