After Hurricane Matthew devastated southwest Haiti in 2016, there was little left standing around the school that hotelier Harris Rosen built. Photos show its bright red roof mostly intact, surrounded by fields of destruction near the town of Chantal. By stroke of luck or providence, the school…
Lockheed Martin’s recent hiring binge is snapping up engineers and tech talent from the University of Central Florida and other schools almost as fast as they graduate, and bringing in people from other cities to work in Orlando. Alex Borell got his bachelor’s degree in engineering from UCF in…
If you have your own contracting business, getting new customers is your livelihood. However, you want to promote yourself to the RIGHT customers. Otherwise, if you just promote to the masses, it can cost you. Spending time and money on resources that are going out to people who would never hire you. Don’t let the […]
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has purchased downtown Orlando’s HD Supply building at 501 W. Church St., according to Orange County property records. The five-story building was opened in 2004 near the Amway Center. The sale closed on Thursday, and the sale price as recorded on Tuesday is $28 million,…
Orlando attorney Charlie Gray, who says he’s been a longtime member of the National Rifle Association, posted a photo of himself on Facebook Monday as he turned over in his AR-15 rifle to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. He also posted a blistering letter slamming the NRA for its response to…
Looking for another way to promote your contracting business? How about an email newsletter? Sure, email newsletters can be annoying, but that’s only when they are not created or sent correctly. No one really wants daily newsletters from the same company. Some companies even go overboard sending multiple emails a day. This is enough to […]
Orlando-based luxury motor coach transportation service RedCoach said it will add a free shuttle service from UCF to its Orlando station near Orlando International Airport. The move caters to a growing number of college students who don’t own cars. The motor coaches have free Wi-Fi, oversized…
A consortium led by University of Central Florida will soon take over management of Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the largest operational radio telescope in the world. UCF intends to boost programs for students to study space sciences in both Puerto Rico and Central Florida by providing hands-on…
Retired Air Force fighter pilot Christine Mau scanned the horizon over Eglin Air Force Base, looking for the enemy. “There they are,” she said, indicating two Russian-made MIG 29s among puffy white clouds. Below, the flat landscape of Northwest Florida was a sea of green trees and scrub. Closing…
Disney World will soon be connected to a new solar farm along State Road 429, 10 times larger than the existing Hidden Mickey solar farm near Epcot. Reedy Creek Improvement District signed an agreement and easement with Miami-based Origis Energy to build the facility, near ponds that are just east…