Posted in Community Happenings, Virginia Drive, tagged art shows on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
COMMA Gallery Update:
Catch the last remaining Stephen Bach: Atmospheric Landscapes through June 5th
June 10th, 2008 6:30-9pm Opens Threads Across I-4 a show of fiber art. Also featuring the Contemporary Horse Sculpture of Jim Casey
Also, July 8th 6:30-9pm running through August, is an exhibit by numerous museum quality artists celebrating Florida’s agriculture: Cows at [...]
Posted in Community Happenings, Environment/Wildlife, Get Involved! Involvement Opportunity, Lake Formosa, Mennello Museum of Folk Art on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Neighbors,
I got this e-mail from Kim Robinson at the Mennello.
Considering what a great neighbor the Mennello has been to our Association, I hope that we will provide many volunteers for these very worthy (and fun) activities.
I plan on helping out with the tree cleanup on the 18th, but it seems that there may be [...]
Posted in City of Orlando, Dowd Project, Municipal Planning Board, Transportion And Traffic, Virginia Drive on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Neighbors,
On 5/19 I spoke before the Municipal Planning Board regarding the Dowd Project on Virginia Drive to urge them to add an additional on-street parallel parking space in front of the building. In spite of our neighborhood’s support of an additional parking space, Dowd’s support of an additional parking space, the City planning department’s [...]
Posted in Environment/Wildlife, Lake Formosa on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Check out today’s Orlando Sentinel! Big Blue made the Reader Views section (letters to the editor) in a great letter titled “Litter Kills: Overwheming threat to wildlife” by Beth Hollenbeck. It is the feature article!
From: Beth Hollenbeck [mailto:beth@eco-store.com]
This is the day we captured Big Blue; the can had been ripped by this time [...]
Posted in City of Orlando, Dowd Project, Virginia Drive, meetings on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is the staff report which was just finished today. Dowd is asking for a variance for height and will go before the MPB later this month. he wants 55′ (Staff told me that the tower is no longer proposed since the elevator will not go to the loft). Zonning is 35′. There will (again [...]
Posted in Community Happenings, tagged art shows on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
COMMA GALLERY
407-894-4505
813 Virginia Drive, Orlando, Fl 32803 • www.commagallery.com
Between Orange and Mills, parking off Dauphin Lane behind building
Admission is Free, no age restrictions
407 376-1400
Atmospheric Landscapes: Stephen Bach Paintings
MAY 13th-June 30, 2008
2nd TUESDAY May 13th Reception 6:30-9pm
Kim Sumner, Curator at COMMA Gallery and collector of Bach kept having friends try to buy his art off [...]
Posted in Community Happenings, Get Involved! Involvement Opportunity, Ivanhoe Village, Orange Avenue corridor, meetings on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
As you know, I am on the Board of Ivanhoe Village Main Street - an organization dedicated to improving the commercial corridor along Orange Avenue from Magnolia to Florida Hospital. I have agreed to head the Promotions Committee that will plan festivals and public events, and am seeking other neighbors to work on this [...]
Posted in Dowd Project, Virginia Drive, news on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Bill Dowd has shared with LFNA this rendering of a mixed use retail/office/residential building that he is planning to build on the North side of Virginia between Dauphin and Haven. The site is currently occupied by a single story house-looking structure about mid-block between two retail buildings.
Posted in Community Happenings, Get Involved! Involvement Opportunity, meetings, news on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is some info about the Orange County Neighborhood Conference.
This is an appropriate venue for any of our neighbors who wish to learn more about effective organizing and advocacy for our neighborhood.
Orange County Community Conference 7-19-08
Posted in Environment/Wildlife, Lake Formosa, Philadelphia/Alden Pollution cleanup on May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Mr. Taylor:
Thank you for this most recent update and for meeting with Lake Formosa Neighborhood Association last month to give an overview presentation of the latest project status.
Your consistent support at OCEPD exemplifies the very best ways in which a public agency can help a neighborhood stay informed on [...]
