Restaurant Health Violations + Orlando Fighting Homelessness

Get on up, Orlando! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on in Orlando today.

In this issue, you'll learn about a local organization prepping families for an active Hurricane season, a local resident winning top honors at an art exhibition, restaurant shutdowns for health code violations, a new pizza spot coming to downtown Orlando, and more. Now, let's get started.

First, today's weather: Possible light rain in the evening and overnight. High: 87 Low: 75.

Here are the top stories today in Orlando:

1. A Maitland resident and UCF professor of art took home the top honors in this year's Florida Prize in Contemporary Art exhibition-cum-competition at Orlando Museum of Art. (Orlando Weekly)

2. Rebuilding Together of Central Florida is a local organization helping Orlando families prepare for hurricane season. (FOX 35 Orlando)

3. A Downtown Orlando bar on Pine Street called The Basement and Deangelo’s By the Sea in Brevard County were briefly shut down by the state after failed health inspections, including rodent droppings at both places. Orange County took the top spot for most warnings and complaints in Central Florida. (Orlando Sentinel)

4. City of Orlando is working to fight homelessness by investing more than $100,000 in a transportation and staffing agency that will help people get work. At any time, around 2,000 people experience homelessness in a single night in Central Florida counties. (WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando)

5. The Corner Pizza Bar will replace the popular Market on Magnolia in downtown Orlando. They plan to open in August 2021 will employ about 12-15 people. (Orlando Business Journal)

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Today in Orlando:

• Waterford Lakes Stuff the Bus Event. (8 a.m.)
• Public Skate at RDV Ice Den. (12 p.m.)
• Ole Red Orlando presents Kirk Jay from NBC’s The Voice. (5:30 p.m.)
• Thursday Night Market in Thornton Park. (6 p.m.)
• Orlando Salsa Congress 2021. (7 p.m.)
• Vintage Culture at The Vanguard. (9 p.m.)

Orlando Patch Notebook

• Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer: "The Williams family has lived in the Richmond Heights neighborhood for almost 70 years. Dating back to Hurricane Irma..." (Facebook)
• Downtown Orlando: "Giveaway alert⁠ ⁠ To celebrate all of our followers for #SocialMediaDay, we are giving away a $25 giftcard to Art..." (Facebook)
• Universal Orlando Resort: "We're about to get sappy. We just want to say, Happy Pride Month! We LOVE you and SEE you. You are our epic s..." (Instagram)
• Valencia College: "After serving 21 years as Valencia College's president, Dr. Sandy Shugart is retiring today. As we bid farewell to Dr..." (Instagram)
• Orlando Fire Department: "After the Task Force 4 team completed today's operational period, they were visited by Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator..." (Facebook)
• Montgomery Biscuits: "It is SO GOOD to be back!" (Instagram)
• Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer: "I was honored to welcome a special visitor to our city today. A World War II veteran, Sidney Walton is traveling the ..." (Facebook)
• Orlando City SC: "What a week for absolutely RIDICULOUS match-winners, this time for the U17s and Gonzalo Agustoni-Chagas who move on t..." (Instagram)
• The Florida Aquarium: "It may look like predation but this behavior is actually about preservation. In this symbiotic relationship, the neon..." (Instagram)
• Downtown Orlando: "There is a 30% chance that it is already raining" (Instagram)
• Pet Alliance Greater Orlando: "It’s “Sit Pretty” Tuesday with 1-year-old Sokka! From his sweet tail wags when we met him in the kennels, to hang..." (Instagram)

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That's it for today! I'll be back tomorrow with the latest updates in Orlando.

— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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