Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Avalon Park Farmers Market to Relocate and to Remain Open All Summer at Avalon Park Founders Square Starting May 2

ORLANDO - The Avalon Park Farmers Market, which hosts hundreds of Avalon Park residents at Town Park every weekend, will relocate to Founders Square in Downtown Avalon Park starting May 2 and will remain open through the summer on Sundays from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Stephanie Hodson, marketing coordinator at Avalon Park, said the Avalon Park Farmers Market was a fall-to-spring seasonal event that has grown to be weekly and extend through the summer to become a staple event of the community.

“The Avalon Park Farmers Market has evolved into a community gathering and Sunday social occasion as well as a market for fresh vegetables and specialty foods,” Hodson said.

“This is exactly what we were hoping for and we’re going to stay open all summer,” she said.

For more information contact:
Stephanie Hodson, Marketing Coordinator, Avalon Park Group 407-658-6565 stephanie@avalonparkgroup.com; Eric Marks, Vice President, Avalon Park Group 407-658-6565; Beat Kahli, Founder /CEO Avalon Park Group 407-658-6565; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142

Orlando’s OC Grant Consulting Offers New Series of Classes to Help Faith- and Community-Based Organizations Attain Non-Profit Status

ORLANDO – Olivette Carter, owner of OC Grant Consulting Associates, will conduct the next in a Spring series of seminars on attaining non-profit status and grant funding Saturday May 8, at the University of Central Florida Business Incubator-Orlando.

The session, titled “Board Development for New Non-Profits,” will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at 3218 E. Colonial Drive.

OC Grant Consulting is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program, one of the program’s eight business incubators throughout the Central Florida area.
Designed for executives, administrators, managers and other leaders of aspiring or new start-up grassroots organizations, the series began earlier this month with “How to Start a Non-Profit and Obtain 501(c)3 Status” seminar.

Additional Saturday seminars are: “Program Design and Planning,” May 15; and “Introduction to Grant Writing,” May 22.

The cost of each class is $35.00. To register, call 321-281-8346 or go on-line at ocgrantconsulting.com. Please resister by the Wednesday prior to each seminar.

For more information about this release, please contact:
Olivette Carter, owner, OC Grant Counseling, 321-281-8346 or ocgrants@obdc2.fdn.com; Henriette Schoen, UCFBI-Orlando site manager, 321-281-8383, hschoen@mail.ucf.edu; Gordon Hogan, director of operations, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407-882-1157; ghogan@mail.ucf.edu; Charlene Hager-Van Dyke, Larry Vershel Communications, 386-532-8862, 407-644-4142; Lvershelco@aol.com or chagervandyke@yahoo.com

About the UCF Business Incubation Program: Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 140 emerging companies (including 90 current clients) create over $800 million in annual revenue and more than 1,600 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. With eight facilities across the Greater Orlando community, the Incubation Program is a collaboration in economic development between the University of Central Florida, Orange County, the City of Orlando, Seminole County, the City of Winter Springs, City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, The City of St. Cloud and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.

Pulte Homes to Host Grand Opening May 1 to Showcase New Calabria Model Home at Stonebrier-Waterbridge in Lutz

TAMPA - Pulte Homes will host a grand opening on Saturday May 1, to showcase its new Calabria single-family model home at Stonebrier-Waterbridge, located off Sun Lake Blvd., west of Dale Mabry Hwy. in Lutz.

Sean Strickler, Vice President of Sales for Pulte Homes Central Florida Division, said the Calabria model home offers five bedrooms and four baths in 3,304 square feet of living space with three-car garage on a 75-foot home site, base priced from the $310s. Special features of the model include cherry hardwood flooring in the formal areas and family room, granite in the kitchen with 42” upgraded maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances and 20x20 tile on diagonal.

Visitors who register at the grand opening from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will be eligible to win a $500 Lowe’s gift card, Strickler said. Complimentary refreshments will be available.

Pulte Homes is building more than 60 new single-family homes at Stonebrier-Waterbridge priced from the $230s. Six new floor plans are available that range in size from 2,426 square feet to 3,304 square feet, Strickler added.

Along with lush preserves and natural lakes, the Stonebrier-Waterbridge community features the Stonebrier Club, a 14-acre neighborhood amenity center with resort-style swimming pool, waterslide and children’s play area, a state-of-the-art fitness facility with weight training and cardio equipment and a multi-use sports field, basketball court, playground, and a rock climbing wall.

For more information, telephone 813-948-8866 or visit www.pulte.com/tampa.

For more information, contact:
Lyndsey Clarke, Marketing Manager, Pulte Homes Central Florida Division 407-661-2150 ext. 1416, 2301 Lucien Way, Suite 400, Maitland, FL 32751; lyndsey.clarke@pulte.com; Sean C. Strickler, Vice President Sales, Pulte Homes Central Florida Division, 407-661-1461 sstrickler@pulte.com; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com

ABD Development Company earns Grand Award, Realtors Choice Award for Courtyard III Model Home at Toscana in Palm Coast

PALM COAST - The Courtyard III model home at Toscana in Palm Coast earned luxury home builder ABD Development Company a Grand Award and a Realtors Choice award during the Flagler Home Builders Association 2010 Parade of Homes, which ends May 2.

The Courtyard III model home offers three bedrooms with two-and-a-half baths in 3,033 square feet of living space with a three-car garage priced from $599,000.

The Courtyard III model home offers a unique, eye-popping feature: a private indoor courtyard that can serve as a contemplative garden or a swimming pool and spa.

“The Courtyard III model home has won numerous design and Parade of Homes awards and, more importantly, it is one of our most popular model homes at Toscana and also in Polk County at Providence,” said David Kohn, president of ABD Development Company.

For more information, contact: Alene Raskin, Marketing Manager, ABD Development Company 407-370-6400; David Kohn, President, ABD Development Company 407-370-6400; Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142