ORLANDO – Tom Moench, founder of Orlando-based Orange Blossom Pilsner, is one of more than 30 craft brewers who will be featured next month at the 2nd annual DeLand Craft Beer Festival.
The event, scheduled from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, will be held in the Artisan Alley at 118 W. New York Ave. in downtown DeLand.
Moench – a client member of the University of Central Florida’s Business Incubator Program – said he fell in love with his first beer when he was only 12 and started brewing in his family’s garage at the age of 18.
After years of studying books on brewing, visiting breweries, and tasting lots of beer, Moench began experimenting with everything from ginseng and shitake mushrooms to coconut and fresh fruit. But, it was the 2.3 teaspoons of fermented orange blossom honey that seemed to give every bottle of his Orange Blossom Pilsner exactly what he had been searching for: a clean, crisp, yet complex, flavor.
The flavor combination has been a huge hit as Orange Blossom Pilsner currently is on tap at 50 locations in Central Florida and is available in bottles at more than 600 locations throughout the state, including many Publix supermarkets and ABC Liquors. It’s also the number one selling beer at the Mellow Mushroom.
In addition to his OBP beer, Moench also will be pouring two other samples at the DeLand festival: OBP2, which has the same ingredients as OBP but with half the water; and Toasted Coconut Porter, which Moench calls the “little brother” to stout beer.
Tickets for the festival – which are available from the DeLand Beacon, daVinci Cafe, The Abbey Wine and Beer Bar and the Mainstreet DeLand office – are $20 in advance and $25 at the gate. For details, call 386-738-0649.
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About the UCF Business Incubation Program: Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Business Incubation Program has helped more than 160 emerging companies (including nearly 100 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 – and soon nine – facilities opened across the Greater Orlando community, the Business 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, The City of Sanford, Lake County, the City of Leesburg, Osceola County, the City of Kissimmee, City of St. Cloud, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and will be adding Volusia County. For more information, please visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.
For more information about this release, please contact: Tom Moench, Owner, Orange Blossom Pilsner, Tom@OrangeBlossomPilsner.com; Melissa Wasserman, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubator-Orlando, 321-281-8384, mwasserm@mail.ucf.edu; Charlene Hager-Van Dyke, Larry Vershel Communications, 386-532-8862 or 407-644-4142; chagervandyke@yahoo.com
Monday, January 31, 2011
Henin Realty to Open Realty Office in Miami’s South Beach on Feb. 1, Realtor Cina Melin Appointed Director of Operations
ORLANDO - Henin Realty, a division of luxury residential developer the Henin Group, will open a realty office at 407 Lincoln Rd. in Miami’s South Beach area Feb. 1.
Jerome Henin, founder and principal of the Henin Group and Henin Realty, said the firm recently leased the 1,500 square foot office facility.
Henin appointed Realtor Cina Melin director of operations of the Henin Group’s South Florida division.
Melin, who is fluent in French, Spanish, and some Russian, has more than 15 years of experience in real estate sales.
The Henin Group is developing Riviera Bella overlooking the St. Johns River in DeBary.
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For more information contact: Jerome Henin, Founder & President, Henin Group, 407-425-7888
Jerome Henin, founder and principal of the Henin Group and Henin Realty, said the firm recently leased the 1,500 square foot office facility.
Henin appointed Realtor Cina Melin director of operations of the Henin Group’s South Florida division.
Melin, who is fluent in French, Spanish, and some Russian, has more than 15 years of experience in real estate sales.
The Henin Group is developing Riviera Bella overlooking the St. Johns River in DeBary.
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For more information contact: Jerome Henin, Founder & President, Henin Group, 407-425-7888
Stoneybrook West Golf Club is Dedicating February to Benefit Central Florida Humane Society/SPCA Orlando
ORLANDO - Stoneybrook West Golf Club, a Celebration Golf Management facility in Winter Garden, is offering $10 off green fees during February for every $5 donation made to the Central Florida Humane Society.
Mark Bearss, general manager of Stoneybrook West Golf Club, said he expects the effort will raise a significant amount for the Humane Society and its annual fundraiser benefitting the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA).
In addition, Bearss said Stoneybrook is putting together a team to participate in the Pet Walk the Humane Society is hosting Saturday Feb. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando.
All donations collected at Stoneybrook West Golf Club and funds raised by the team’s Pet Walk will be turned over to the Central Florida Humane Society.
Stoneybrook West Golf Club is located off SR 429 in Winter Garden. For more information, contact 407-797-8533
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For more information, please contact: Mark Bearss, General Manager, Stoneybrook West, 407-797-8533; Gene Garrote, President, Celebration Golf Management, 407-566-1045
Mark Bearss, general manager of Stoneybrook West Golf Club, said he expects the effort will raise a significant amount for the Humane Society and its annual fundraiser benefitting the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA).
In addition, Bearss said Stoneybrook is putting together a team to participate in the Pet Walk the Humane Society is hosting Saturday Feb. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando.
All donations collected at Stoneybrook West Golf Club and funds raised by the team’s Pet Walk will be turned over to the Central Florida Humane Society.
Stoneybrook West Golf Club is located off SR 429 in Winter Garden. For more information, contact 407-797-8533
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For more information, please contact: Mark Bearss, General Manager, Stoneybrook West, 407-797-8533; Gene Garrote, President, Celebration Golf Management, 407-566-1045
Lennar’s Heritage Hills to Host Tribute to Historic “Orange Blossom Special” Train on Feb. 12 with Live Music, Train Rides
CLERMONT - Heritage Hills, Lennar’s active adult community off Hancock Rd. and Hartwood Marsh Rd. south of S.R. 50 in Clermont, will celebrate the venerated “Orange Blossom Special” a 1920s-era luxury train service of Seaboard Air Line Railroad at a special event from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12.
Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said the Orlando Society of Model Railroaders plan to entertain guests with an exhibit of the “Silver Meteor” another Seaboard Airline Railroad Super Locomotive.
The Heritage Hills event will also host live entertainment by the “Porch Dogs,” who’s Cajun, Bluegrass and Folk music is well known in Central Florida.
Metheny said the Porch Dogs plan a special performance of “The Orange Blossom Special,” the historic song by Erwin T. Rouse and Robert Russell “Chubby” Wise that was covered by Bill Monroe and Johnny Cash among others, and called the best known fiddle song of the 20th Century.
Lennar will host a luncheon featuring gourmet “Orange Blossom Special” foods. A train will shuttle guests to the new villa model homes at Heritage Hills and visitors will receive a souvenir event t-shirt, Metheny added.
Lennar is offering new home buyers a wide range of incentives through Feb. 28 to celebrate ready-to-move-in villa and single family homes at Heritage Hills that are priced from the $130s.
Incentives offered through Feb. 28 include two years free home owner association dues, free luxury home upgrades, and $5,000 off of their new home purchase price, Metheny added.
Visit www.Lennar.com.
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For more information contact: Sara K. Nakamine, Active Adult Marketing Lennar-Heritage Hills, 813-494-6391; David Parker, Director of Sales Lennar-Orlando Region, 888-317-7489; Mark Metheny, Lennar Division President-Central Florida, 727-479-1700
Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said the Orlando Society of Model Railroaders plan to entertain guests with an exhibit of the “Silver Meteor” another Seaboard Airline Railroad Super Locomotive.
The Heritage Hills event will also host live entertainment by the “Porch Dogs,” who’s Cajun, Bluegrass and Folk music is well known in Central Florida.
Metheny said the Porch Dogs plan a special performance of “The Orange Blossom Special,” the historic song by Erwin T. Rouse and Robert Russell “Chubby” Wise that was covered by Bill Monroe and Johnny Cash among others, and called the best known fiddle song of the 20th Century.
Lennar will host a luncheon featuring gourmet “Orange Blossom Special” foods. A train will shuttle guests to the new villa model homes at Heritage Hills and visitors will receive a souvenir event t-shirt, Metheny added.
Lennar is offering new home buyers a wide range of incentives through Feb. 28 to celebrate ready-to-move-in villa and single family homes at Heritage Hills that are priced from the $130s.
Incentives offered through Feb. 28 include two years free home owner association dues, free luxury home upgrades, and $5,000 off of their new home purchase price, Metheny added.
Visit www.Lennar.com.
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For more information contact: Sara K. Nakamine, Active Adult Marketing Lennar-Heritage Hills, 813-494-6391; David Parker, Director of Sales Lennar-Orlando Region, 888-317-7489; Mark Metheny, Lennar Division President-Central Florida, 727-479-1700
OptiGrate Receives Florida Companies to Watch Award
ORLANDO – OptiGrate Corp has been recognized as a recipient of the 2011 Florida Companies to WatchSM award, an honor presented by GrowFL, the Florida Economic Gardening Institute, in association with the Edward Lowe Foundation. The 50 companies were chosen after evaluating more than 310 nominations for the awards, represent industries ranging from alternative energy development to food production and industrial gear makers to information technology firms.
“It is truly an honor for us to be a part of the inaugural class of 50 Florida Companies to Watch,” says OptiGrate’s Chief Executive Officer Dr. Alexei Glebov. “A strong presence of high-tech companies in the group is a sound indicator of the changing face of the Florida’s economy and OptiGrate is excited to contribute to it with our dedication to new technologies and innovation”.
Florida Companies to Watch is an awards program that celebrates privately held second-stage companies headquartered in the state. Awardees are selected for demonstrating the intent and capacity to grow based on employee or sales growth, exceptional entrepreneurial leadership, sustainable competitive advantage or other notable strengths.
“This statewide event lauds the success of business leaders who have taken their operations to the "second-stage" of growth and hold the potential to continue to create new jobs in their communities and industries, thereby making a difference in regional communities”, says Dr. Tom O’Neal, vice president for Research & Commercialization at the University of Central Florida.
The companies will receive their awards at an awards gala on Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida.
About OptiGrate Corp: OptiGrate Corp, founded in 1999, pioneered and successfully brought to market the innovative technology of volume Bragg grating based optical filters. The unique micro-optic components made by OptiGrate enable dramatic performance improvement of laser systems, vast miniaturization and cost reduction of analytical instruments and ultrafast lasers for medical, pharma, defense, nanotech, and other applications. OptiGrate supplies custom builds as well as volume orders of diffractive optical components to more than 200 customers on 5 continents, including government contractors, key industrial and academic players in optoelectronics, analytical, and semiconductor industries. Additional information about the company can be obtained at www.OptiGrate.com.
“It is truly an honor for us to be a part of the inaugural class of 50 Florida Companies to Watch,” says OptiGrate’s Chief Executive Officer Dr. Alexei Glebov. “A strong presence of high-tech companies in the group is a sound indicator of the changing face of the Florida’s economy and OptiGrate is excited to contribute to it with our dedication to new technologies and innovation”.
Florida Companies to Watch is an awards program that celebrates privately held second-stage companies headquartered in the state. Awardees are selected for demonstrating the intent and capacity to grow based on employee or sales growth, exceptional entrepreneurial leadership, sustainable competitive advantage or other notable strengths.
“This statewide event lauds the success of business leaders who have taken their operations to the "second-stage" of growth and hold the potential to continue to create new jobs in their communities and industries, thereby making a difference in regional communities”, says Dr. Tom O’Neal, vice president for Research & Commercialization at the University of Central Florida.
The companies will receive their awards at an awards gala on Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida.
About OptiGrate Corp: OptiGrate Corp, founded in 1999, pioneered and successfully brought to market the innovative technology of volume Bragg grating based optical filters. The unique micro-optic components made by OptiGrate enable dramatic performance improvement of laser systems, vast miniaturization and cost reduction of analytical instruments and ultrafast lasers for medical, pharma, defense, nanotech, and other applications. OptiGrate supplies custom builds as well as volume orders of diffractive optical components to more than 200 customers on 5 continents, including government contractors, key industrial and academic players in optoelectronics, analytical, and semiconductor industries. Additional information about the company can be obtained at www.OptiGrate.com.
Mattamy Homes to Open Single Family Homes in February at Marley Park in Surprise
TEMPE - Mattamy Homes will open a new single family model home by Feb. 15 at Marley Park, located east of Reems Road just south of Waddell Road in Surprise, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix.
Carolyn Morrison, vice president of operations at Mattamy Homes in Arizona, said the 2,080 square foot Provence model home at Marley Park will be fully furnished and professionally decorated.
Morrison said homebuyers may choose from four new Mattamy designs at Marley Park that range from 1,521 square feet of living space to 2,501 square feet, with three and four bedrooms, two and three baths and two-car garages.
The Provence design offers a two-story option and the model will present the upstairs space as an entertainment area.
Mattamy plans to build 42 low-maintenance single-family homes priced from the $130s at Marley Park, which features tree-lined streets and parks throughout.
The community boasts its own elementary school and homeowners enjoy the Heritage Park swimming pool and community center with resident community events.
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For more information contact: Carolyn Morrison, VP Operations, Mattamy Homes Phoenix, 480-302-6080
About Mattamy Homes: Mattamy Homes, www.mattamyhomes.com, expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla., with divisions in Arizona, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Jacksonville and Orlando. The homebuilder, the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion, was ranked among the highest of all homebuilders in the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas in a nationwide customer satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power Associates.
Carolyn Morrison, vice president of operations at Mattamy Homes in Arizona, said the 2,080 square foot Provence model home at Marley Park will be fully furnished and professionally decorated.
Morrison said homebuyers may choose from four new Mattamy designs at Marley Park that range from 1,521 square feet of living space to 2,501 square feet, with three and four bedrooms, two and three baths and two-car garages.
The Provence design offers a two-story option and the model will present the upstairs space as an entertainment area.
Mattamy plans to build 42 low-maintenance single-family homes priced from the $130s at Marley Park, which features tree-lined streets and parks throughout.
The community boasts its own elementary school and homeowners enjoy the Heritage Park swimming pool and community center with resident community events.
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For more information contact: Carolyn Morrison, VP Operations, Mattamy Homes Phoenix, 480-302-6080
About Mattamy Homes: Mattamy Homes, www.mattamyhomes.com, expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla., with divisions in Arizona, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Jacksonville and Orlando. The homebuilder, the largest and most active in Canada with annual revenues exceeding $1.3 billion, was ranked among the highest of all homebuilders in the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas in a nationwide customer satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power Associates.
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