Five Central Florida Golf Clubs to Provide Free Lunch for Golfing Mothers through May 31

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Celebration Golf Management has a special Mother’s Day offer for mothers who play golf and it’s good for the entire month of May: a free lunch at any of the five Central Florida golf courses Celebration owns and operates throughout Central Florida.

Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management, said the offer is valid through May 31 at Celebration Golf Club near Walt Disney World; Legends Golf and Country Club and Kings Ridge Golf Club in Clermont; Stoneybrook West Golf Club in Winter Garden and Eagle Creek Golf Club on Narcoossee Road in southeast Orlando.

Garrote said the special Mother’s Day offer is a way to celebrate mothers and introduce young lady golfers to Celebration Golf Management’s Central Florida-area golf courses.

“We’re confident that once you play one of our golf courses you’ll come back,” Garrote said. “We have great courses, a terrific staff and really fine restaurants too,” he said.

Mattamy Homes is Big Winner---Nine Awards---in Home Builders Association of Charlotte’s 2011 Annual MAME Awards

CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Mattamy Homes U.S. Group in Charlotte earned nine top awards during the recent Home Builders Association of Charlotte’s 2011 Annual MAME Awards for major achievements in marketing excellence.

Bill Kiselick, Charlotte division president, said Mattamy Homes won five Gold Awards and four Silver Awards during the presentations at Founders Hall in Uptown Charlotte.

Mattamy’s Gold MAME Awards included: Brochure Design; Interior Merchandising in the Lily model home at Hubbard Falls; its Sales Center at Mountain Laurel; Product Design for the Orchid model home at Mountain Laurel; and Community Signage.

Mattamy earned Silver MAME Awards for Customer Service; Interior Merchandising in the Orchid model home at Mountain Laurel; a print advertisement for Riverbend; and Product Design for the Lily floor plan at Hubbard Falls.

“We are honored by the awards recognition from our peers and my personal favorite is our Gold MAME Award for Product Design,” Kiselick said.

For more information visit www.mattamyhomes.com.

About Mattamy Homes U.S. Group

Mattamy Homes U.S. Group, www.mattamyhomes.com expanded into the U.S. in 2003 and is headquartered in Winter Park, Fla. with divisions in Charlotte, Jacksonville, Orlando, Minneapolis and Phoenix. 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.

Construction of two models, six ready-to-move-in single family homes to start in July at Avalonpark Texas, LP’s The Springs of Walnut Creek in North A

AUSTIN, Tex. --- David Weekley Homes will start construction of two models and six ready-to-move-in single-family homes priced from the low $200s in July at The Springs of Walnut Creek, located near I-35 and Yager Lane in North Austin.

Richard Kunz, a principal at Avalonpark Texas, LP the Texas joint venture of Florida-based Avalon Park Group headed by Beat Kahli in Orlando, said the three, four and five bedroom homes will range in size from 1,800 square feet of living space to 2,500 square feet in both one and two story designs.

Kunz said construction of 53 home sites in the first two phases will be completed in July/August. Altogether, 110 single family home sites are planned at The Springs of Walnut Creek.

Kunz added that he is currently talking with additional home builders about the town home site (Phase 4) which will have between 40 and 60 home sites.

Avalon Park Group developed the 1,860-acre Avalon Park, an award-winning neotraditional community of more than 3,500 homes in east Orlando and New River Township, an 1,800-acre master planned community north of Tampa in Pasco County.

Founder and President of Collegiate Staffing USA Passes Florida Bar Exam

ORLANDO, Fla., -- Mikaela Nix, founder and president of Collegiate Staffing USA, which links star graduates with employers in a wide range of fields, passed her Florida Bar exam and was recently admitted to practice law in Florida. She was sworn in by the Chief Justice of the Ninth Circuit Court while family and friends observed.

Nix, who graduated from Florida A&M College of Law in downtown Orlando, currently serves as adjunct professor at both Seminole State College in Lake Mary and Valencia Community College in Orlando and is Chair of the University of Central Florida’s Alumni Association’s Black Alumni Chapter.

Once she completed her undergraduate education and was hit with the “no experience” phenomenon, Nix said she started temping. “I loved it because I was able to meet a variety of different employers and gain valuable experience,” she explained.

She had been listening to colleagues with professional degrees talk about their struggle to get a good job after graduation due to not having enough experience for the employers and Collegiate Staffing USA started to develop into more than just an idea.

“Graduating from Florida A&M University College of Law gave me push I needed to just do it,” Nix said.

After working in a legal assistant position as a candidate for Boise, Shiller and Flexner through a temporary staffing agency, Nix knew she wanted to pursue law and also realized she wanted to start a company.

“The ‘experience’ everyone said I needed to be employed upon graduation, I received through temping,” she explained.

In addition, Florida A&M College of Law gave Nix tools needed to start Collegiate Staffing USA, such as inductive and deductive reasoning, analytical skills and the knowledge and understanding of employment laws.

“All of this is very helpful for consulting with my clients who are trying to cut costs, grow or reduce their own businesses or need assistance with social media marketing,” Nix said.

Collegiate Staffing USA is a member of the University of Central Florida Business Incubator program in the Central Florida Research Park.

About Collegiate Staffing USA

Collegiate Staffing USA assists star students in making that sometimes difficult transition from college to career; by allowing them to gain real world experience in their field of interest. Clients can efficiently select from a wide range of fresh, eager, and talented individuals that are able to hit the ground running in a variety of positions and organizational cultures. Visit www.csusajobs.com for more information.

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.

MERITAGE HOMES OFFERING THREE NEW FLOOR PLANS AT FORESTBROOKE IN OCOEE

ORLANDO, Fla. – Meritage Homes is now offering three new floor plans at its community of Forestbrooke, located off Ocoee-Apopka Rd. in Ocoee.

Brian Kittle, director of sales for Meritage Homes in the Orlando region, said the new floor plans range from 4,163 square feet of living area to 5,107 square feet.

Homes at Forestbrooke are priced from below $200,000 to $285,990, Kittle said.

Meritage Homes has 38 home sites at Forestbrooke.

Celebration Golf Management names new food and beverage managers at Golden Bear and Eagle Creek Golf Clubs

CELEBRATION, Fla. – Celebration Golf Management recently appointed new food and beverage managers at Golden Bear Club at Keene’s Point in Windermere and at Eagle Creek Golf Club in east Orlando.

Gene Garrote, president of Celebration Golf Management, said he appointed Marc Holland food and beverage manager Golden Bear Club.

Holland has more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry and was formerly affiliated with Reunion Golf Club.

Garrote named Jennifer Capallo food and beverage manager at Eagle Creek Golf Club located on Narcoossee Road near Lake Nona in southeast Orlando. Capallo has more than 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

Celebration Golf Management LLC owns Celebration Golf Club in Celebration; The Golden Bear in Windermere; Kings Ridge Golf Club and Legends Golf Club in Clermont and Stoneybrook West in Winter Garden. Celebration leases and operates Eagle Creek Golf Club in east Orlando.