Dicapta Earns Schedule 738-II Contract from U.S. General Services Administration

Winter Springs, Fla. -- Dicapta, a U.S. leading provider of Spanish-language captioning and video descriptions for educational media for blind and hearing-impaired students, was recently awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 738-II Contract for Language Services, to provide compliant closed-captioning of digital video to federal agencies. Maria Diaz, president and chief executive officer of Dicapta, said the GSA Schedule 738-II contract significantly broadens the market of government customers Dicapta can serve. “Dicapta already provides captioning and video descriptions to federal, state and local government agencies that purchase services outside the GSA Schedule 738-II protocol,” Diaz said. “Now that we are a registered GSA vendor, we can serve government customers for whom the GSA Schedule 738-II contract simplifies the procurement process,” Diaz explained. Diaz appointed Elizabeth Jaramillo, Marketing Communications Manager at Dicapta, as liaison between Dicapta and its GSA Schedule 738-II clients. “Dicapta, a certified minority business since 2009, has an established track record providing high quality, complete and accurate media accessibility at competitive rates, both through the GSA schedule as well as to our clients in the private sector,” Jaramillo said. Captioning of digital video content is required of many agencies to meet federal mandates for media accessibility by blind and hearing-impaired persons. Federal Communications Commission regulations and the recent 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act requires broadcasters to caption much of their fare as well, Jaramillo said. Dicapta also provides real-time captioning in Spanish. Dicapta’s clients include Harpo Productions/The Oprah Winfrey Show, PBS, Univision, V-me, HITN, and MGM Latino. Dicapta also provides services for the Library of Congress and the United States Department of Education. “Complete and accurate closed captions are requirements for thousands of video publishers, who must satisfy state and federal mandates for content accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing audiences,” Diaz said. “Producers also incorporate captions to make videos searchable, and to improve viewer comprehension. Captioned text reinforces learning and allows text search for easy back-reference and review, an important training benefit for companies serving multilingual customers. Caption files also provide a ready source for foreign language translation,” Diaz said. For more information about Dicapta’s services both in the commercial sector as well as through the GSA contract, please contact Elizabeth Jaramillo at 407-389-0712 or at ejaramillo@dicapta.com. Dicapta is a client company of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program located at 1511 E. S.R. 434 in Winter Springs.

Cuhaci & Peterson Architects awarded contracts to design retail space at Mills Park Center in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Engineers Planners, based in Orlando’s Baldwin Park was recently awarded a contract to design the retail section of the Mills Park Center at Mills and Virginia Avenues in Orlando. Lonnie Peterson, chairman of Cuhaci & Peterson, said the retail section of the Mills Park project totals 40,000 square feet including an 18,000 square foot Fresh Market grocery store.

Lennar Opens New Phase at Concord Station in Land O'Lakes with 107 Home Sites

TAMPA, Fla. – Lennar’s Central Florida division has opened Phase 3 at Concord Station on SR 54 two miles east of Suncoast Parkway in Land O’Lakes in Pasco County. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida division, said 107 homesites are available in the new phase for single family homes, including Lennar’s new NextGen® homes, ranging from 1,900 square feet of living space to 3,800 square feet and priced from the low $200s. Lennar’s new NextGen® floor plans offer a home within a home--a complete separate living suite with eat-in kitchenette, living room, bedroom with walk-in closet, private bath and private entrance to accommodate multi-generational families. Metheny said all new Lennar built homes at Concord Station come with Lennar’s “Everything’s Included” pledge: a wide range of appliances, special features and add-ons at one “everything’s included” price. Lennar’s Central Florida division builds single family homes, town homes, active adult homes and new NextGen® homes in five Tampa Bay area communities including parts of Pasco County. For more information, visit www.Lennar.com or call 888-317-7489 and visit the Welcome Home Center Monday – Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Lennar to Unveil New North Pointe Community near Lake Nona before Summer, to complete First Model Home in mid-April

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lennar’s Central Florida Division, which builds town homes, single-family homes, vacation homes, active adult homes and the new NextGen® homes for multi-generational families in 22 Orlando-area communities, plans to open North Pointe, its newest community off Boggy Creek Rd. near Lake Nona in May. Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said the home builder will soon start construction of the first model home at North Pointe. Lennar will complete the four-bedroom, 2,267 square foot Kennedy model home at North Pointe in mid-April, Metheny said. The Kennedy model design will also have three baths and a three-car garage. Lennar plans to build single-family homes with from four to seven bedrooms including Lennar’s NextGen® homes that range in size from 2,200 square feet of living space to 4,000 square feet on 60' and 80' homesites at North Pointe. Lennar’s NextGen® homes are designed to accommodate families that may include elderly grandparents or adult children with their own children, Metheny said. “NextGen homes feature a home within a home to give both generations privacy and autonomy,” Metheny explained. Visit www.Lennar.com.

LAW FIRM GETS BACK TO ITS ROOTS BY SPONSORING MOTORCYCLE RIDERS IN DAYTONA BEACH COMPETITION

DAYTONA BEACH – You’ve probably heard the Rue, Ziffra and Caldwell name on television, radio and by word of mouth throughout Central Florida, and know that it’s synonymous with motorcycles. And, if you attend next week’s races at the Daytona Beach International Speedway, you can even see the popular name splashed across two motorcycles the firm is sponsoring. It’s just a way for the firm to “get back to its roots,” according to founder John D. Rue, a motorcycle aficionado who was recognized in the early ‘80s as “the motorcycle attorney” not only because he represented motorcycle riders in accident cases, but because he also rode motorcycles. “Back then, I was developing a motorcycle community here,” he said. “I felt that bikers had a bad image and by promoting racing as a sport it became a family thing. It was more of a safety issue then, and I just wanted people to know that motorcycle riders had the right to be on the road, too.” Next week – during the 110th anniversary of Harley-Davidson – the Port Orange-based personal-injury firm will sponsor the #77 bike driven by 19-year-old Eric Stump of OPR Level 10 Racing in the Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson Series on March 15. The following day they will sponsor the #37 bike driven by 49-year-old John Ashmead of Peter Brady Racing and OPR Level 10 Racing in the 72nd Daytona 200 AMA Pro GoPro Daytona SportBike races. Rue, who created John D. Rue Racing in the ‘80s, said the firm was so involved in motorcycle racing back then that he and a few others went to Japan to race some experimental bikes named Suzukis. “We actually brought Suzukis back to Daytona Beach for racing,” he said. One rider who accompanied Rue to Japan was Paul Schwemmer, who later was sponsored by the firm for more than a dozen years when he raced in the Daytona 200 in the ‘80s and ‘90s. The two eventually drifted apart after Rue became interested in racing cars in New Smyrna Beach. “We reconnected a few years ago,” Rue said. “Paul called me, we talked about the old days and he said he was getting back into racing with his OPR Level 10 Racing team.” Rue said he and the firm’s other partners decided to sponsor Schwimmer’s company once again to see if either up-and-coming Eric Stump from New Jersey or John Ashmead, a Palm City resident who won the Daytona 200 in 1989 and will celebrate his 30th Daytona 200 start this year, will bring home the biggest trophy. Schwemmer said working with John Rue again has been “like old home week.” “It’s great to have John back with us, especially for the 110th anniversary of Harley-Davidson,” he said. “We’re all just tickled to death to have him back on board with us and because of that, and our talented riders, we have good expectations this year.” Rue agrees and says he’s looking forward to seeing Schwemmer’s team do well. “It will be very nostalgic for me to go back and watch the motorcycle races again,” he said, adding that both riders are very well qualified. “We mainly want to give Paul’s team – a local racing company – another chance to compete, and to continue promoting motorcycle safety through the racing industry; a group of people who are very generous and very loyal.”