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Florida remains the top 2 states for women-owned businesses, according to the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Bank of America’s annual Women and Minority Business Owner report examines the challenges and opportunities facing women-owned businesses.
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Currently, Florida has several film schools throughout the state, however, students and graduates struggle to find jobs in the market. With less productions taking place in Florida, those seeking job opportunities have begun searching out of state.
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Even though most of the members have been dancing for decades, the Orlando Cloggers are always looking for new people of all ages to take up this craft.
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Unhoused people across Florida will no longer be able to sleep on public property beginning in October. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law recently prohibiting the practice Municipalities will have to enforce or face possible lawsuits.
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Bettina Grzeskowiak founded Embrace of Celebration, a nonprofit that reaches thousands of families living through Central Florida's housing crisis.
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The campaign to amend Florida's constitution to protect abortion rights kicked off in Orlando, attracting voters on both sides of the issue. The ballot question needs 60% approval to pass.
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A new position at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts looks to promote a healthier community in Central Florida through the arts. Alana Jackson is the Center’s first Arts and Wellness Director.
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Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Florida had four of the five fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the country from 2022 to 2023, led by the area that includes The Villages.
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Amid ongoing litigation surrounding the fake Basquiat exhibit in 2022, the Orlando Museum of Art has named a new chief curator, Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon.
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As American focus shifts from the Ukraine-Russian war to the Israel-Hamas war, a Ukrainian prosthetic nonprofit in Orlando is struggling to give amputees legs to stand on.
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Prosperity Now teamed up with Bloomberg Philanthropies to create the Black Wealth Data Center to learn more about the state of black wealth at the county level. Marisa Calderon, CEO and President of Prosperity Now, and Harsha Mallajosyula, Data Director at the Black Wealth Data Center, explain how Central Florida counties are faring when it comes to Black wealth.
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Ain’t Misbehavin’ celebrates the music of African American pianist Fats Waller. It will debut in Orlando on April 12 at Orlando Shakes.