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Amway Center Part Time Job Fair
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010
Time: 11am – 3pm
Location: Amway Arena (600 W. Amelia St., Orlando)
Parking: Lot 1 off of Livingston St
Partners in Attendance:
- Orlando Magic
- City of Orlando
- Levy Restaurants
- Spherion
- O,R & L
- Andy Frain Services
All interested candidates must bring copies of their
resume.
Click here for a flyer.
Prescription Drug Card
The City of Orlando and the National League of Cities offer a new
discount prescription drug card
for Orlando residents.
Economic Green Leaf Program
During these tough economic times, many local
businesses have been challenged in terms of
finance, growth and opportunity. A new statewide
pilot program, the Economic Gardening Loan
Program, is designed to provide the help that
small businesses need to expand, creating jobs
and opportunities for our residents.
Businesses with 10-50 employees and
annual revenues of $1-25 million are invited to apply for this pilot
loan program which offers eligible businesses the opportunity to receive
a low interest loan of up to $250,000-and the applications are being
administered right here in Orlando.
The Black Business Investment Fund of
Orlando was recently selected to be the administrator of the State’s
Economic Gardening Loan Program. Businesses do not need to be
minority-owned to qualify. For more information, visit bbif.com or call
407.649.4780.
Get Your
Buy Local Orlando Membership Card
The
Buy Local Orlando campaign is a pro-active and practical approach for
connecting the businesses of Orlando with the buying power of the local
community. Get your Buy Local Orlando card for FREE at participating
merchants, City Hall, Downtown Orlando Information Center, the Disney
Entrepreneur Center or by requesting one online at
buylocalorlando.net.
By signing up for the Buy
Local Orlando card, consumers pledge to support Orlando's local economy
and will have access to the following benefits:
- Searchable database of
local merchants and businesses
- Instant savings through
merchant discounts or offers
- Periodic emails informing
of local events, new merchant members and special offers and
discounts
When consumers choose to buy
locally, those dollars are spent over and over again in the community.
Local businesses drive our local economy by creating jobs and
opportunities for our residents, circulating money, maintaining property
values, generating tax revenue and strengthening our economy.
If you're visiting a Thornton
Park business, be sure to take advantage of the FREE parking at the
Thornton Park Central parking garage on Monday nights after 6:00 p.m.
Visit
BuyLocalOrlando.net for
more information and to register your card.
To
create more opportunities for local contractors
and infuse money into the economy, Mayor Dyer
has expedited the bidding of
construction projects. The following capital improvement projects
are currently advertised on our web site. Visit
cityoforlando.net/public_works/projects/proj_bid.html
for more information on these projects:
- Z.L. Riley
Park Expansion Project
- Eastern
Regional Reclaimed Water Distribution System
Phase II Transmission
- Eastern
Regional Reclaimed Water Distribution System
- In-Line Booster Pump Station
- SR 408/400
(1-4) Interchange Pond 6 Modification
- Pinebluff
Avenue Drainage Improvements

Florida Attorneys
Saving Homes: A Pro Bono Foreclosure Prevention
Project "Safe at Home" - is a project designed
to assist Florida homeowners who are facing a
foreclosure or fear the possibility of
foreclosure. The project is NOT designed to
assist those who are already in foreclosure. For more information about this
program visit
http://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBConsum.nsf/basic+view/B84E143F383FF617852574AA004ECC57?OpenDocument.
Orlando
Connects: The City is allocating Community
Development Block Grant funding to HANDS to
administer housing counseling services to
Orlando households. These services include
one-on-one counseling, pre and post purchase
counseling and foreclosure counseling. In
addition,
the City amended our Local Housing Assistance
Plan to expand the number of agencies we partner
with to offer additional foreclosure prevention
support for our residents.
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