The City of Orlando approved a lease for the 18-acre 4Roots Farm Campus in The Packing District. We’re excited to see new growth in our community!
Read the full article here: https://packingdistrictorlando.com/4roots-signs-city-lease-for-urban-farm-campus/
Orlando Magazine features College Park as one of the city’s best neighborhoods in the July 2020 issue. The article explains the community’s charm: “With it’s abundance of green space, towering oaks, and lake views along with its close proximity to downtown, College Park is a community that prides itself on being in the heart of Orlando while still maintaining its small-town charm.”
Read the full article here: https://www.orlandomagazine.com/9-great-orlando-area-neighborhoods-college-park/
Brian Spain
1809 Edgewater Drive
Orlando, Fl
32804
http://lakesiderealtyflorida.com/
Email: brian@lrflorida.com
Lakeside Realty is a true family affair led by mother and son, Nancy Spain and Brian Spain. The boutique real estate firm specializes in virtual property marketing, servings the Central Florida and Vero Beach markets.
In 2020, Lakeside Realty is celebrating 20 years, although they have been in the business since the 1970s. Nancy began her real estate career in Pennsylvania, before moving to California and then to Central Florida, where she opened a brokerage originally housed in the Historic Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora...hence the name.
Growing up in the business, Brian has extensive experience in resale, new homes, and new construction. He is an active CPMS member serving on the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Design Committee.
The future goal for Lakeside Realty is to help more people understand the power of technology to enhance the real estate experience. They are the only brokerage in Central Florida to markets ALL their listings using 3D Models, Walk-Thru Videos, Professional Photos and Floorplans. This provides an amazing interactive experience, which is has become absolutely essential during COVID-19.
Brian’s best advice for businesses: Always try to over deliver. You can only maintain the success you have achieved by working with clients who truly appreciate what you've achieved for them. It's got to be about serving the customer.
Michelle Philbrick-Olds
3529 Edgewater Drive
Orlando, Fl
32804
http://wooforlando.com/
Email: Wooforlando@gmail.com
As a well-known groomer, dog walker, and resident in College Park, Michelle Philbrick-Olds saw a huge need for an all-inclusive pet resort in the community. Inspired by her four dogs, she opened Woof! Orlando in College Park in 2008 as Orlando’s premier indoor/outdoor urban oasis for the pampered pooch.
Woof! Orlando provides overnight slumber parties, doggie play care, award-winning grooming salon, and a healthy pet market. It has everything a pup needs to be happy, healthy, and loved.
Michelle enjoys working in College Park for its amazing people. She also loves watching her children grow up alongside classmates in a community that has supported our family for so many years.
Her favorite College Park businesses include New Moon Market, Tornatore’s, The Outpost, Armandos, Infusion Tea, Yaya + Lou, Mercedes Nails, and Apenberrys.
Her advice to people starting a business: Get out in the community, build relationships with your customers, and most importantly lift each other up as business owners. We all need each other to survive as small business owners. Healthy competition is good but playing nice and being respectful will reap the rewards tenfold over the years.
Ben Graves
1824 Edgewater Dr Suite B
Orlando, FL
32804
https://myhousefitness-personaltrainer.business.site/
Email: bengraves@myhousefitness.com
My House Fitness of College Park opened in 2012 as a goals-oriented fitness studio with passionate and knowledgeable personal trainers who focus on client success. Owner Ben Graves chose College Park because of the fitness-minded and close-knit community. Since opening, he continues to feel blown away by the acceptance and love from the College Park community.
The team at My House Fitness provides a positive and uplifting atmosphere for their members, working together to make the fitness experience awesome every time and focusing on member’s individual needs.
“We are so blessed to be a part of this community. People of College Park really value doing business locally, both to support local commerce and to do familiar business with real friends,” Ben said. “It's very special.”
Some of Ben’s favorite College Park businesses include: The Tap Room at Dubsdread, Tijuana Flats, Lakeside Realty, Graffiti Junktion, Ollie’s Public House, Tornatore's, and the Sunoco service station.
Ben’s advice for people starting a business: Focus on the people you serve and the quality of the service or product you provide. You’re fortunate if you can take your passion and make it into a business and make a living doing it. The money will come if you're doing it right.
Giovanni and Jill Vianello
2214 Edgewater Drive
Orlando, FL
32804
www.LetUsFrameIt.com
Email: email@letusframeit.com
Let Us Frame It is a family-run business owned by husband and wife Giovanni and Jill Vianello, an energetic couple who met in 1988 while both were working on a cruise ship. After cruising the world, they moved to Giovanni’s native Italy for several years, before settling in Central Florida.
After working at Let Us Frame It for many years, Giovanni and Jill became the new owners in 2011 when original owners Sam and Cathey Bowers retired.
The store is a combination custom framing shop and eclectic art gallery, featuring the work of local painters and photographers. They also provide art consulting and restoration. Giovanni and Jill are dedicated to high-quality framing, great customer service, and specialize in creative design with ALL work completed on site.
The couple loves doing business in College Park and enjoy the year-round sunshine, the nice community, and their loyal customers. Their favorite College Park businesses include Adriatico, Armando’s, Café Linger, Mark Losh Photography, and Top Drawer.
Their advice to other businesspeople remains simple: smile and be kind.
Patti Brownsord, Jennifer Stolzenbach
2014 Edgewater Drive Suite 121
Orlando, FL
32804
www.datawonderment.com
Email: info@datawonderment.com
Data Wonderment got its start in 2017 when a self-proclaimed media nerd and a research guru came together to make data accessible for everyone. Patti Brownsord and Jennifer Stolzenbach created Data Wonderment to help mid to large-sized businesses make better decisions and be more successful through understanding the Big Data landscape.
In addition to Patti and Jennifer, Data Wonderment is comprised of senior industry professionals with expertise across the spectrum of data activities, from the initial business questions to the ingestion of data, to the analysis. With their passion for data, they can analyze and present insights to clients in an easy-to-understand way.
In the future, Data Wonderment would like to assist nonprofits and help smaller businesses start learning more from data. They would also like to eventually have a small office along Edgewater Drive.
They love working in College Park for its selection of great coffee shops to work in and food spots for lunch meetings. They also love the convenient UPS store that does more than just mail things.
Their favorite College Park businesses include Digress Wine, Blended Bistro & Boba, RusTeak, Café Linger, Top Drawer, Good Crowd.
Their advice to others wanting to start a business: Crawl, walk, run. Use the idea of a minimal viable product to get started. If you create iterations, it makes for a great reason to reach back out to people who may have not become clients the first time. And always plan time for self-care.
