An invitation to this afternoon’s webinar featuring Winter Park City Manager Randy Knight and Assistant City Manager Michelle Neuner
An update on THRIVE Winter Park
A list of Mother’s Day specials at your favorite restaurants and more
Details on Mother’s Day weekend plans in Winter Park
A list of Winter Park businesses that have re-opened
Details on applying for Leadership Winter Park scholarships
Member news updates
Today, May 6, 4 p.m. - As Winter Park prepares to go back to work, City Manager Randy Knight and Assistant City Manager Michelle Neuner will join us to discuss the process, tell us more about the Mother’s Day festivities this weekend and take your questions.
Speakers: City Manager Randy Knight and Assistant City Manager Michelle Neuner
Bulla, with the help of THRIVE Winter Park, delivered 75 meals to the Skilled Nursing staff at the Mayflower Retirement Community.
As our community begins to smartly and slowly re-open, let’s not forget that there is still need. With that in mind, please consider a donation to THRIVE Winter Park.
THRIVE, designed to enable and accelerate our city’s recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, is a 501-c-3 funded initiative with three key goals:
To meet the immediate needs in our community, such as our Feed The Frontline initiative, which buys food from local restaurants and delivers it to healthcare workers
To evaluate emerging needs and build recovery models
To build capacity for a robust recovery
It has raised more than $68,800.
THRIVE Winter Park appreciates the generosity of those who continue to give. Your donation will be processed through the Winter Park Improvement Foundation. Solicitation registration # - CH62087. Please visit winterpark.org/thrive.
Celebrating mom will be extra meaningful and important this year, because we all know they are working twice as hard during this pandemic to keep their families safe, fed, entertained, reassured and educated, or in some cases have been isolated from their adult children and grandchildren due to elevated risk factors. Winter Park’s restaurants and retailers are ready to help you make Mother’s Day extra special with many deals and offerings.
Arthur’s Catering: Mother’s Day brunch at Home. $155, serves 4-6 and includes croissant French toast, roasted vegetable frittata, curry chicken salad, salmon, salad, strawberry shortcake. Order deadline today, May 6. Pickup or delivery on Saturday, May 9.
Bulla Gastrobar: Mother’s Day family meals or brunch starting at $40 and serves 4-5. Pickup Saturday, May 9 or Sunday, May 10.
Choulala Fine Pastries: Mother’s Day Special: a 6-pack puff kit to decorate at home. Includes either dark chocolate or vanilla-filled puffs, variety of sprinkles, glaze and different color marzipan for $18.
Gemilang Solutions: Offering 20% off any new cleaning service, plus a bottle of hand sanitizer.
Luke’s Kitchen & Bar: Mother’s Day brunch at home. $150, serves 4-6 and includes frittata, crab cakes, kale salad, monkey bread, shrimp cocktail, coffee cake muffins, pork belly hash. Order in advance; limited availability. Curbside pickup Saturday, May 9.
Luma on Park: Mother’s Day brunch at home. $155 serves 4-6 and includes smoked salmon, asparagus salad, marinated beets, grit cake, cauliflower tarte, crab and mushroom crepe, pastries. Specialty cocktails available to add. Order deadline Thursday, May 7. Curbside pickup Saturday, May 9.
Puff ‘n Stuff Catering: Mother’s Day picnic brunch. $100 serves 4 and includes local delivery. Includes grazing basket with biscuits, ham, jam, artisan cheese board, garden salad, quiche, crepes, bloody Mary mix. Cupcake decorating kit and flowers available as additions. Orders must be placed 18 hours in advance.
Sixty Vines: Mother’s Day Kit. $110 for Burrata Filet Kit with squash blossom or margarita pizza, roasted cauliflower, roasted Sonoma potatoes, salad, deviled affogato, cold brew coffee, salted caramel ice cream. Additional items are available. Order deadline Wednesday May 6, pickup Friday, May 8 or Saturday, May 9.
Come Out And Enjoy
A Special Mother’s Day Weekend
Come enjoy special socially distant shopping and dining experiences throughout the city of Winter Park on Mother’s Day weekend. Restaurants in the city limits that obtain a permit can extend their services outside during the weekend and retail businesses can have mini sidewalk sales.
Restaurants must have a permit to expand seating outside and retailers wishing to have more than one rack or table outside also must have one. Permit applications are due today. Go to cityofwinterpark.org/MomsDayApplication. Retailers with only one rack or table outside do not need a permit.
To facilitate safe outdoor seating downtown, beginning Friday at 4 p.m. through Sunday at 11 p.m., the following streets will be closed:
Park Avenue (south of Swoope Avenue to Fairbanks Avenue)
New England Avenue (between Pennsylvania and Virginia avenues)
Morse Boulevard (between Center Street and New York Avenue)
In compliance with Gov. DeSantis’ executive order, restaurants that obtain a permit can extend their dining experience outdoors to maintain the 6-feet required between patrons. Allowing retailers to hold mini-sidewalk sales will help them with the executive order’s 25% capacity rule.
“As we continue to take methodical steps to re-open the city following the state’s guidelines, we are hosting this special weekend to not only help our business community, but to also give the public a chance to support our local businesses, celebrate Mother’s Day, and practice social distancing to make this a safe and enjoyable success,” said Michelle Neuner, Assistant City Manager.
Don’t miss our webinar at 4 p.m. today when Michelle and City Manager Randy Knight will discuss the plans for Mother’s Day weekend as well as other news on re-opening. Click here to register for the webinar. For more information about this special weekend, please email licensing@cityofwinterpark.org.
Be On Park – Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
C. Brenner Realtors – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Commercial real estate, free market analysis. “We have been through 5 crisis times in the past and survived. Hopefully we can help you through the current crisis.”
Cater Nation – “We are still OPEN and ready to take your drop-off catering orders online or by phone, 321-206-3101. With the start of Phase 1, we are looking forward to the reopening of those restaurant partners who were forced to close. We are proud to be located here in Central Florida and drive business to so many local Winter Park restaurants.”
CDC Floral – Phone 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. or in the office by appointment.
Charyli - Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. – noon, shopping by appointment; noon – 3 p.m., doors open; 3 p.m. – 5 p.m., shopping by appointment. Also still providing curb side pickup, local deliveries and shopping online at www.charylistores.com with free shipping.
Dogtopia of Orlando – Winter Park – Tuesday through Thursday, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. “We’ll be open for daycare starting on Tuesday, May 5th! To start as we ramp back up, we’ll be open 3 days a week. As we progress through May, we hope to get back to our normal schedule and also resume boarding services.”
E tennis – “We offer curbside service, home delivery, shipping and our store is open for shopping at 25% capacity. Huge sale on apparel, 40% off. All racquets on sale starting today.” Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Fannie Hillman and Associates – 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. “We're excited about helping and supporting our business neighbors.”
Jen Adams Photography – “I am offering 45-minute shoots for the price of a 30-minute shoot ($175 instead of $250), 1-hour shoots for the price of a 45-minute shoot ($250 instead of $325). Email avphoto@mac.com for more information or call/text 407-310-8588. Good deals through the end of May for headshots, senior shoots, family shoots, etc.”
My Urban Lodge – Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
The Impeccable Pig – Monday through Saturday, noon – 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon – 4 p.m.
310 Park South - Monday through Saturday, noon – 9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Umi Japanese – Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. – 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. – 11 p.m.; Sunday, 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Outdoor patio tables are 6 feet apart. Indoor dining tables are also 6 feet apart, with 25% of normal capacity allotted.
Opening Thursday, May 7
Blu On The Avenue– Monday through Saturday, noon – 9 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. – 9
Leadership Winter Park
Offering 10 Scholarships
Leadership Winter Park Class XXXI will begin on schedule in the fall and is offering 10 partial scholarships – up from the usual three. Priority LWP applications are being accepted through this Friday, May 8. See the video for details. Learn more at winterpark.org/about-leadership.
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iRent Everything
Hello fellow chamber members! IRent Everything is offering 50% off of your tent rental needs for monthly tent rentals to expand your restaurant or store front. We have availability still for this weekend so that your patrons can be covered during Mother’s Day while Park Avenue is closed to traffic. Lots of options to choose from including 10 x 10, 10 x 20, and 20 x 20. We also have tables and chairs to expand your seating and keep social distance! See attachment.
Sandler Training
Leaders and Managers, where do you need to grow your skill set - technically or conceptually? Do you need to broaden your mindset or deepen your skillset? How about both? Salespeople, have you stepped into your greatness yet? Have you taken ownership of your role and your results in these uncertain times? Sandler Training is hosting a four-part webinar series to kickstart your pivot starting May 14th for leaders and managers as well as salespeople. If interested, register here: https://www.idealselling.sandler.com/webinar-series
