Month: July 2015

A Neighborhood Gathering Spot

Winter Garden’s Plant Street Market by Kirsten Harrington In the short time that it has been open, Plant Street Market in Winter Garden has become a neighborhood gathering spot. Friends linger over beer, kids in sports uniforms enjoy postgame treats, and laptop-toting professionals sip coffee while working on the patio. The market is the brainchild of west Orange residents Jared…

The Y: A Healthy Cause

The Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center beckons the community to join in on a get-healthy mission “So what is your YMCA story?” It’s a question Ryan Smith, executive director of the Dr. P. Phillips YMCA Family Center, loves to ask members as they walk the halls of the facility. Each person he asks describes differently how the Y…

WOMEN IN CHARGE

Fifty years ago, the most expected of women was to maintain a home, raise their children and have dinner on the table by 6 o’clock. Today, they create their own expectations. They are owners, presidents, doctors, managers and more, as well as mothers, daughters and wives. More and more females are entering the business world…