🌱 Korgette Heads To A La Carte Milk District + Judge Jon B. Morgan Courthouse

Happy Monday, neighbors! Let's start this last week of 2021 off on an informed note. Here's everything happening around Orlando today.

First, today's weather:

Fog in the a.m.; mostly sunny. High: 80 Low: 60.

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Here are the top five stories today in Orlando:

1. Orlando residents packed Barnett Park on Sunday for post-Christmas COVID-19 testing. Prior to Sunday, the site hit capacity for testing and had to close early for the past nine days in a row that it's been open as the COVID-19 Omicron variant spreads. (Spectrum News 13)

2. Scandinavian-inspired food truck, SwedeDish, is leaving the Milk District food truck park A La Cart in the new year. Vegan food truck Korgette will replace it starting Monday, January 3rd. (Bungalower)

3. Governor Ron DeSantis’ budget proposal for the upcoming year includes $100 million for broadband and other infrastructure needs in rural communities. The Florida State Hispanic Chamber and the Florida Alliance of Consumers and Taxpayers say the FCC is not rolling out benefits passed in Biden's infrastructure bill fast enough. (WMFE)

4. A three-judge panel in 2019 backed the Justice Department’s authority to pursue a lawsuit under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act against the state of Florida. They allege Florida was unnecessarily institutionalizing children with disabilities in nursing homes. A federal appeals court upheld the decision on Wednesday. (Click Orlando)

5. The Osceola County Courthouse is now officially the Judge Jon B. Morgan Courthouse, after a public dedication ceremony on Friday. Morgan was a longtime Ninth Circuit Court Judge and fixture of the legal system for more than four decades. (Osceola News-Gazette)

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Today in Orlando:

• Orlando City Hall Mobile COVID-19 Vaccine Site. (9:30 AM)
• Kids 3-Day Camp-Science Behind Cooking at Publix Aprons Cooking School at The Marketplace at Dr. Phillips. (10:00 AM)
• City of Maitland Music With Ms. Rachel at Maitland Community Park. (11:00 AM)
• Audubon Park Community Market. (5:00 PM)
• Asian Lantern Festival: Into the Wild at Central Florida Zoo. (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• A new theme park is coming to Central Florida in 2022 and will host German festivals, restaurants, bars, playgrounds, and an animatronic zoo. (Orlando Magazine)
• Job growth in Florida will outpace the national economy in 2022 according to a new economic forecast by University of Central Florida. (Orlando Sentinel)
• Walt Disney Imagineering Internships are now available for Summer 2022. Part of the demand is coming from Disney moving the company from California to Lake Nona. (Walt Disney World News Today)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.