🌱 Valencia College $100K Grant + Iron Cow Reopening In Milk District

Up and at 'em, Orlando! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Windy; a stray morning shower. High: 89 Low: 70.

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Here are the top five stories in Orlando today:

1. Goff's Ice Cream stand, one of Orlando’s most historic businesses to date, was vandalized Wednesday morning, according to the drive-in’s Facebook page. Goff's Ice Cream stand posted images from a surveillance camera, showing a man walk behind the building with a bag in his hand moments before smoke was seen coming from the building. (Click Orlando)

2. Sanford police are asking for the community's help to identify a man who is accused of breaking into a home and battering a resident inside. Police said the man broke into a home on the 800 block of Elm Avenue last Friday around 3:15 a.m. and battered a resident inside, before running away from the home. (WFTV)

3. A Flagler County man was arrested Wednesday for an alleged sex video with a 13-year-old child at Hidden Trails Community Park on Mahogany Boulevard. Officials said the video showed unlawful sexual acts involving 21-year-old, Dyllan Lemoine, and a 13-year-old female child. (WESH)

4. Milk District entertainment venue, Iron Cow, is finally reopening its doors today, May 7 at 4 p.m. The venue will host a community event of its own that it is calling “Cowabunga” which will feature live music by local groups Jump Drv, Mountain Crab, Trash Cinema, and more. Iron Cow is located at 2438 East Robinson Street. (Bungalower)

5. Valencia College has received a $100,000 grant from the Johnson Controls Community College Partnership Program to expand its associate degree and certificate programs in Energy Management and Controls Technology (EMCT). (Valencia College)

Today in Orlando:

• Yoga in the Garden at Mead Botanical Garden (9:00 AM)
• International Mermaid Day Paddle. (9:00 AM)
• Derby on Park Presented By Mercedes-Benz of Orlando at Winter Park Events Center. (3:30 PM)
• Virginia Drive Live! at Ivanhoe Village Main Street. (5:00 PM)
• Kids Night At The Museum at Orlando Science Center. (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The anticipated Bumby Arcade downtown Orlando food hall is fully committed with vendors. In addition to the food hall, the developer is offering up to 16,000 square feet of Class A office space on the second floor above it. (Subscription: Orlando Business Journal)
• Next Wednesday night, listen to 80s rock and support Park Maitland School's production of “Rock of Ages. ” Get tickets now from only $20 in Steinmetz Hall. (Twitter)
• Download “An Orlando Cybersecurity Talent Deep Dive” to learn the tactics to develop Orlando’s cybersecurity workforce, a common language for cybersecurity talent recruitment, and the top cybersecurity roles in Orlando. (Twitter)
• A Tampa-based developer is looking to enter the market in and around Orlando's Lake Nona region. The Onicx Group filed plans with the city of Orlando on April 25 for Onicx at Lake Nona Apartments. (Subscription: Orlando Business Journal)

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That's it for today. I'll see you around!

— 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.

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