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Tuesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Winter Faire market benefits working poor
The Winter Faire, a craft festival featuring work from more than 50 Florida artisans, will be held Saturday in the Grove Street neighborhood near downtown Gainesville. The event will benefit the resident non-profit Working Food, which helps to strengthen food communities and food education in the region.
› The Packing District: Here is what’s coming to Orlando’s newest neighborhood
Two years ago, Dr. Phillips Charities unveiled a grand $700 million vision to transform more than 200 acres of industrial land and woods in northwest Orlando into a new urban neighborhood. Today, half a dozen projects have been announced for what will one day be the Packing District.
› The Miami Beach-based Casa Tua buys Wynwood office building for $3 million
The Italian management and restaurant brand purchased the 4,307-square-foot Wynwood Enclave at 250 NW 35th St. for $3 million from Lionheart Capital, according to a sales report by the New York-based commercial real estate company CoStar Group.
› The give and take of Florida weather
Volatile weather, including hurricane hits and glancing blows over the last few years, have certainly taken their toll, but most Florida growers have recovered. Mary Ostund, director of marketing for Brooks Tropicals in Homestead, says Florida’s tropical producers have rebounded well.
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