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Friday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Struggling with effects of coronavirus, Orlando museums furlough staff
With their doors closed and ticket booths empty, several Central Florida museums have put employees on unpaid furloughs as the economic hit from the coronavirus pandemic deepens. Across the community’s nonprofits and arts community, “we employ a significant number of people,” said Debbie Komanski, CEO of Winter Park’s Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden. “We’re an important part of the Central Florida economy. It just shows how every level is being impacted with what’s going on right now.”
› Jacksonville issues permit for Mayo Clinic Florida’s $65 million addition
The city issued a permit April 1 for Mayo Clinic Florida’s $65 million addition at its San Pablo campus. Batson-Cook Co. is the contractor for the Mayo North addition, described on the permit as a six-story, 120,000-square-foot building, with a two-story link between the Mayo and Cannaday Buildings.
› Weekiwachee Preserve closed after groups violate social-distancing rules
The Southwest Florida Water Management District closed the Weekiwachee Preserve to the public on Thursday after repeated reports that people were gathering in groups of more than 10 on the property. The closure is in effect until further notice.
› Bok Tower to stream its Easter sunrise service
Bok Tower Gardens will stream its traditional sunrise service on Easter Sunday via Facebook Live, the Polk County historical attraction has announced. Participants can tune in at 7 a.m. on April 12. The service will include sacred music from the famed Singing Tower and its carillonneur Geert D’hollander and a message from Rev. Tim Nunez, rector of Lake Wales’ Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd,
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