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What you need to know about Florida today
› ‘One and Only Ivan’ movie filmed in Lakeland to premiere on Disney + this month
Disney’s hybrid CGI and live-action movie The One and Only Ivan premieres Aug. 14 on Disney + on with a star-studded cast — and nearby surroundings. Sam Rockwell provides the voice for title character Ivan, a gorilla who uses his ability to paint and draw to convince the world that he needs to be freed from captivity in a mall.
› Bradenton’s Creating Together wins award
In July, The American Planning Association, Florida Chapter, honored Realize Bradenton and the city of Bradenton with its Award of Excellence in the Best Practices Category for Creating Together: Youth Centered Planning for the Riverwalk East Master Plan. Through a grant from Manatee Community Foundation Knight Donor Advised Fund, Realize Bradenton and a team of millennials worked with neighborhood residents and local citizens to help shape the new expansion of the Bradenton Riverwalk.
› Feds seized $2 billion at MIA, other airports for not declaring cash, report says
If you’re traveling with more than $10,000 in cash into or out of the the United States, you’d better declare the money or you’re likely to lose it. Especially if you’re flying through Miami International Airport — ranked right up there with New York’s JFK and Chicago’s O’Hare airports, according to a new report on federal seizures of funds from travelers who don’t fill our the right customs form.
› Plant-based Impossible Burger hits South Florida grocery stores. Here’s where.
Suddenly, Impossible Burger is available in grocery stores throughout South Florida. Hailed by vegans and carnivores alike as one of the first meat-substitute products that tastes like the real thing, Impossible Burger had been available exclusively in restaurants in South Florida since 2018. Now home chefs can purchase the product at three area grocery chains: Trader Joe’s, Walmart and, beginning today, market leader Publix.
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