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› Crayola Experience: Osceola County girl wins ‘Kid CEO’ contest
A 6-year-old from Osceola County has been selected as “Kid CEO” for Crayola Experience after a nationwide contest. Sage Gooden will be giving feedback on the attraction’s activities, and she will be given a prize package later this year at the Florida Mall location. In Sage’s video entry, she said she is “creative, fun and have a huge imagination to share with you.” She said she was a fan of drip art and melted crayons, plus she pitched the idea of a tie-dye experience.
› Take a trip to Sarasota’s Marie Selby Gardens to see a dazzling orchid display
Enter the Tropical Conservatory at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and you’re immediately greeted by a living wall of purple, gold and white orchids set among lush greenery, while the twinkling notes of 1920s jazz music sets a celebratory mood. It’s a fitting entrance for the “45th Anniversary Orchid Show: Women Breaking the Glasshouse Ceiling,” which celebrates a number of occasions.
› At $266.67 an hour, Florida Senate hires COVID-19 team to make its workplace safe
In about a month, the doors of the Florida Capitol are scheduled to swing open as 160 legislators get back to work, with the looming question of whether the window-free spaces used by lawmakers and hundreds of staff members will be safe amid the coronavirus pandemic.
› Manatee County to spend $32.5 million for new complex
Manatee County has approved spending $32.5 million to purchase 161 acres along State Road 64 for a new operations center to serve the fast-growing areas of Lakewood Ranch and Parrish. According to an article in the East County Observer, a sister paper of the Business Observer, the land will be purchased for $187,488 per acre and the money will come from county reserves ($16.8 million) and the utility department ($15.7 million).
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