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Thursday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Twitter suspends UCF student’s account tracking Elon Musk’s plane
A Twitter account created by a University of Central Florida student that tweeted the flight patterns of Elon Musk’s private jet has been suspended from the platform. As of Wednesday morning, visitors to @ElonJet found only the account’s handle and a message stating that it had been suspended. “Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules,” was the only explanation given.
› New Jersey machinery company expanding to Tampa, bringing 30 jobs
A New Jersey manufacturer of automation machinery is opening its second national office in Tampa. Norwalt, which makes automated and robotic equipment for packing, packaging and assembly, announced Tuesday that it plans to hire at least 30 local workers as it builds its production in Tampa. The 51-year-old company will lease 10,000 square feet of space in the Palm River industrial offices of beverage company Cirkul, which happens to be a Norwalt customer. Over the next two years, it’ll seek out a space of its own.
› With Kaya, Orlando has its first Filipino fine dining venue
Kaya, Orlando’s first Filipino fine dining venue, is now open, accepting reservations in the chill confines of a beautifully reimagined bungalow at 618. N. Thornton Ave. in Orlando. This is the former location of the Dandelion Communitea Room, but save the upright piano, which remains as an homage to the space’s history, it’s practically unrecognizable. With a beautiful brick column at its center, an historic and structural touch unearthed amid renovation, the space is now wide-open with flow that matches that of the beat-laden playlist.
› New community bank opens, CEO will gladly make change
Not long ago, Steve Sanzone, founder and CEO of Evermore Bank, which is opening this week in Fort Lauderdale, was visiting a big regional bank. “In walks this guy. He wanted change of a 20,” he said. But the manager wouldn’t give it to him because he wasn’t a customer. Sanzone pulled out four $5 bills and broke the guy’s $20. Said the grateful businessman: “You should run this bank.” Come Thursday, Sanzone instead will be greeting his first customers at Evermore, a community bank opening at 3696 North Federal Highway.
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