Advocates cried and cheered as Orange County commissioners unanimously voted to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in the county at their meeting Tuesday night. Commissioner Emily Bonilla called the negative feelings about medical marijuana “a stigma.” “If you make a decision based on a stigma and not something factual, that’s not doing the right thing,” she said.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of The Kitty Beautiful – A Cat Cafe. Great to support small businesses.
SolSmart recognizes cities, counties, and regional organizations for making it faster, easier, and more affordable to go solar It was a pleasure and honor to help our County be recognized at the National Association of Counties (NACo) conference for the SolSmart Gold Award.
“As a former small business owner, lifetime entrepreneur, and business consultant who helped many small businesses through the last recession, I am here for you to get through this tough time as well,” added Orange County Commissioner Emily Bonilla.
James’ community involvement started decades ago. She organized the first Hispanic women’s business organization in Orange County 40 years ago and was the first to identify the need for such a group to advance the interests of Hispanic business women in the region. As a female entrepreneur in Orange County, she mentors others and stresses the importance of integration. “Orange County is proud to support the growing number of women-owned Hispanic businesses,” said Orange County District 5 Commissioner Emily Bonilla. “The local economy is composed of mainly small companies, so entrepreneurs play a pivotal role in our economic development ecosystem – and Mercy James is an exceptional citizen in District 5.”
We are excited to be celebrating our first anniversary of Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Day as proclaimed by Mayor Buddy Dyer in 2018. This year we will be tapping a special cask of Pineapple IPA and are honored to have Congresswomen Stephanie Murphy, Commissioner Robert Stuart, and Commissioner Emily Bonilla to tap the first keg to kick off the festivities!
Jacobs harshly questioned Florida Hospital over having developed at least the beginnings of its proposal in long-term private talks with Sanford Burnham that left the county and other public stakeholders literally locked out. Commissioner Emily Bonilla later said that she already prefers the UCF proposal, and she believes other commissioners do too.
As many as seven independent airboat operators have used the ramp, some of them for decades, often warily co-existing with Airboat Rides at Midway across the highway. Independent owners have said they’re worried they could be put out of business if the county went out to bid for permits, while Midway owner Derrick Lockhart said rival boats were operating without oversight. Commissioner Emily Bonilla said she would prefer expanding the limit at S.R. 50 to five boat operators to make sure there was some level of competition.
Commissioner Emily Bonilla called the negative feelings about medical marijuana “a stigma.” “If you make a decision based on a stigma and not something factual, that’s not doing the right thing,” she said.
As many as nine airboats use the State Road 50 county ramp on the St. Johns River. Commissioner Emily Bonilla, who represents the area, said limiting permits at ramps would put airboat captains out of business.