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A Ft. Lauderdale man will spend three years in federal prison for using stolen credit cards to buy over $60,000 in park tickets and hotel reservations at Universal Orlando Resort, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Buying bud above board
Over the past decade-plus,
Orlando Weekly readers have come to know me through my Live Active Cultures column as a lover of the performing arts and theme parks. In honor of 4/20, I m also coming out of the closet as an aficionado of live resin, active tetrahydrocannabinol and medical cannabis culture. When I first mentioned Californian medical marijuana back in 2011, or covertly covered its Central Florida connections five years later, I couldn t have imagined how easy it would be today to get legal weed within spitting distance of Orlando s family-friendly theme parks. It might sound like a fairy tale to old-school Orlando stoners, but herein lies the totally true tale of how Groupon helped me score government-sanctioned ganja in the shadow of Gringotts.
Universal Orlando Selects Affordable Housing Developer
April 13, 2021, 12:43 PM ·
The Universal Orlando Resort has selected Wendover Housing Partners to develop Universal s affordable housing project for the central Florida community.
Universal announced the project last year, saying it would donate 20 acres near International Drive for the project, which will include 1,000 high-quality apartments as well as 16,000 square-feet of retail space. Universal has transferred ownership of the land to a non-profit called Housing for Tomorrow, which will serve as master developer and provide the land to Wendover on a $10-a-year, 55-year lease to design, build and manage the community.
Seventeen developers submitted proposals for the project, with Universal selecting Wendover. Wendover will seek its own financing for the development, which will move forward with design help from Universal Creative. Housing for Tomorrow will set the guidelines for the project and the agreement requires a