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BUSINESS BRIEFS<br />

West Orange Chamber of<br />

Commerce held a ribbon-cutting<br />

ceremony for Sage Dental. WOCC<br />

builds partnerships, strong businesses<br />

and commitment to the community<br />

by serving as the leading business<br />

advocate in Central Florida, facilitating<br />

opportunity to nearly 1,000<br />

member businesses. For more<br />

www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com x December 15, 2016 - January 4, 2017 x 45<br />

learn how to code, blog and maintain<br />

their own customized landing<br />

page as part of a new platform,<br />

vrtalentbook.com. The new website is<br />

scheduled to go live by the beginning<br />

of 2017 and will include the ability<br />

for talent agents to meet and book<br />

new talent through the site. For more<br />

information, call 407-420-7231 or<br />

visit www.accentsmodelandtalent.com<br />

on the web.<br />

produce to communities in need —<br />

was awarded a grant that will help<br />

its current goal of supporting additional<br />

neighborhoods in Central<br />

Florida. For more information, call<br />

407-355-7100 or visit Whole<br />

Foods Market Orlando at<br />

8003 Turkey Lake Road.<br />

The Tourist Development<br />

Committee unanimously approved<br />

$45 million from the Tourist<br />

Development Tax to be put toward<br />

the construction of Phase 2<br />

of the Dr. Phillips Center for<br />

the Performing Arts. The funds<br />

support Steinmetz Hall, a 1,700-<br />

seat acoustical theater, home to<br />

local resident companies Orlando<br />

Philharmonic Orchestra and the<br />

Orlando Ballet. The theater also<br />

hosts performances of other local<br />

arts groups and exceptional talent<br />

from around the world. For more information,<br />

visit drphillipscenter.org<br />

on the web.<br />

information, call 407-656-1304 or<br />

visit wochamber.com on the web.<br />

Accents Model and Talent<br />

Center, located at 2411 W. Sand<br />

Lake Road in Orlando, is partnering<br />

with Bee2Bee Network Inc. in<br />

an effort to introduce young talent<br />

entering the entertainment industry<br />

to complementary technologies<br />

that will give them a competitive<br />

advantage. The Beauty & Brains<br />

Campaign allows coed students to<br />

Whole Cities Foundation, a<br />

nonprofit foundation of Whole<br />

Foods Market, is partnering with<br />

more than 30 community-based organizations<br />

that are increasing access<br />

to fresh, healthy food in their<br />

neighborhoods through the new<br />

Community First Grant Program.<br />

Each organization will be awarded<br />

$5,000 to support existing<br />

projects that improve community<br />

health through broadening access<br />

to fresh food. This year, Orlando’s<br />

The Fresh Stop Bus — a re-purposed<br />

Lynx bus that delivers fresh<br />

Photo courtesy of WOCC<br />

West<br />

Orange<br />

Chamber of<br />

Commerce<br />

members<br />

celebrate the<br />

opening of Sage<br />

Dental.<br />

The First Academy will hold<br />

open houses Jan. 8 and Feb. 12 from<br />

2-4 p.m. The Christ-centered school<br />

accommodates students from birth<br />

through 12th grade. Its lower and<br />

middle schools have earned blue<br />

ribbon status, and it boasts a 100<br />

percent college acceptance rate.<br />

For more information, call 407-206-<br />

8602 or visit thefirstacademy.org on<br />

the web. ª<br />

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