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Space travel meets lavish vacation living at Morlando in Reunion, which your family or group can rent for as low as $2,400 per night. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Space age comes to lavish Kissimmee vacation rental home

Ken Jackson
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Experience Kissimmee, Osceola County’s tourism marketing arm, touts Kissimmee as the “Vacation Home Capital of the World.” The county boasts 35,000 vacation homes, with properties available for rent for as low as $75 per night for smaller, basic accommodations, up to lavish mega-mansions for upwards of $4,000 per night. Homes and plans for every budget and style exist across the county.
See it refurbished, then take it home: used Teslas will be serviced to current standard then sold in the same facility—a company first. Company and county officials cut the ribbon on the Kissimmee facility Monday. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

First Tesla facility of its kind opens in Kissimmee

Ken Jackson
Thursday, April 18, 2024
First generation Tesla cars are coming to the time in their lifespan when it’s time to trade them in, or leases are expiring. Many of those will now come to a new facility on the north side of Kissimmee on Orange Blossom Trail near Osceola Parkway to be refurbished and sold as used cars.
The Opportunity Center, which works to empower individuals with developmental disabilities in Osceola County by assisting with employment, training and community integration, will hold its first-ever “Wings of Opportunity” Gala Saturday at the Kissimmee Civic Center.

The Opportunity Center, helping the disabled, holding inaugural Gala

Ken Jackson
Thursday, April 18, 2024
The Opportunity Center, which works to empower individuals with developmental disabilities in Osceola County by assisting with employment, training and community integration, will hold its firstever “Wings of Opportunity” Gala on Saturday April 27, at 6 p.m. at the Kissimmee Civic Center.
The goal of the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) is to address the issues of high-utility bills and inefficient systems within low-income residences in Osceola County. PHOTO/OSCEOLA COUNCIL ON AGING

Council's Corner — About the Weatherization Assistance Program

Wendy Coschignano Ford
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Spring has arrived in Central Florida, bringing with it high pollen counts, love bugs, and, of course, the world-famous Central Florida heat. The rising temperatures create the need to close windows and turn on air-conditioners to avoid the ever-increasing outside heat and humidity. This transition also brings higher utility bills, as we begin to run our airconditioning systems almost non-stop.
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