A pair of entrepreneurs in Lake Nona hope to help level the rising tide of the COVID-19 test shortages by creating their own coronavirus test. As healthcare facilities across the nation scramble to negotiate the coronavirus testing bottleneck, a local laboratory, led by Medical City residents Rick Martin and Grant Weiss, introduced the most accessible and effective … [Read more...]
Relay For Life of Lake Nona – A Community United Against Cancer
Nearly everyone knows somebody who has, in some way, been affected by cancer. That is why Relay For Life co-chairs Christine Busheme and Lisa Mansini are hoping our community will come out in full force to this year’s Nov. 2 Lake Nona Event. The 2019 Relay theme is “Live, Learn, Work, Play and RELAY,” and thanks to the presenting sponsor, Tavistock Development … [Read more...]
Nona Your Neighbor: Macey Miller and Meredith Miller
Macey and Meredith are sister-in-law business owners of Be Bold Design Studio and Meeting Meredith Creative, respectively. But they're also Nonahood residents building a female-focused networking group together called SheHustles. Check out our conversation with them below! Nonahood News: What is your job? Meredith: My job is a copywriter for my business, Meeting … [Read more...]
The Nation’s First “Smart” High School Sets Sights on Lake Nona, Medical City
Tavistock Development Company Still Needs to Approve the School The International School of Science, Technology, and the Arts (ISSTA) has plans to open “the next step in education” with a preparatory school focused on integrating technology with traditional teaching methods for a STEM and Arts education. If approved, the school would be located at the Lake Nona Medical … [Read more...]
Topping Out a Dream
Eleven years ago in Lake Nona, we held Topping Out Ceremonies for our new College of Medicine medical education and Burnett Biomedical Sciences buildings. At those ceremonies, we dreamed of building an Academic Health Sciences Center that would bring together in Medical City all of UCF’s health-related programs in education, research and patient care. We knew that a teaching … [Read more...]