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BUS_CARD 3.25” x 2” August 2010 Here’s a snapshot of events happening during Harriett’s Seven Park Avenue Fashion Week: 10.11 “A Night of Turkish Delight” days of 5:30-8 p.m., Bajalia Meet and greet with designer Kelly Cimber Calendar 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuni Artist Brandy Renee’s opening style reception is Oct. 12 at Corners 10.13 Custom Picture Framing. Fashion Week Party Page 8 6:30-9 p.m., Current/ John Craig Clothiers 10.15 Runway Show 7 p.m., West Meadow For a full schedule, visit ParkAvenueFashionWeek. com ARCHIVE PHOTO BY ISAAC BABCOCK — THE OBSERVER Bus with legs Fashion Week floods Park Avenue Oct. 9-15. See story on Page 15. Lake Sybelia Elementary stu- dents choose to skip riding the school bus and walk to class. Page 10 Hotel on horizon Ravaudage ISAAC BABCOCK Observer Staff What saying d A posh hotel spanning a city block could soon be rising near Rol- vote delayed you’re lins College after the Winter Park City Commission voted unani- Louis Roney is constitutionally mously to allow the college and developers to move forward and genetically incapable of do- with plans for the 112-room Alfond Inn. City hopes to collect $50,000 in overdue bills ing nothing! The 100,000-square-foot hotel could potentially serve as both Page 12 a potential four-star stopover for visitors to Winter Park as well JENNY ANDREASSON nitely send a message.” as a new nighttime lounge just east of Park Avenue. It would also Observer Staff The charges stem from water help raise funds for scholarships for Rollins students. bills and the use of dumpsters at Representatives from Rollins and Baker Barrios Architects pled Maitland sent a message to Gem Lake Apartments between their case at the Sept. 26 Commission meeting, lobbying for ap- Ravaudage’s developer on Sept. February and August of this year, proval to move forward with the project. Rollins President Lewis 26: Pay your bill and then you’ll according to the city’s finance de- Duncan said he expected the hotel to add to the long history of get what you want. partment. the landmark college. City Council tabled a vote on “The last bill was just south of “We’ve been here 125 years,” Duncan said. “We’re not looking a land-use amendment after it $50,000 and that did not include to flip it. We’re looking forward to the next 125 years.” was revealed that the landowner, late fees,” Shepard said. The late Attorney Rebecca Wilson, representing the school, said that Benjamin Partners developer Dan fees would bring the total to about Publisher statement on page 4. USPS 00-6186 the hotel would be open for all visitors in the area. Bellows, owes the city $50,000 in $80,000, Bonus said. “There’s some confusion that this would be just for Rollins,” utility charges. Gem Lake has one water me- Wilson said. “Let me assure you that we’ll take reservations with Council favored the compre- ter per building so if the property anyone. hensive development plan amend- owner doesn’t pay the bill, every- “This is not being built by a developer. This is being built by ment that would allow a mix of one’s water could theoretically a college that has 125 years of tradition in this city. I think we’re residential-scale retail within the be shut off. The city has stopped very fortunate to have a partnership with them on this.” high-density residential district short of doing that. But the reception at the Sept. 26 Commission meeting wasn’t along the rail line and adjacent to Bonus said Tuesday that “the all warm for the potential economic boon. downtown Maitland. But mem- city is cautious about not want- Rick Frazee, who owns and operates Best Western Mt. Vernon bers were concerned about Gem ing to victimize the innocent ho- Inn in Winter Park, said that the Alfond Inn could threaten his Lake Apartments’ unpaid bill and meowner.” business if it opens as a three-diamond or three-star hotel. the precedent they would set if “For a guy who’s presenting “I’m asking that they accept a AAA 4-diamond rating and they approved the amendment. a $100 million project, what’s agree to meet it,” he said. “A three-diamond rating will greatly “That entity is indebted to the a $50,000 water bill? Come on, impact my market. It will compete directly head to head with city for a significant amount of what’s the deal?” he said. me.” utility bills,” Councilman Phil Bo- Shepard said that Benjamin Commissioner Carolyn Cooper cautioned the Commission nus said. Paying the tab, he said, Partners recently asked the city to to not get too excited about the hotel, which hadn’t yet gotten might be an “excellent condition remove some unused dumpsters the OK for its parking plan, which would borrow space from as for the approval (of the land-use but that the developer has yet to many as three parking lots from local businesses and a church in change), if that’s even legal.” respond to inquiries from staff to order to fulfill the hotel’s guest capacity. City Attorney Cliff Shepard settle the bill. n Please see HOTEL Page 3 said tabling the item “would defi- n Please see RAVAUDAGE Page 7 Page 2 Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 Winter Park / Maitland Observer Festival season sweeps in Plan your weekend with The Weekender! 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