Rich Pope
Video and Photo Journalist at Orlando Sentinel
Video/Photo Journalist @orlandosentinel • Artist • Beach bound
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1 week ago |
orlandosentinel.com | Rich Pope
Summer is in full swing on Lake Minneola in Clermont. The nearly 2,000-acre lake is a popular spot to unwind, offering activities both on the water and along the shoreline, with a small beach, splash pad, boat ramp, playground and picnic areas at Waterfront Park. Lake Minneola is part of the Clermont Chain of Lakes-that includes 11 lakes interconnected by the Palatlakaha River. The waterway is well used for swimming, boating, jet skiing, water skiing and more.
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1 week ago |
miamiherald.com | Rich Pope
Orlando Fringe leaders are calling the May festival a success, saying both attendance and money earned by artists increased over 2024. The May 2024 festival saw attendance drop to about 50,000 patrons for the annual two-week extravaganza of theater, music, comedy, dance and art in Loch Haven Park, north of downtown. But that number rebounded this year to about 55,000, the organization said. The amount of money earned by performers also rose slightly, to $467,225.
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1 week ago |
bradenton.com | Rich Pope
Orlando Fringe leaders are calling the May festival a success, saying both attendance and money earned by artists increased over 2024. The May 2024 festival saw attendance drop to about 50,000 patrons for the annual two-week extravaganza of theater, music, comedy, dance and art in Loch Haven Park, north of downtown. But that number rebounded this year to about 55,000, the organization said. The amount of money earned by performers also rose slightly, to $467,225.
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2 weeks ago |
miamiherald.com | Rich Pope
Orange County’s tourist tax collections were better in April than a year ago, but not as good as the year before that. The revenue generated by the county’s 6% surcharge on overnight hotel stays and other short-term lodging has been a reliable measure of tourist industry health, but Comptroller Phil Diamond, whose office tracks the collections, interpreted the new figures cautiously.
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3 weeks ago |
bradenton.com | Rich Pope
Epic Universe is populated with monsters, wizards, dragons and little guys named Mario and Luigi. And Universal Orlando is tempting visitors to buy remembrances of them, creating a lineup of merchandise, much of which is exclusive to the new theme park. Consumer tastes and trends make producing souvenirs a more elaborate task than cranking up T-shirt and keychain factories.
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