Baldwin Park Living | April / May 2009 by New Broad Street Realty

L IVING APRIL/MAY 2009

Change Is Coming! BALDWIN PARK IS GOING TO THE DOGS Spring Events Calendar A TASTE OF WINE & COFFEE IN THE VILLAGE CENTER

Spring Events Calendar Sunday, April 5th 6th ANNUAL DOGGIE ART FESTIVAL 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Village Center

Friday, April 10th ART STROLL OF BALDWIN PARK 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Village Center

Saturday, April 11th RESIDENT EASTER EGG HUNT 10:00 a.m. to Noon, Corrine Commons

Saturday, April 25th WLOQ SMOOTH JAZZ UNDER THE STARS 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Lakemont Avenue and Upper Park Road (near the Traveler's Building)

Friday, May 1st - Saturday, May 2nd BALDWIN PARK RELAY FOR LIFE 6:00 p.m., Glenridge Middle School

Saturday, May 2nd CFF GREAT STRIDES WALK 8:30 a.m., Blue Jacket Park 2nd ANNUAL DOGGIE DERBY Registration- 9:00 a.m., Racing - 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Corrine Commons

Saturday, May 9th ANNUAL PORCH SALE & FLEA MARKET 8:00 a.m., Corrine Commons, Enders Park & Community-wide

Saturday, May 16th ADULT CONCERT SERIES Matt “the saxman” and Cornucopia Band, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Corrine Commons

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Letter from the Community Director

Spring Events Calendar...Page 4 Letter from the Community Director...5 Letter from the Association President...7

Dear Resident,

Upcoming Events: 6th Annual Doggie Art Festival, Art Stroll of Baldwin Park, Resident Easter Egg Hunt, WLOQ Smooth Jazz Under The Stars, Baldwin Park Relay For Life, CFF Great Strides Walk, 2nd Annual Doggie Derby, Annual Porch Sale & Flea Market, Adult Concert Series...8

pring has arrived! The first sign for me was talking to some college students from Michigan who were at Grace Hopper pool tanning on a day when I had a coat and gloves on. They thought I was as crazy as I thought they were!

Susan Comisky

I always look at spring as a time for new beginnings. I love the warmer days, the flowers and just seeing people running, walking and strolling around Lake Baldwin. Speaking of new beginnings, you will begin to see some subtle changes in this edition of the newsletter and more changes in the upcoming months. The biggest change is the name–Baldwin Park Living. The goal is to make the newsletter more informative and useful to our residents. You don’t have to go far to find things to do this spring. The Baldwin Park Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday, April 11th. Hop on over to Corrine Commons and help hunt for over 4,000 eggs while enjoying face painting, music, and a visit with the Easter Bunny. The spring Porch Sale is Saturday, May 9th. Both Corrine Commons and Enders Park lawn areas will be available for people to use to sell their wares. On the recent activities survey residents asked for an adult concert and that is what is happening on Saturday, May 16th. Bring a blanket, chairs, picnic, wine and cheese or just yourself, join your neighbors and listen to the sounds of Matt “the saxman” and Cornucopia Band on the lawn at Corrine Commons. Also plan on attending the Doggie Art Festival, Doggie Derby, Art Stroll, WLOQ Jazz Concert, Relay for Life and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Great Strides. Check the “What’s Happening” section on the Community Network at www.BaldwinParkNetwork.com or go to Page 8 for more details. Please continue to send in your photographs of any fun times in Baldwin Park to SComisky@BaldwinParkpoa.com so we can continue to post them on the Community Network for all to enjoy. I want to thank all of the volunteer writers, Welcome Basket committee and residents who applied for the resident-led funding for activities as you add your Spark to the neighborhood. Please visit the Community Network for details on how you can become involved in your community!

On The Cover: Anne Klein and Joe Oddo with their dog, Gracie, dressed in her silks and ready to run at last year’s Doggie Derby at Corrine Commons. Read the story on Page 9.

Meet Your Neighbors: The McWhirters & the Hemphills...9 6th Annual Doggie Art Festival...12 Featured Merchants: Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Company & WineStyles...16 Business Directories...18 At Your Service: Pro-Active Family Chiropractic...22 Picture Page: Audubon Park Elementary School Jump Rope for Heart Event...28 Featured Club: The Strollercise Club...31

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Letter from the Residential Owners Association President

hat a great neighborhood we live in! A reflection of this is that we are now seeing a lot more community involvement in terms of residents volunteering to help put on events in Baldwin Park. Many residents don’t realize what it takes to put on an event. Most residents just show up at the event, enjoy it, and then go home. If you have ever been on a committee for such an event, you know that no matter how simple the event is it takes a lot of planning and work to make it happen. A site or facility has to be scheduled, the event organized (and most times a committee formed to do that), event volunteers secured, sometimes city permits are required and must be secured, and sometimes insurance is required. Of course, most events require a cleanup crew. If your child is playing Little League baseball, if you are participating in a Relay for Life event, if your child gathered plastic eggs at an Easter Egg Hunt, if you’ve attended a concert in the park, or if you’ve been on a committee that has put on one of these, you know what I am talking about. Being a frugal person, I’m always looking for a way to cut costs. Volunteers help keep event costs down. Speaking as someone who has organized a lot of events over many years, I am always appreciative of any resident who will volunteer to work on an event. So, I thank everyone who has done so and/or will do so. We plan to recognize volunteers in this newsletter or on the Community Network because we do appreciate them so much. As many of you know, I wear another couple of hats in the neighborhood. One of these is my Baldwin Park Neighborhood Watch (NW) Coordinator hat. In that capacity, I have been working to cover Baldwin Park with NW Blocks. Neighborhood Watch is a proactive program that seeks to keep crime out of the neighborhood, and in the event that suspicious activity or crime is occurring makes sure that it is reported. There are simply not enough Orlando Police Department (OPD) officers to cover everywhere in Orlando at once. Neighborhood Watch Block Captains and Block Members, all volunteers, are the eyes and ears of the OPD in Baldwin Park. The NW Block Captains’ and Members’ roles do not include apprehending the bad guys. Rather, their job is to immediately report criminal or suspicious activity to the OPD and then to immediately notify their NW Block Members of what is going on. While the NW Program deals with preventing residential crime, the Business Watch Program seeks to prevent crime against businesses. OPD is working on setting up an organizational meeting to start a Business Watch in Baldwin Park. In this program, business owners and business property owners will

volunteer to help keep crime out of the business areas of Baldwin Park. Hopefully, notices concerning the Business Watch Program will be coming soon to our business areas.

Denny O'Neil

I want to close this message to residents with a discussion of another issue. As you all probably know, juvenile skateboarders and bicyclists are using a couple of venues in Baldwin Park that they should not be using. Residents have complained about kids skateboarding and bicycling in the Village Center and at the former Navy barracks building (located on Lower Park Road). The owner of the former Navy barracks has made an effort to secure that building. So that leaves addressing the problem at the Village Center. Many residents have expressed concern about juvenile skateboarders and bicyclists causing disruption in the Village Center. So that you understand what is being done to keep the Village Center a hospitable and safe place for all residents, I wanted to give you a “who owns what” primer on the Village Center. Neither the Residential Owners Association nor the Commercial Owners Association have jurisdiction over the Village Center where this is occurring. First, who owns the buildings in the Village Center? Various private owners own the buildings south of Meeting Place on New Broad Street. The buildings north of Meeting Place on New Broad Street are owned by RP Baldwin Retail, LLC, and RP Baldwin Residential, LLC. Second, who owns the parking lots in Baldwin Park’s Village Center? The Commercial Owners Association (COA) owns the parking lots. (The COA is made up of all existing apartments, retail, office, and other commercial property in Baldwin Park). Third, who owns the sidewalks in Baldwin Park’s Village Center? The city of Orlando owns the sidewalks from the curb to the building from Jake Street to Chatfield Place except for the breezeways which are owned by RP Baldwin Retail, LLC. Also, RP Baldwin Retail, LLC, owns the metal rails and the sidewalk between the metal rails and the building walls from Jake Street north to Harbor Park. And finally, the city of Orlando owns Continued on Page 30

Upcoming Events 6th ANNUAL DOGGIE ART FESTIVAL

WLOQ SMOOTH JAZZ UNDER THE STARS

Sunday, April 5th 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Village Center

Saturday, April 25th 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Lakemont Avenue & Upper Park Road

For more information on this event, please see Page 12.

The spring concert tradition returns to the beautiful venue on the lake in Baldwin Park! Smooth 103.1 WLOQ, EGP and MetroPCS present Smooth Jazz Under the Stars on Saturday, April 25th. This year’s all star lineup of national smooth jazz artists includes Sax for Stax, featuring Gerald Albright and Kirk Whalum, Four80East featuring Shilts from Down to the Bone, and Chuck Loeb. Tickets are $15 in advance, $25 at the gate, and children 12 and under are FREE. Further information is available at www.wloq.com/SmoothJazzUnderThe Stars.aspx. Gates open at 5:00 p.m, and the evening’s entertainment begins at 6:00 p.m. and will conclude promptly at 10:00 p.m. All are invited bring blankets and chairs out to enjoy a fantastic lineup of smooth jazz performers under a starry spring sky. Food and drink will be available for purchase at the venue.

ART STROLL OF BALDWIN PARK Friday, April 10th 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Village Center The first “Art Stroll of Baldwin Park” will be held on Friday, April 10th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Village Center. Several of the merchants in the Village Center will host a local artist in their business to show support of the local art community. The artwork will be for sale, and residents are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity. The Arts Stroll will start in the Village Center and end at the Creative Spirits Gallery located at 820 A. Lake Baldwin Lane. For more information, check the “What’s Happening” column at www.BaldwinParkNetwork.com.

RESIDENT EASTER EGG HUNT Saturday, April 11th 10:00 a.m. to Noon Corrine Commons The Easter Bunny is coming to Baldwin Park with lots of goodies for the kids and fun for the whole family. Join your neighbors at Corrine Commons in front of Grace Hopper Hall for a morning of festive activities including an Easter egg hunt, music, prizes, face painting, caricature portraits, and balloon sculptures. The Easter Bunny will lead the children on two hunts: Baby Bunnies (4 & under) and Lil’ Rabbits (5 & up). The Baldwin Park Activities Committee thanks Post Properties for donating prizes, Farris & Foster's Famous Chocolate Factory for chauffeuring the Easter Bunny, Lake Baldwin Dental for juice boxes, Reflections Dermatology for balloons, and Images Auto Spa for donating water. This event is presented by the Baldwin Park Residential Owners Association and is produced by Heather Baker, Event Planner (heatherbakerevents@yahoo.com).

BALDWIN PARK RELAY FOR LIFE Friday, May 1st - Saturday, May 2nd 6:00 p.m. Glenridge Middle School One day. One night. One community. The Baldwin Park Relay For Life® is about celebration, remembrance, and hope. By participating, you honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives that have been lost to the disease, and raise money to help fight it all right here in your community. You won’t want to miss one moment of this life- and community-affirming event! For more information or to register, please go to www.relayforlife.org/baldwinparkfl.

CFF GREAT STRIDES WALK Saturday, May 2nd 8:30 a.m. Blue Jacket Park Taking Steps to Cure Cystic Fibrosis is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s largest national fund-raising event. For more information or to register, please go to www.cff.org/Great_Strides and look for the Florida Chapter-Orlando Office page.

2nd ANNUAL DOGGIE DERBY Saturday, May 2nd 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Corrine Commons For more information on this exciting event, please see the “Meet Your Neighbors” feature on organizers Brian and Lisa McWhirter and Bob and Julie Hemphill on Page 10.

ANNUAL PORCH SALE & FLEA MARKET Saturday, May 9th 8:00 a.m. Corrine Commons, Enders Park & Community-wide Come out to Baldwin Park’s annual community-wide porch sale to find some great bargains on a variety of items - from clothes and toys to electronics and furniture. Directional signs to various areas of Baldwin Park will be put out the morning of the sale. A “Flea Market” will also be set up at Enders Park and at Corrine Commons in front of Grace Hopper Hall. There will be some great finds so shop early!

ADULT CONCERT SERIES Saturday, May 16th 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Corrine Commons Bring a blanket, chairs, picnic, wine and cheese or just yourself, join your neighbors and listen to the sounds of Matt “the saxman” and Cornucopia Band. Matt is a full time saxophone player and uses three different saxes and sings with customized backing tracks for a mix of Soul, Jazz, Blues and even pop tunes! He works part time at Universal Studio playing the sax for the Blues Brothers show and his band Cornucopia has played at Sea World for New Year’s Eve and Portofino Bay hotel Harbor night events! Check with Village Center merchants to get your wine, cheese, sandwiches and other beverages. See you there! Rain date is Saturday, June 6th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Meet Your Neighbors Baldwin Park is Going to the Dogs: Doggie Derby Organizers Are Ready for Race Day

t will take place on the first Saturday in May. There will be hats. There will races. There will be trophies. And there will be sweet libations.

No, it’s not the 135th “Run for the Roses” at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the 2nd Annual Doggie Derby at Corrine Commons in Baldwin Park, Florida! The Doggie Derby is the pet project (pun intended) of Brian and Lisa McWhirter and Bob and Julie Hemphill, hatched over a glass of wine at WineStyles last April. “We were talking about Kentucky Derby parties and traditions,” said Lisa, who is originally from Louisville, Kentucky. “Bob said, ‘wouldn’t it be funny if we had a dog derby!’” The two couples pulled the event together in approximately three weeks, using word-of-mouth marketing and web site registration. Thirty-two dogs competed in four weight classesfeatherweight, lightweight, middleweight and heavyweightrunning 25-yards. Winners moved through a bracket system, similar to March Madness, until a grand champion was chosen from the winners of the four weight classes. Meeko (McWhirter) was the winner in the featherweight class.

From left: Brian McWhirter, with Lex; Lisa McWhirter, with Meeko; Julie Hemphill, with Foster; and Bob Hemphill. Animals. And, of course, in keeping with Kentucky Derby tradition, there will be a hat contest. So, what’s the back story on these “doggone” fun loving couples. Well, it was the dogs that brought them together! The couples had met each other previously, but they became friends when Meeko (McWhirter) and Foster (Hemphill) were in the same “puppy kindergarten” class at Blue Jacket. Lisa, Brian and Julie all lived in Baldwin Park prior to getting married. The McWhirters and the Hemphills have both been married for two years and the couples where married with in six weeks of each other. Lisa is sales support software developer for Hewlett-Packard. Brian is also in the software industry, developing point of sale programs for the retail industry. He helped found his company, RTC Group, in 1989.

“We had dogs that didn’t necessarily run,” said Lisa. “We had some that tried to go through the fences, behind the fences, and turn around and go backwards! Some just wanted to play all the way down.”

Julie is a nurse practitioner for Florida Hematology & Oncology Specialists. And Bob is a personal injury attorney with Troutman, Williams, Irvin, Green, Helms and Polich, P.A.

“Foster ran the wrong way,” said Bob Hemphill.

The McWhirters are avid sports fans. Lisa is a runner and races her mini Cooper.

After the races, there was a street party on Upper Union, so everyone could watch the “real” derby. “It was a lot of fun,” said Lisa. “It wasn’t necessarily about the competition. Everybody enjoyed just getting together!” This year, more activities are planned including a dog wash and dog grooming, dog caricatures, a play area, sponsor booths and “doggie bags” donated by Baldwin Bark. There will also be t-shirts and a raffle. Proceeds of the event will go to support the Friends of Fleet Peeples Park. Last year, $300 was given to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

The Hemphills like to play flag football. They travel to the California wine country every year. “We go snowboarding,” said Julie. “Skiing is for fuddy-duddys,” said Bob. “We’re radical!” They are definitely “dog” people. Julie grew up with big dogs, rothweillers, black labs, “dogs that would climb trees!” “It’s great to live in a community that is so dog-friendly,” said Lisa. “It’s great to meet good friends through our dogs.”

Doggie Derby “Fast” Facts:

Suggested donation: $15

When: Saturday, May 2nd

(Proceeds benefit Friends of Fleet Peeples Park)

Where: Corrine Commons

For more information, to register, or to

Registration: 9:00 a.m.

see more photos from last year’s event,

Racing: 10:00 a.m.to 2:00 p.m.

please go to www.bpdoggiederby.com.

6th Annual Doggie Art Festival Moves to Baldwin Park

he 6th Annual Doggie Art Festival takes place Sunday, April 5th, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Baldwin Park Village Center. This fun-filled dog and art event is

hosted each year by BullFish in Winter Park which is relocating to Baldwin Park this summer. This event is free and features more than 70 pet-inspired artists, pet-related vendors, adoption organizations and live music throughout the day. Fido is welcome at this event, but please leave your retractable leashes at home. This event will benefit the Sebastian Haul Fund - a fund created to help local greyhound organizations transport retired racing greyhounds to loving homes in other states. An annual event, this canine art festival attracts thousands, and presents local pet-inspired artwork by many accomplished artists. There will also be caricature artists and photographers available for a seasonal photo of your pet, dog trainers to help you with doggie training challenges and many great petrelated vendors who offer holistic massage, all natural foods, pet sitting, and day care. Adoption organizations will also be on hand to for those looking to adopt a homeless pet, or to support through volunteer opportunities and donations. This year’s poster artist is Brian Nutt. Brian Nutt started out drawing caricatures of people. He then began drawing pets at dog shows and other dog-related events. Brian then started his own company - Pets-Ink creating his own “My Dog…” T-shirt line. He has since branched into graphic design and computer generated

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commissioned works for clients. The Sebastian Haul Fund was created in memory of Sebastian the beloved greyhound of BullFish store owners Brian Wettstein and Jeff Brow. The purpose of the fund is to defray transportation costs of hauling greyhounds to their forever homes. Too many pets sit in adoption agencies needlessly while qualified adoptive homes may exist just out of reach. Greyhound organizations cannot possibly adopt all the retired racing dogs in our local community. They rely on relationships with adoption organizations across the country to help find homes through hauls. The Sebastian Haul Fund was created to assist in this purpose. For more information, call BullFish at 407-644-2969 or visit www.bullfish.net.

Featured Merchants: Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Company & WineStyles

A Taste of Wine & Coffee

id you know that Arabians made wine from the pulp of the fermented coffee berries? Coffee was initially used for spiritual reasons. At least 1,000 years ago, traders brought coffee across the Red Sea into Arabia (modern-day Yemen), where Muslim monks began cultivating the shrub in their gardens and used the fermented beverage in religious ceremonies. Did you also know that archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest production of wine, made by fermenting grapes, took place in sites in Georgia and Iran, from as early as 6000 BC? BARISTA: Phil Jones & Rick Stewart, Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Company. Rick Stewart has been the general manager at the Baldwin Park Barnie’s location since it opened in July of 2006. Rick said he knew when the doors opened that the store would have a “special feel.” “We knew that it would be the ‘third place,’” said Stewart, referring to the store as a place for people to gather, other than at home and at work. “We wanted to make people feel like they were at home, feel like it was their coffee shop,” said Stewart. “It’s not just about the drink, it’s about the experience.” The coffeehouse “experience” is not at all a new concept. Coffeehouses have been popular social gathering places as far back as the 15th century. In Middle Eastern countries, men assembled at coffeehouses to drink coffee (usually Arabic coffee) or tea, listen to music, read books, play chess and backgammon, and perhaps hear a recitation. The scene today is not much different at the Barnie’s in Baldwin Park, except, of course, for WiFi. Barnie Philip Jones Jr., the founder of Barnie’s, was on the cusp of a modern-day resurgence of the coffeehouse when he opened his first store in Winter Park in

Not only is the Middle East the “cradle of civilization,” but it appears to be ground zero for the the cultivation of two beverages very important in modern American culture. Wine and coffee: The beverages and associated cultures have a lot in common! Two businesses, Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Company and WineStyles, located in the Village Center, are purveyors of these modern-day icons and their proprietors share the common goal of providing their customers with the best product available, in a relaxing atmosphere.

1980, two years prior to the creation of the company know today as Starbuck's. Jones was a in grad school in San Francisco in the 1960s when he tasted his first specialty coffee. At that point in his life, he had never drank coffee, “but boy, it was really good!” he said. Specialty coffee became a passion for Jones. In post World War II America, specialty coffee producers had all but disappeared in America, falling victim to “modernization” of the marketplace. “There was a blue can and there was a red can,” said Jones. Those were the choices for the consumer, he said. After graduation, Jones returned to Florida. He began to research the market and found no one dealing in the specialty coffee market in Florida. His first store was located in the Colony Gardens shopping center on Park Avenue in Winter Park; a former movie theater remodeled to house three floors of trendy shops. The store was relocated in 1983 to its current spot on Park Avenue. Barnie’s grew to more than 110 stores nationwide before Jones sold the company to Sara Lee in 1998. Branching out into real estate development

in Colorado, Jones soon missed Florida and the coffee business and bought his company back in the spring of last year. Jones spends a lot of time traveling the world to find great coffee. “I’m always out looking for the newest, exciting coffees,” said Jones. His latest trip took him to Brazil, where he experienced the ritual at a “cupping” room. Much like good wine depends on the cultivation of a good grape, good coffee depends on the growth of a good bean, and that depends on the location and environment in which the coffee is grown. “Coffee is like wine,” said Stewart, “depending on the soil, the location, the rainfall, the shade. You get different flavors from the same coffee plant, just depending on where it grown and how it’s grown.” “Arabica is what we serve,” said Stewart. Coffee that is typically grown at altitude, which makes for a better coffee bean.” Recently remodeled, the Baldwin Park location carries the entire selection of Barnie’s 48 whole bean Arabica coffee and 12 packaged coffees, as well as a large selection of mugs, gifts, gourmet treats and brewing equipment, and a wide array of teas. “It is Phil’s vision that Barnie’s be the ‘complete coffee store,’” said Stewart, “not just a coffee bar.”

From left: Rick Stewart, Mark & Maryann Greenberg SOMMELIER: Mark & Maryann Greenberg The pretentiousness and snobbery long associated with the culture of wine is thankfully waning as the beverage becomes more mainstream, due in part to the emergence of companies such as WineStyles. There are no affectations or airs to be found at the Baldwin Park location owned by Mark and Maryann Greenberg. The atmosphere is laid back and friendly, as are New York transplants who act as hosts and sommelier. “We try to make wine fun!” said Mark. The Greenberg’s goal is to lower the intimidation level that can be experienced at some wine stores. Designed like an old-world wine cellar, WineStyles is organized by eight different style–or taste–categories instead of by varietal or by region. Demystifying the selection of the right bottle of wine, these taste profiles include Crisp, Silky, Rich and Bubbly for whites and Fruity, Mellow, Bold and Nectar for reds. Essentially, a customer need not understand the nuances of a Cabernet Sauvignon grape grown in France as opposed to one grown in California...they just need to know what they like in terms of taste. “It makes wine easier to understand,” said Mark. “And we always give people a taste of wine. When you come in, you can have a taste of whatever’s on the menu that day.” Like many people who call themselves wine enthusiasts, it was the culture that drew the Greenbergs to wine. They quit their graphic design and advertising jobs and in 1988 moved to Florida and opened La Croissant French Bakery in downtown Orlando. After 11 years of mornings starting at 3:00 a.m.,

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Village Center Directory RESTAURANTS: Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Company Chi Pan Asian Restaurant Cold Stone Creamery Colibri Five Guys Famous Burgers & Fries Grouper & More Jack’s Steak House Lago Restaurant Paddy Murphy’s Irish Pub La Bella Luna Planet Smoothie Seito Japanese Restaurant Subway Trish’s Teas Uptown Park Wine Bar SHOPPING/SERVICES: Amy Ridge Allstate Agency Artistic Expressions Photography Baldwin Bark & Meow Supply Baldwin Nails & Day Spa Bead Bee Boutique & Beaderia Best Cleaners Kennedy’s All American Barber Club CVS Pharmacy Dental Excellence at Baldwin Park Farris & Fosters Famous Chocolate Factory Fitness Together Greenough Interior Design Hair Cuttery Ki Marital Arts Academy Loco Motion Lulu Belle Baby Boutique Merrigan’s Boutique My Art Studio New Broad Street Realty Planet Beach Tanning Salon Publix Regions Bank SunTrust Bank at Baldwin Park Tiny Toes Children’s Shoes Victoria Jewelers VIBE Center for Performing Arts Weight Watchers WineStyles

VILLAGE CENTER OFFICE Centerline Homes Commerce Financial Group Executive OfficeSuites of Baldwin Park J Martin Black & Associates Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC KRG&G, LLP MSCW, Inc. Post Properties SunTrust The Majestic Apartments VOA Associates, Inc.

Live/Work, Neighborhood Office, & Other Commercial Directories VILLAGE CENTER LIVE/WORK American Home Companions American Mortgage Company Ana Ivonne Aviles, CPA, LLC Baldwin Granite - Focus Builders Belle Vie Day Spa & Gifts Blue Fox Services Cameron’s Design Charis Counseling Center FRS Planning Associates - Frank Arnall GW Financial Hearing Associates of Central Florida In Florida Mortgage Interior Talent Inc. Joyce Ducas, PhD Lake Baldwin Church Magic USA Tours Mortgage Max Direct My Stage Dance Studio onePOS Perfect Score Landscaping Pro-Active Family Chiropractic - Dr. Luke Peterson Rosa’s Design and Alterations Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Solodev Internet Software The Home Mag Therapeutic Hands of Steele The Skin Care Center of Excellence TwoCare

Complete Health & Wellness - Dr. Chris Brouillette Psychological Services, LLC - Dr. Becky Eades Psychotherapy Works, LLC - Maria Darcy, Ph. D., ABS R.W. Block Consulting, Inc. Reflections Dermatology - Dr. Dimitry Palceski Rey Group SaJune Medical Center SGM Engineering, Inc. Smart Start Learning Center State Farm Agents - Jim Ackerman & John Psomas Sweet Glides Segway Tours of Florida Wade P. Luther P.A. Law Firm WomenCare - Dr. Brenda M. Barry OTHER COMMERCIAL Cuhaci & Peterson Architects Dyer, Riddle, Mills & Precourt, Inc. Fairwinds Credit Union Florida Institute of Technology Nature’s Table North Park Baptist Church St. Paul Travelers (For more information on these businesses, please go to www.BaldwinParkNetwork.com and click on Directories in the side menu bar.)

NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE AdepTech, Inc. Animal Hospital at Baldwin Park Architects in Partnership Beattie Family Orthodontics Bird Eye Institute - Dr. Eugenio Bird Brown Cooper Architects Central Florida Foot & Ankle Specialists - Dr. Victor McNamara Florida Retina and Vitreous Center Hanover Capital Partners Hess & Hess CPAs, P.A. Hoskins Quiros Osborne & LaBeaume, CPA, LLC Human Development - Dr. Mary Travis Kay Green Design Lake Baldwin Dental - Dr. William Dunn Lamm & Company Partners Marchena & Graham, P.A. Mark Rash Interiors Martin Orthodontics - Dr. Jeff Martin McCorkle Construction Company MSI Design Nishad Kahn New York Life Insurance - Larry B. Rash Orlando Carolers Orlando Pediatric Dentistry -Dr. Maubashir Chaudhry Park Avenue Group Park Place Title, Inc. Physician Associates - Dr. Penny Danna

At Your Service: Pro-Active Family Chiropractic: Be Yourself and Be Well By Dr. Luke Peterson

pringtime is a great time to introduce new habits into your daily routine: quality nutrition, quality exercise, and optimal brain fitness and take an active role in self-health.

Pharmaceutical drugs, surgeries, and even chiropractic adjustments are all forms of passive healthcare. These methods provide relief from outside sources. Proper nutrition and exercise, on the other hand, work to improve health from within. This can be defined as active healthcare. You can do more healing through good nutrition and exercise than a physician can do in one treatment in his office. In order to establish a system of self-healing for your entire body, you need to start with proper nutrition. Each cell in your body requires quality fuel in order to work efficiently. The food you eat becomes the fuel that your cells need. It is important to learn what foods will be most beneficial for your body makeup. Many people fail to realize that certain diets do not work for

everyone. We all possess a unique metabolism, which is the process of converting food to fuel. This uniqueness can affect how many calories we should consume, how frequently we should eat, and especially what specific foods we should eat. One major component of your metabolism is your individual blood group type. Our blood is vital to our metabolism because it delivers the fuel and oxygen to our cells and defends the cells from foreign invaders. We can improve our health if we match our nutrition to our own metabolism. If a person is blood group type “A,” for example, then a diet rich in grains and vegetables with less meat would improve their metabolic function. In contrast, a person with blood group type “O” would require a diet of more lean meat and less grain to achieve optimum metabolic function. The true beauty of this holistic approach to nutrition is that it also ties into the type of exercise we should engage. A physician, such as a chiropractor, can discuss the aspects of exercise and nutrition that should be incorporated in a healthy lifestyle. So why is a chiropractor so concerned with your nutrition? A chiropractor should be concerned with more than straightening

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Continued from Page 17 they started to look again for something new. Their love of food and wine eventually lead them to buy a franchise of WineStyles, which opened in Baldwin Park in December of 2006. Mark and Maryann learned about wine from one of the area’s best–George Miliotes. Miliotes, a Master Sommelier, was then general manger of their favorite restaurant, California Grill. Trips to wineries in California have helped enhance their knowledge. They recently returned from a two-week trip to Napa Valley, where they were guests at the Dutch Henry winery. “We enjoy learning all the different things about wine,” said Maryann. “The flavors of the wine come from the terroir (ter-wah), which is the earth. A grape grown in one region can taste totally different if grown in another, because of the soil.” Tasting, of course is essential, first

without, and then with food, according to Mark. The Greenberg’s offer wine tastings every Friday and usually open five to six wines. The cost is $5, but participants get $5 off their purchase if they decide to buy a bottle. To further enhance the experience, the Greenberg’s keep menus for all of the Baldwin Park restaurants in their store. Customers can come in, open a bottle of wine and order dinner to be brought in. “It’s a cozy little place,” said Maryann. Mark said it’s an option for a group of people who can’t agree on a restaurant. “One wants sushi, one wants a hamburger; it gives them the option of eating what they want while sharing a bottle of wine,” said Mark. What wine do you drink with a Five Guys Hamburger, you might ask? “Reds. Cabs and zins,” respond Mark and Maryann. “Sometimes, even a pinot. It’s actually a good combination.” How’s that for a food and wine paring? You can’t get much more laid back than that!

To learn more about Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Company, please go to www.barniescoffee.com. For more information on WineStyles, go to www.Winestyles.net.

Picture Page: Audubon Park Jump Rope for Heart

ump Rope for Heart was a fabulous, heart-pumping 2-day event at Audubon Park Elementary School. This national educational fund-raising program, sponsored by the American Heart Association and American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, engages elementary students in jumping rope while raising funds to support lifesaving heart and stroke research. This educational program teaches physical fitness and promotes the value of community service to students and their families. “As part of the Healthy School Team, I am happy to promote one of our annual events that motivates our students to move their bodies, care for their community and support the American Heart Association,” said Monica Soule, MA, NBCT, Varying Exceptionalities Resource Teacher. The children enjoyed jumping to music, challenging each other to see who could jump the longest and trying out a few “tricks.” “The kids had a blast, especially when their teachers joined in!” said Soule, “Hopefully, the event will motivate everyone involved to exercise and take care of their hearts!”

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Continued from Page 22 your spine. While a good structure is important, optimal functioning of the nervous system is paramount. In order to experience this optimal functioning nervous system, education regarding optimal nutrition is necessary. A chiropractor can act as the catalyst to start that patient on the path to wellness. This spring, Pro-Active Family Chiropractic will be celebrating three years of business in Baldwin Park. For more details on nutrition, exercise and brain fitness, please visit our website: www.pro-activefamilychiropractic.com. If you would like to visit with Dr. Luke Peterson or make an appointment, his office is located at 1400 Lake Baldwin Lane, Suite A. He can also be reached at 407895-6161.

Harbor Park (including the sidewalks and stairs north of the fountain and Welham Street). The fountain itself is owned by the Urban Orlando Community Development District â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just to further confound and confuse you. Is that clear? When the juvenile skateboarders and bicyclists are being disruptive, why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the police just arrest the kids? If the kids are on city property (the streets, all the sidewalls except those owned by RP Baldwin Retail, LLC, and Harbor Park), OPD can arrest them. OPD cannot arrest the kids on private property (the property owned by RP Baldwin Retail, LLC), without a trespass authorization by the owner. During normal business, the owner has employees available to trespass the kids. Most of the time, OPD would probably prefer not to arrest the kids, but some of the kids are pushing the acceptable behavior envelope. On January 29th, a meeting was held with three OPD officers and Bill Novick, RP Realty Partners, LLC, to discuss the situation of the juvenile skateboarders and bicyclists and their disruptiveness and destruction of property. Since, that meeting: City officials met with the Navy barracks building owner and the owner has taken preventive measures. City parks personnel have added antiskateboard measures to various locations where Harbor Park borders New Broad Street. The Joint Committee is researching measures to install anti-skateboard measures on the benches on New Broad which fall under their maintenance areas. Such measures might also be installed on the rails and benches belonging to RP Baldwin Retail, LLC. Trespass authorizations for the OPD to keep on file and use as required after normal RP Baldwin Retail, LLC, business hours are being discussed. These measures should help solve the issue.

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