Come out on Friday, March 21, to the Leadership Winter Park Breakfast Speaker Series. Twice each year, Leadership Winter Park alumni, Winter Park Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and their guests gather to glean leadership lessons from some of the area’s top executives, diplomats and other prominent authorities.

Event highlights included a full breakfast, networking and an insightful keynote speaker. Things get started at 7:30am with registration, and the program runs from8-9am.

The speaker series will be held at the Interlachen Country Club at 2245 Interlachen Court, Winter Park.

The Keynote Speaker will be the Honorable Teresa Jacobs, the Orange County Mayor.

On Thursday, March 20, the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Small Business Resource Network is host a monthly educational program for small business owners. The seminar series is designed with small business owners and professionals in mind and provides the necessary fundamentals of, and resources for, growing and sustaining a profitable organization in our community.

This month’s guest speaker is brought to you by Strombeck Consulting CPA’s.

Business After Hours
Thursday, February 20
5:30-7:30pm
Winter Park Chamber of Commerce/Welcome Center
Presented by Century Link, this networking event allows you to meet other business leaders in your community and make important business connections.
We’ll be celebrating with Orlando City Soccer, so come out for hors d’oeuvres and refreshments, but stay for the fun.
You must register for this event, the link to the registration form is here.

Small Business Education Series
Wednesday February 26
8-9pm
Winter Park Chamber of Commerce/Welcome Center
Join us for a discussion about the 2014 economic outlook. This program helps the small business understand and grow in the community through resources and gaining knowledge in fundamentals of sustainability and profitability.
You must register for this event, the registration form is here.

Run Around the Pines 5k Presented by Florida Hospital

Hometown favorite race, with a flat, fast course which meanders through a neighborhood adjacent to Winter Park Memorial Hospital. This event benefits the Track Shack Foundation.  5k for runners/walkers with free kids run.

Come out and join the fun on February 15 at the Showalter Fields.

Zimmerman Kiser Sutcliffe Winter Park Road Race 10k and 2 Mile Presented by Florida Hospital

This is the Grand Finale of the Track Shack Running Series. The fitness enthusiasts at Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A., invite you to celebrate 37 years of running right where it all began on Park Avenue in beautiful Winter Park.  10k and 2 Mile run/walk available as well as kids run.  Special Distance Dare for participating in both 10k AND 2 mile.  For full details, visit www.trackshack.com

Lastly there will be the Run for the Trees Jeannette Genius McKean Memorial 5k.

Run for the Trees 5k run/walk is a unique point to point event. The last mile is on the tree-canopied, wilderness dirt road of Genius Drive. This privately owned glimpse of old Florida is opened to the public only once a year, for this event. All finishers receive a young tree!

Bring the family out on February 22 to Mead Garden for family fun as we race rubber ducks for charity.

Park gates open at 9:45 am and activities and races conclude at 2pm.  You can purchase your rubber ducks ahead of time at the Winter Park Farmers Market, or at the park the day of the race.

There are two races to enter, 12:15pm or the 1pm race.

Cost is $5 a duck to race, for spectators all the activities are free.

Come out and support a great charity and have fun at the same time! All proceeds go to the Mead Botanical Garden Nature Education Program, which educates the community and revitalizes the natural area through local programs.

For more information call, 407-628-4139, or visit the Mead Garden website.

Presented by the Florida Hospital, this charity run benefits the House of Hope home for troubled youth. Come to the Showalter Fields for 7:30am on February 15 and bring your running shoes and bottles of water.

The cost to enter this race has yet to be determined. For more information call 407-898-1313 or visit the Run Around the Pines website.

Purvis Young is an Urban Expressionist who paints about urban experiences and the struggles of African Americans. Young paints on  domestic items to depict scenes of life. A very provocative and influential artist of Florida, his work is on display at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center at Créalde School of Art.

For hours of availability call 407-539-2680.

For more information visit the Créalde website.

Bring your snacks and a blanket out to Central Park on February 13. Enjoy a public presentation of Romeo and Juliet at 7pm.

The Rotary Club of Winter Park is bringing back their chili cook off. Local restaurants and caterers will compete for the coveted Peoples’ Choice award and have their dishes evaluated by a select panel of judges.  Live entertainment by Papa Jack Express, drinks, dessert and a live auction led by American Fundraising Auctions round out the evening at the Winter Park Farmers’ Market.

Net event proceeds will benefit the Rotary Club of Winter Park Foundation, which provides grants to more than 30 local charities each year.  Over the last 20 years the club has donated more than $685,000 to charities serving the Winter Park community.

So come down to the Winter Park Farmers Market this February 26 and enjoy Winter Park’s best chili.

This Valentine’s Day come to Central Park and enjoy this romantic evening with a free outdoor concert. Enjoy the music of Michael Andrew and Swingerhead. Concert runs from 4-6:30pm.

Hosted by the Park Avenue Merchants Association and the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, this free event is the ideal place to bring a picnic basket, spread out a blanket and spend the afternoon with your sweetheart on Park Avenue.