The Orlando Sentinel from Orlando, Florida • Page 43

STRATEGIES, PAGE 8 Sterling, Henning Associates WOMEN ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF FIRM'S STAFF fi it 1 The Orancfo Senrne April 15-21, 1996 x-J) CFB REPORT Thought, talk and speculation LOW ON GAS WORK ON Epcot's Universe of Energy pavilion has fallen behind schedule, and it looks like renovations won't be completed by this summer as originally targeted. Disney, however, expects to reopen the pavilion in time for its 25th anniversary, a 15-month extravaganza that kicks off at the beginning of October. NETWORK EXPOSURE TIME WARNER Cable is looking to Disney World for more exposure of its Full Service Network. The company has set up five stations at Epcot's Innoven-tions, a trade fair-style attraction that showcases new technologies used in work and play. Visitors to Innoventions will see demonstrations of the interactive-television system being tested in parts of Seminole and Orange counties and then have an opportunity to try it for themselves.

LOOKING FOR AN OUTLET COFFEE TALK at Winter Park Mall has it that the owners plan to convert the neglected property into a designer outlet center and that the Dillard's store may also be converted into an outlet for that chain. Tina Morbitzer, whose company manages the property, said to expect an announcement within the next 60 days but wouldn't elaborate. Another idea being considered: an entertainment complex. HEALTHY HOTEL INVESTORS ARE seeking to build a Best Western hotel in Lake County and are eyeing a site in Clermont near the proposed home of the new South Lake Hospital, sources say. The hospital campus is expected to feature sports facilities and could become home of USA Triathlon, the sport's national governing body.

That should help attract sporting events and related conferences to the campus and generate traffic for the hotel. OPEN FOR BUSINESS AVALON PARK Associates, developer of what is now the Avalon Park development in east Orange County, has opened an office at 130 S. Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. The massive development is being supervised by Michael McAfee, former project director at the Hunter's Creek development in south Orange County.

Site work is expected to start next year, with home builders ex- Please see CFB REPORT, 2 A few give most of5the money, however, and corporate 1 Companies doing business in Central Florida annually contribute millions of dollars to local causes. FULL STCHY, PAGIS 12-14 giving varies widely. Larger companies are not always the most generous. MICHAEL COTHRANTHE ORLANDO SENTINEL i What to watch for this week: The Greater Orlando Association of Realtors celebrates its 75th anniversary on Thursday with a luncheon at noon at Lee's Lakeside Inn on Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. The trade group received its charter from the National Association of Realtors on April 28, 1921.

State Attorney Lawson Lamar will be the guest speaker. For more information, call (407) 422-51 43, Ext. 300. Ill.