About The Daily City
The Daily City covers select business and construction activity in the Main Street Districts of Orlando, Winter Park, Lake Nona, and occasionally the tourist areas. Topics include new businesses and buildings, updates on relevant projects, and a smidge of local government doings. The site began in 2007 here and relaunched in 2021.
Contact
About the Editor
Mark Baratelli has autism, two cats, and a partner named Shane. He is an Orlando Business Journal 40 Under 40 and is in the Orlando Sentinel Culinary Hall of Fame.
Awards
2009 Best Local Blog, Orlando Weekly, 1st
2009 Best Local Arts Blog, Orlando Sentinel, 1st
2009 Best Local Blog, Orlando Sentinel, 3rd
2010 Best Local Website of 2010, Orlando Weekly, 2nd
2010 Best Local Blog of 2010, Orlando Weekly, 1st
2010 Best Local Blog of 2010, Orlando Magazine, 3rd
2010 Critics Pick: Mobile Art Show, Orlando Weekly
2011 Best Local Website, Orlando Magazine, 3rd
2011 Best Local Website, Orlando Weekly, 1st
2011 Best Local Website, Watermark Newspaper, 3rd
2011 Best Local Blog, Orlando Sentinel, 2nd
2011 Best Local Blog, Orlando Weekly, 2nd
2011 Best Local Blog, Watermark Newspaper, 1st
2012 Best Local Website, Orlando Magazine, 3rd
2012 Best Local Website, Orlando Weekly, 2nd
2012 Best Local Blog, Orlando Magazine, 2nd
2012 Best Local Blog, Orlando Weekly, 1st
2012 Best Local Blog, Orlando Sentinel, 2nd
2012 Best Local Twitter Feed, Orlando Weekly, 2nd
2013 Best Local Blog, Orlando Magazine, 1st
2013 Best Local Blog, YELP, 1st
2013 Best Local Blog, Orlando Weekly, 1st
2014 Best Local Blog, Orlando Magazine, 1st
2014 Critics Pick: Best Pop Up Shop, Orlando Weekly
2015 Best Local Blog, Florida Sunshine Blog Awards, 1st