The City of Miami Beach is entering a critical stage and the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce has maintained a strong leadership from local business to assist in keeping the city in the forefront of the economy. At the 2012 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 2nd the Honorable Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney for Miami-Dade [...]
At the memorial service of Tony Goldman on Friday, September 14th, the program read the eloquently simple phrase “Tony Was Here.” These three humble words relayed this influential man’s mission: to create a better environment out of places that had seen better days - better but not forgotten, not in his mind. Among the infamous [...]
On April 20th, the City Manager Jorge M. Gonzalez spoke at the Miami Beach Chamber's Quarterly Pillar Breakfast addressing nearly 200 of the community's business leaders. He had been scheduled to speak for some time, but in light of recent events involving corruption of key city employees, attendees were looking to the Manager to answer [...]
At the Gaming Forum sponsored by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, the panelists and the community acknowledged a basic fact: there is much to be learned about any proposed gaming on or near Miami Beach. Mayor Bower set the tone by welcoming everyone to the learning experience. "I will bet that you will leave [...]
By Ana Cecilia Velasco.... Isla Mujeres, the Island of Women is one of the nine municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo and has much in common with Miami Beach of old. Located just eight miles across the Bahia de Mujeres (Bay of Women) from Cancun, it is comparable to the relationship that Miami [...]
By Ana Cecilia Velasco.... Real Estate professionals are pulling together to work in this fluctuating economy with new and innovative strategies, as presented at a panel discussion held September 21st. Two hundred and twenty professionals in Real Estate and related fields came to the luncheon, which was sponsored by and held at The W Hotel [...]
By Ana Cecilia Velasco.... On September 14th the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce hosted a Congressional Candidates Forum featuring Kendrick Meek. The Forum was the first of this election season. This event was structured as an opportunity to include the youth of the Community to become involved and for the Chamber of Commerce to engage [...]
