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BRICKELL SUIT: Becky Roper Matkov, executive director of the Dade Heritage Trust, said members of the Save Brickell Park Coalition Brickell decided last week to sue the City of Miami to prevent sale of Brickell Park. "The coalition," Ms. Matkov said, "believes there are enough valid issues to take legal action against the city." She said more details would be released within a week when the coalition signs a contract with a legal representative. FORUM DATES: A World Economic Forum meeting planned in Coral Gables in October has been postponed "probably until early next year," said Hugh Simon, Florida's under secretary of state for international affairs, based in Coral Gables. "They will get back to us to discuss the time and place for the meeting to take place," he said. The October meeting would have been at the Biltmore Hotel. The nonprofit, which is based in Switzerland, brings leaders in business and politics and intellectuals together in an effort to improve the world. Organizers said they would like to see the Bush administration get fast-track authority for the Free Trade Area of the Americas before the forum so that the future of the treaty could be discussed when the forum convenes. M-DCC AVIATOR: Miami-Dade Community College named Mario L. Guerrier director of its school of aviaiton and visitor services. Mr. Guerrier, who said his interest in aviation and aerospace was launched during a high school field trip to Homestead Air Force Base, had been chief of single integrated operations planning for the Arizona Air National Guard. He oversaw systems operation controls for America West Airlines earlier in his career and additionally served as a liaison between national and federal directors and local agencies in his Arizona job. In making the appointment M-DCC President Eduardo Padrón cited Mr. Guerrier's "exceptional qualifications and diverse skills." M-DCC HARVARD: Three administrations at Miami-Dade Community College have been selected to participate in Harvard Institutes for Management & Leadership in Education 2001. Carol Miller, director of the M-DCC School of Allied Health Technologies; Rolando Montoya, chairman of the M-DCC Kendall business department, and Wasim Shomar, director of the M-DCC school of design technology, received invitations to attend the forum, which organizers say focuses on "preparing higher education administrators to manage and lead in a changing environment." They say selection of applicants for the forum is based on rigorous criteria. GROVE FUNDRAISER: The Coconut Grove Junior Chamber of Commerce is holding a casino night fundraiser at 6 p.m. June 9 in Club 609, 3338 Virginia St. Proceeds will benefit the US Mission, an organization started by the US Jaycees in 1994 to aid HIV/AIDS sufferers. Cost is $25. Details: (305) 598-8458. FOOTE STEPS OUT: Edward T. Foote, president of the University of Miami for 20 years, steps down this week to become chancellor. He will serve two years in the area of university advancement, fundraising, alumni and community relations. Donna Shalala, former secretary of health & human services in the Clinton Administration, becomes president June 1. Her first day at work is June 4. STATUS QUO: Can you tell us, Miami City Manager Carlos Gimenez was asked after a speech to the Brickell Area Association last week, what the status of the Miami Circle is? His reply: "It's still round." THE FULL CIRCLE: There's more to the story. Mr. Gimenez said the Miami City Commission is willing to help finance development of a park at the site of the Miami Circle, which belongs to the state. The artifact, believed to be up to 2,000 years old, is now closed to the public for archaeological study - and planning for the site is incomplete. "I think," Mr. Gimenez said, "it can be developed into a very nice park that has more improvements than the current Brickell Park." TIGHT QUARTERS: A new One Stop Center it inaugurated with the Training & Employment Council of South Florida "has more than 10 square feet and will have 30 employees training and assisting individuals who need to find a job," the Hialeah Chamber of Commerce & Industries reports. |
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