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Marketing Campaign Seen Lighting Way At Beacon Council
With a $9 million marketing investment — two-thirds from public funds — the Beacon Council, Miami-Dade County's economic development arm, will launch a massive campaign and play host to a…
January 18, 2001Comments Off on Marketing Campaign Seen Lighting Way At Beacon CouncilRead More
Smithsonian Forms Educational Partnership With Fiu
Florida International University has become the first school in the continental US to form a partnership with the Washington, DC-based Smithsonian Institution, a move officials say will spawn prestigious exhibits…
January 11, 2001Comments Off on Smithsonian Forms Educational Partnership With FiuRead More
Um Scraps Incubator Opts For Privatesector Ventures
Miami-Dade County commissioners have approved formation of a committee of government and transportation officials to map out a $545 million financial plan to reconstruct State Road 836 and Interstate 395…
August 3, 2000Comments Off on Um Scraps Incubator Opts For Privatesector VenturesRead More
Commission Oks County Incentives To Attract Firms
A debate on awarding million-dollar contracts to minority firms has prompted the Miami-Dade County Commission to authorize a formal review of the county's bidding process.…
August 3, 2000Comments Off on Commission Oks County Incentives To Attract FirmsRead More
Um Scraps Incubator Opts For Privatesector Ventures
University of Miami administrators have dropped a plan to build a high-tech incubator on campus, saying students majoring in information technology will be better trained by working with the private…
July 27, 2000Comments Off on Um Scraps Incubator Opts For Privatesector VenturesRead More
County Commission Defers Item To Add Ambulance Firms
To solve a problem health care officials identify as slow ambulance response, backers of a proposed county ordinance say adding more company names to a system monopolized by three private…
July 27, 2000Comments Off on County Commission Defers Item To Add Ambulance FirmsRead More
New Sister City Head Seeks Stronger Commercial Links
The new chairman for Miami-Dade's Coordinating Council for Sister Cities says he wants to transform the nature of the county's sister city ties by putting the emphasis on forging commercial…
July 13, 2000Comments Off on New Sister City Head Seeks Stronger Commercial LinksRead More
Firm Named To Redesign Plan For Zoo Richmond Base
Seattle-based Portico Group has secured the nomination by a county selection committee to create a new master plan for Metrozoo and the former Richmond Naval Air Station in South Dade.…
July 13, 2000Comments Off on Firm Named To Redesign Plan For Zoo Richmond BaseRead More
Sports Authority Head Vows Program Overhaul New Efforts
The new executive director of the Miami Sports & Exhibition Authority says he will overhaul programs that are in place and create new ones.…
July 6, 2000Comments Off on Sports Authority Head Vows Program Overhaul New EffortsRead More
Commercial Projects Seen Aiding Homestead Recovery Path
A series of commercial real estate developments are catalysts to get South Dade back on its feet eight years after Hurricane Andrew ransacked the area, developers, financiers and real estate…
July 6, 2000Comments Off on Commercial Projects Seen Aiding Homestead Recovery PathRead More
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