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Miracle Theatre earns chamber’s award for historic preservation BY BROOKE NOBLE
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ctors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre is the proud recipient of this year’s City Beautiful Award for Outstanding Historic Preservation, presented by the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. The City Beautiful Awards celebrate the most outstanding examples of architectural achievement among commercial properties in Coral Gables. Actors’ Playhouse was honored with the award at the Good Morning Coral Gables Breakfast on Thursday, Aug. 16. In 1995, under the stewardship of founding chair Dr. Lawrence E. Stein and executive producing director Barbara S. Stein, Actors’ Playhouse’s board of directors entered into a partnership with the –––––––––––––– See
THEATRE, page 6
Walter Alvarez combines his Southern charm, giving heart BY GLORIA BURNS
Pictured at the award presentation are (l-r, back row) Actors’ Playhouse founding chair Dr. Lawrence E. Stein, former Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick, Actors’ Playhouse executive producing director Barbara S. Stein, president and CEO of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Mark A. Trowbridge, (front row) René I. Basulto of Basulto & Associates Inc, Douglas Wood of Douglas Wood Associates Inc., Actors’ Playhouse artistic director David Arisco, former Coral Gables Mayor Dorothy Thompson, chair of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Drew Kern, Jeannett Slesnick of Slesnick & Jochem LLP, John P. Fullerton of Fullerton Diaz Architects, and Coral Gables city manager Pat Salerno. (Photo by Alberto Romeu Photography) ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Gabriel Castrillon named ‘GM of Year’ in Hyatt NA small hotels categor y BY ERIKA GARCIA-LAVYNE
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GABRIEL CASTRILLON
abriel Castrillon, general nanager of Hyatt Regency Coral Gables, has been awarded, “2011 General Manager of the Year” for Hyatt North America’s small hotel category. Recognized for his significant contributions to the industry, exceptional leadership, and modeling Hyatt’s core values, Castrillon has led the hotel and its employees to exemplify the company’s mission, by providing authentic hospitality and guiding the property to many financial achievements.
Having started his career with Hyatt in1984, Castrillon began as an income auditor at Hyatt Regency Miami. In the years to follow, Castrillon quickly worked his way up through the ranks of the accounting division accepting posts as assistant controller at Hyatt Regency Sarasota in 1986, and later controller for Hyatt Lisle in 1988. The next year, Castrillon moved to Hyatt on Capitol Square with the same title, and later became a senior controller overseeing both the ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– See
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outhern charm combine with a giving heart for Walter Alvarez who hails from Puerto Rico but lived in the Deep South long enough to absorb the manners of a true Southern gentleman. While Alvarez currently serves as president of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables, he became hooked on volunteerism after experiencing the intangible rewards one receives from hands-on volunteer efforts. Educated at an all-boys Catholic school for 12 years in the city of Ponce, PR, he moved to the mainland U.S. for college. Completing two years at Georgia Tech, he enlisted for a WALTER ALVAREZ four-year tour ––––––––––– See
ALVAREZ, page 6