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NOVEMBER 22, 2010
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Biscayne Bay Operation 305 to conduct expo for contractors and suppliers BY MATTHEW BEATTY
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peration 305, a new initiative to include local small businesses in the milliondollar Port of Miami Access Tunnel project, will kick off with the Contractor and Supplier Expo on Wednesday, Dec. 1, from 7:30 to 10 a.m., at the Port of Miami’s Terminal J. Hosted by Miami Access Tunnel, LLC (MAT), a private concessionaire selected by the state to build and maintain the tunnel, the expo will educate contractors about exciting business opportunities with the project. Registration is $25 per person ($35 on day of event), includes a continental breakfast, and is open to all small and mid-size business owners and/or their representatives. A portion of the Expo’s proceeds will benefit Miami Children’s Museum. Participants can pre-register online at TunnelOperation305.com; the deadline for pre-registration is Nov. 26. “The tunnel is one of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken by Miami-Dade County,” said Christopher Hodgkins, vice president of the MAT Team. “Hosting this expo is the first step in
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Five-story mural created for law firm’s Miami office
Chamber’s holiday celebration to honor community leaders BY MATTHEW BEATTY
Artist Jose Felix Perez is pictured in his studio with some of the panels that will comprise a five-story mural in the downtown Miami offices of Greenberg Traurig LLC.
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reenberg Traurig LLC, specifically partner Juan Loumiet, has commissioned New World School of the Arts visual arts graduate Jose Felix Perez (BFA 2010) to paint a mural in its downtown Miami office that will extend five floors beginning at the foot of the first floor occupied by the law firm and culminating at the fifth floor. The mural will be situated on the rear wall of the internal staircase that unites all floors, and will be available for the enjoyment of office traffic, clients, employees and guests. Perez was selected from among five other NWSA college alums who submitted proposals to the firm for this commission. The mural will be dedicated to the three founders of the firm in 1967, and the work aims to capture the
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vision of the institution. Through the colorful palate and dynamic movement, Perez seeks to showcase the diversity that characterizes the city of Miami and how it has been an integral part of Greenberg Traurig LLC’s growth in the community. The mural is eight feet wide by more than 60 feet tall, acrylic on canvas. It is being developed in sections and will be installed using scaffolds that will be set up and moved throughout the five floors. The colors will bring the staircase alive, offering additional ever-changing visual surprises through peek windows at all levels of the five floors. Surprisingly, this world-renowned firm could have commissioned this work to any renowned artist, nationally or internationally, but instead, opted to work with a local urban artist in an effort to highlight the emerging talent that is present and growing in the community.
ow in its fifth year, the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce (M-DCC) once again will host its starstudded event of the season. The Annual Gala, taking place Dec. 4 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown Miami, will welcome more than 700 business, political and civic leaders to “Make Business Magic,” a theme promoting collaboration and building strong partnerships for success in a prosperous 2011. “It’s the event of the season, and we have more in store this year than ever before,” said Alvin West, board member of the Miami-Dade Chamber and chairman of the Fifth Annual Gala. “Everyone should get excited, because this will be one magical evening of fun and wonder they will not want to miss.” The chamber’s tradition of honoring
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