Community Newspapers SERVING MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SINCE 1958
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NOVEMBER 1, 2010
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Speech! Speech!
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ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
Delivered in Sunny Isles Beach BY BARI AUERBACH
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ver the years, VIP’s visiting SIB have lent prominence to the city by delivering inspiring, informative speeches regarding issues including education, child welfare, healthcare, national security, Middle East peace, crime prevention, diversity, leadership, public service, immigration law, art and culture, economic growth, new development - and even “freedom of speech.” The following dignitaries, business, community and political leaders appearing at City Commission and Aventura Marketing Council meetings as well as other civic events within city limits have helped shine a spotlight on Sunny Isles Beach – heralded for creating one the country’s greatest municipal success stories and gaining international notoriety as “Florida’s Riviera.”
‘VISIONARY SPEECHES’
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A r t h u r H . H e r tz, C h a i r of Wo m e t c o E n t e r p r i s e s “This city is beautiful and fiscally sound…this can be attributed to [strong] leadership…The [aquarium] will complement the essence of the city and be a special destination point capturing the atten-
tion of neighboring cities.” Progress in Sunny Isles Beach continues as plans are moving forward to construct a magnificent new Park/Aquarium complex at the gateway to the city on Sunny Isles Boulevard. Addressing site selection for the Park/Aquarium complex, Arthur Hertz, Chair of Wometco Enterprises, appeared at a City Commission meeting to praise the Sunny Isles Beach success story.
KEMAL GEKIC PIANO CONCERT
D r. J a y n e G reenberg, Anchors Aw a y F o u n d a t i o n “It’s been great watching the Anchors Away program expand…It has now been adopted in New South Wales, Singapore and will soon be launched in China. Our waters sports manual is also being used as a model in London for the 2012 Olympics.” Hundreds of local business and community leaders were recently impressed by progressive Sunny Isles Beach beautification projects and desirable community amenities while attending a meeting at the Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort featuring a “sailebration” of the Anchors Away Foundation, established by Dr. Jayne Greenberg. Greenberg had the vision to create a marine academy to teach children with cog-
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