Our City Hollywood: February 2023

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Celebrating Black History

February is Black History Month, also known as African American History Month. It is an annual observance in the United States and Canada that celebrates the achievements and contributions of black individuals. First recognized in February of 1926 when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February as "Negro History Week."

Over the years, the celebration expanded to an entire month, and in 1976, President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month. "I call upon the public and the press to recognize the important contributions of black history in the history of the United States," he said.

But the history of Black History Month extends even further back. In 1915, black community leaders in Chicago held the first "Negro History Week" to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Organized by a group known as the "Committee of Ten," which included prominent figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Carter G. Woodson.

Since its inception, Black History Month has been a time to recognize and honor the countless black leaders and activists who have made significant contributions to society. "A people without the knowledge of their history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots," said Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican-born black nationalist leader.

As we celebrate Black History Month, it is essential to remember and recognize the struggles and triumphs of the black community. It is also a time to reflect on our progress and the work that still needs to be done toward racial equality.

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February 2023 Calendar

FEBRUARY 1

All-Star Hockey Festival

The NHL All-Star Weekend returns to South Florida! Residents are invited for a day of activities at the Panthers IceDen in Coral Springs. Outdoor activities open to the public: music, food trucks, games, street hockey, bounce houses and more. Learn to skate (register in advanced) 4:45 - 5:45 pm. Public skating 6:00 pm till 9:00 pm. Hosted at the Florida Panthers Ice Den, 3299 Sportsplex Drive. For info visit www.panthersiceden.com.

FEBRUARY 5

Dream Car Classic Show

Check out dozens of classic cars in downtown Hollywood or show off your own. Connoisseurs will be shining up their trucks, hot rods, European convertibles and muscle cars. 11:00- 3:00 in downtown Hollywood. For more info call 954-8251027 or email jbevsr@msn.com.

FEBRUARY 5

Full Moon Drum Circle

Bring a drum or percussion instrument to the ArtsPark and participate in a guided drum circle. All skill levels welcome. Meet at the Palm Court (West Side). 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at ArtsPark at Young Circle, Hollywood.

FEBRUARY 11

Dania After Dark

Dania After Dark (DAD), is a monthly street festival established in 2018 and presented by the Dania Beach Community Redevelopment Agency to create a sense of place and community space for Dania Beach residents, businesses, and visitors to enjoy family-friendly entertainment in the heart of downtown Dania Beach. For more info visit www.DaniaBeachAfterDark.com.

FEBRUARY 13

Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society

Come hear about Cattleya Hybrids from Omar Gonzalez who is a Chemist by trade and a Botanist at heart. Omar's presentation for tonight will be "Differences in Cattleya Hybrids and How These Differences Can Be Useful in a Home Setting" .Come learn about Orchids, meet other orchid hobbyist and have a great evening. Meeting in the Mary N.Porter Learning Center at Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S Flamingo Rd, Davie, FL 33330. Doors Open at 7:00pm, Program begins at 7:30pm.

FEBRUARY 11

Hollywood Beach Sweep

Help keep Hollywood’s beaches beautiful on the second Saturday of every month. Volunteers meet at 7:00 am at Charnow Park, located at Garfield Street and A1A, to collect litter and cigarette butts from Hollywood Beach. Minimum age to volunteer is 8 years old. It is recommended that volunteers wear a hat and sunscreen and bring their own water. It is also a good idea to bring a snack. Please wear closed-toe shoes only. Follow the QR code to register for more info.

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When you dine here you’ll be embraced by views of magnificent yachts cruising by and glorious sunsets along with flavors from a world class seafood & steak menu paired with a seven-time Wine Spectator award-winning cellar. Indulge in hand crafted cocktails and a raw bar with Florida Stone Crabs, Alaskan King Crab legs and briny crustaceans from around the world. This is living in a most special way. We invite you to savor the GG’s experience.

FEBRUARY 14

Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day! Celebrate with someone you love! The holiday is named after Saint Valentine, a Christian saint who is believed to have been martyred for secretly marrying couples in ancient Rome during a time when marriage was forbidden. Valentine's Day is now celebrated in many countries around the world, although the way it is celebrated can vary significantly from place to place.

FEBRUARY 20

Presidents’ Day

Presidents Day was originally established in 1885 to recognize the efforts of the United State’s first President, George Washington. It was later broadened to recognize President Abraham Lincoln and now all of our Presidents. The Federal Holiday is a good time to reflect on civic service.

FEBRUARY 18

Downtown Hollywood Art Walk

The Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk is back! This monthly event is open to all. Explore all that downtown Hollywood has to offer:! Visit galleries and shops while enjoying art, cultural entertainment, live music, murals, and more! Artisan Market, 6pm-11pm; Mural Tour, 6pm-7pm; Gallery Tour, 7pm8pm; Impulse Art - fusion of music and foot painting, 8pm-9pm. For more info visit floridashollywood.org/ArtWalk/.

FEBRUARY 24-26

86th Annual Orange

Blossom Festival, Parade & Rodeo

Hold your horses and come on down! Join your neighbors and help The Town of Davie celebrate the 85th annual Orange Blossom Festival. Events will take place at the Bamford Sports Complex. There will be a parade, concerts, Kiwanis Pancake breakfast and so much more. For more info scan the QR Code

FEBRUARY 25

James Taylor & His All-Star Band

James Taylor is the archetypal singer/ songwriter, who helped create the template for the troubadour style that dominated the 1970s. When he brings his blend of folk, pop, rock, and soul influences to the stage, it's Broward Center’s Annual Celebration in February, it will be like a part of history is unfolding before the crowd, with enough tuneful energy to generate some major goodtime vibes. Hosted at the Au-Rene Theater at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Scan the QR code for info & tickets.

FEBRUARY 26

Hollywood Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras returns to Downtown Hollywood!. This family-friendly event will feature a walking krewe processional, live music, artisan vendors, children’s activities, and more. Noon till 8:00 pm in downtown Hollywood. Let the good times roll! For more info visit www.hollywoodfl.org.

HIT THE ROAD AT THE 13TH ANNUAL Tour de Broward

If you’re a cyclist, a runner, or a walker take your passion one step or one mile further by spending your Sunday morning exercising with a community that has the same pastime. For a decade, members of an active community have been benefiting their health, while benefiting the health of the many children and families at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital (JDCH).

The 13th Annual Group Tour de Broward will take place on March 6th at Miramar Regional Park from 7:00 am-1:00 pm. Participants can choose between 50K or 100K bicycle rides, a 5K run or a 3K walk. There will also be the sports-themed “Power of Play Kid Zone” which will provide healthy, fun activities for children ages 13 and younger. Registration fees range from $15-$50 depending upon the event one signs up for and the sign-up date.

This year’s event has already raised more than $500,000 for South Florida’s largest pediatric facility serving Broward, Palm Beach, and northern Miami-Dade counties.

“Philanthropy is an important part of the growth of our hospital and Tour de Broward is a fun way for people of all ages and abilities to help ensure our kids continue to have access to next level pediatric healthcare,” said Scott Wester, MPH, CEO of Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital.

Last year more than 7,500 participated in-person and virtually, raising more than

$550,000, positively impacting more than 80,000 kids who required outpatient visits, surgery, admissions, and observation stays during the year. So far, in its twelve-year history, the Tour de Broward has raised more than $5 million for pediatric healthcare in South Florida.

Pre-registration and day-of registration fees range from $15-$50, depending on the event and sign-up date. Participants can register in advance at www.tourdebroward. com or at the park on the day of the event. For riders, there may be an additional fundraising commitment, although some exclusions apply. For those unable to participate on the day of the event, a virtual participation donation can be made online at tourdebroward.com.

▸ Miramar Regional Park is located at 16801 Miramar Parkway, Miramar. To learn more about Tour de Broward visit www.tourdebroward.com. For sponsorship opportunities, call (954) 265-7241. For general information about the event, call (954)905-5633.

Out with the old and in with the new. Or, more accurately, the relatively new. For Shenanigans Sports Pub owner Patrick Utter, that’s the operating principle for 2023.

“People still refer to Eastside as ‘the new location,’ Patrick says. “Then I remember that we opened Eastside in 2008, and I laugh. It seems like yesterday, but it’s already been 15 years. It’s not so new anymore.”

Shenanigans Eastside is now the only Shenanigans in town after the recent, reluctant shuttering of the original Hollywood location across from T-Y Park after 30 years. A new year often brings change, and so it is for one of South Broward’s most enduring sports bars and gastropubs.

“I’ll miss the old place because it was a really nice watering hole, but this is home now – it’s got everything anybody could want,” Patrick says. “We have a Call Ahead, Convenient, Drive-through window for takeout. We have late-night dining with a kitchen that stays open past midnight. We’ve got more than 60 HDTVs showing all the games. And we have a menu with more than 200 items, including Fresh fish, pizza, barbecue, slow roasted prime rib, certified black angus burgers and our Award-winning wings.”

Patrick and wife-partner Christine are encouraged to see that many loyal west customers are making the 2 ½-mile trip east. And they’re happy that the two staffs have blended to form one new “superteam,” including Jeremy Partridge (CEO), Chef Johnson (head chef at the Park Road flagship for 17 years), Eastside Chef Jose (another long-timer) along with veteran

BBQ pitmaster TJ.

“Our formula is still the same – this is where the locals go,” Patrick Utter says.

The first big party and test for the new team will come during the NFL’s Big Game, to be played Sunday, Feb. 12. Plan ahead for your Wings and Tailgate party NOW!

“Always a great day for us,” Utter says. “Now if only the Dolphins could somehow make their way there one of these years.”

Shenanigans will still be involved as a sponsor of Hollywood’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade downtown (Sunday, March 13) and will celebrate ALL Weekend, Friday, March 17-Sunday, March 19.

Shenanigans Eastside was born when Patrick and Christine bought two neighboring restaurants in 2008 – a shuttered Pizza Hut and Charlie’s Bar-B-Q. He connected the properties by building tiki-thatched covered breezeway. The south side has a family-friendly dining room along with a Southern Pride smoker that puts out a full range of barbecue options (including Great ribs, delicious brisket, chicken and pulled pork).

The north side features a traditional sports bar environment with large bar,

high-top tables and a kitchen that features a multi-deck Baker’s Pride brick pizza oven along with award-winning wings, Angus burgers and fresh fish. The encyclopedic menu also includes sandwiches, wraps, salads, nachos, entrees and daily specials. Daily all-day drink specials include $7 Jameson’s Irish Whiskey, Absolut Vodka, Beefeater Gin, Bacardi and Sailor Jerry Rum, Jose Cuervo and Altos Tequila; $4 draft beers (Bud Light, AmberBock and ShockTop) and $5 Goose Island IPA. Craft beers plus the shortest Guinness draft pour in town!

When he opened the original Shenanigans in August 1992, Patrick wanted to bring better options to the dark and smoky world of sports pubs. A lot has changed in the 30 years since, but Patrick’s passion for quality and hospitality hasn’t wavered. Burgers are still hand formed, made from fresh, not frozen, Angus beef. His plump chicken wings are always free of antibiotics and additives. And his fish is often straight off the boat, caught by friends and suppliers in local waters.

“Friends don’t let friends eat frozen fish,” Patrick says.

And there is still service with a smile from the crew working the kitchen, bar and dining room floor. Some things never change. New year, new groove, new memories – same old great Shenanigans experience!

▸ Shenanigans Sports Pub, 1300 S. Federal Highway in Dania Beach, is open 11:30 AM to 2 AM Daily, open until 4 AM on Friday & Saturday. Call 954-923-3008 for takeout & pickup.

HOLLYWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Makes Hollywood History with Emmy® Win !

The Hollywood Historical Society (HHS) has won an Emmy® award for its documentary film, The Grand Lady,” which tells the story of the venerable The Hollywood Beach Hotel, built in 1925 by Hollywood’s founder, Joseph W. Young, Jr. and one of the first great resorts in South Florida.

The film, made with filmmaker Pass Story of Diaspora Forward, Inc., had been broadcast by South Florida PBS in June, and then submitted for the 2022 National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Suncoast Regional Emmy® Awards. The win came in the category of Nostalgia/ Long Form Content.

“It was truly thrilling to be called on stage to represent us,” said HHS President Clive Taylor. “And right on the heels of the first-ever Haunted Halloween party at our Hammerstein House headquarters, which was an amazing success, it’s only made us more excited about all the things we have planned at the Hollywood Historical Society for 2023 and beyond.”

By Robin Drulard

Among the plans going forward are more holiday and seasonal events, and more films -- the next one, scheduled for release in a few months, will look at the history of Liberia, Hollywood’s unique African-American city originally planned and laid out by J. W. Young in 1923 -- plus new programs in educational outreach, museum-style exhibitions both at Hamm House and around the city, and small, in-house member gatherings. All of this is in addition to monthly walking tours and fascinating lectures, ongoing event attendance, bike tours, Hammerstein House tours, and more.

▸ To learn more about the Hollywood Historical Society, or to become a member or a volunteer, please contact HollywoodFLHistory@att.net, or visit http:// www.hollywoodhistoricalsociety.org/. The HHS is a nonprofit 501(c)(3)* cultural organization founded and operated by volunteers. The Hollywood Historical Society has over 20,000 items in its collection. It also offers many unique items, including books, historic postcards,

photographs, maps, and posters, for sale at the Research Center at its headquarters at Hammerstein House, 1520 Polk Street in Downtown Hollywood. Please call 954-923-5590 for hours.

HHS President Clive Taylor and VP Richard Quadracci (who Executive Produced the film) at the Emmy® presentation.

BEACH + ANIMALS = FUNDRAISING FUN

By Lilli Shipper

If you love the beach and if you love animals, then you need to come to the 33rd Annual VCA Walk for the Animals on Saturday, March 4th at Las Olas Intracoastal Promenade Park (80 Las Olas Cir) in Fort Lauderdale! This huge fundraising event is hosted by the Humane Society of Broward County, and the donations received allow the shelter to continue caring for the thousands of homeless animals that come to the facility every year. The shelter offers many programs and services, such as low-cost vaccinations, educational programs, and surrender prevention – all funded in part by animal lovers who participate in the VCA Walk for the Animals. Registration opens at 8 am on Walk Day, but be sure to hang around all morning to enjoy games, activities, vendor booths, and more. The optional 1-mile walk begins at 10 am, goes along Fort Lauderdale Beach, and the event ends at noon. You can register for free at Walk4theAnimals.com, by registering either as an Individual Walker or as a Team by creating a Pack. The VCA Walk for the Animals is the Humane Society of Broward County’s largest fundraiser of the year and is always a blast! Not only am I a member of the Humane Society of Broward County’s Planned Giving Committee, but I have also had the pleasure of attending many Walks, and every time is always a fun and memorable experience. It is great to attend with your dog, your friends, and your family, because who wouldn’t want to support a great cause while hanging out with a bunch of happy dogs walking along the beach?!

▸ For more info on the event & to make a donation, go to www.Walk4TheAnimals.com. I, Lilli Schipper, walk for the animals, and I hope to see you at the event!

Broward County Educators Celebrate Increase in Graduation Rates

The Florida Department of Education released graduation data for school systems across the state with positive news state-wide and in Broward County last month.

87.2% of Broward County Public Schools seniors graduated following the 2021-22 school year. This is a 1% increase versus pre-pandemic levels and was in line with the state-wide graduation rate of 87.3%.

“Florida’s graduation rate is a direct result of the determination of our students and the parents, school

counselors, teachers, and district leaders who worked hard to ensure the 2022 Senior Class was ready for their next opportunities in life,” said State Board of Education Member Monesia Brown.

“Today’s increase in graduation rate for Broward County Public Schools is something we are very happy about, very proud of,” said BCPS Superintendent Dr. Vickie Cartright , “this was the result of our staff being laser-focused on our students when they came back to brick and mortar instruction.”

All of the local public schools had 2021-22 Graduation rates above 90%, with South Broward High School leading the way at 92.8%. Hollywood Hills High School saw 92.4% of its Seniors graduate last year, while McArthur High School had a 91.7% graduation rate.

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Sophia Lacroix Receives Solo Exhibition The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood

The Art and Culture Center/Hollywood announced that local artist

Sophia Lacroix was selected to receive a solo exhibition in Gallery

2 with a $1,000 honorarium. Lacroix was selected from the Open Call for the 2022 Florida Biennial. The 11th edition, entitled 2022 Florida Biennial: Installations, Portraiture, Materiality, and Magic Realism, was juried by Ylva Rouse, the Senior Curator at MOCA Jacksonville.

Rouse reviewed over 1,000 submitted works from 349 artists from throughout Florida. From many submissions, 24 artists representing eight Florida counties were selected by Rouse. The exhibition was organized by Meaghan Kent, Curator of Exhibitions and Joanna Ruiz, Arts Aspire Curatorial Assistant. The exhibition is on view at the Center through Feb. 5, 2023.

Sophia Lacroix’s solo exhibition will be presented at the Center Aug. 19 – Sept. 29, 2023.

Born and raised in Haiti, self-taught artist Sophia Lacroix migrated to the U.S. at the age of 15. Lacroix creates hyper-realistic oil paintings and charcoal drawing scenes of everyday life and her nostalgic memories of Haiti. Lacroix was recently included in the exhibition Introspective: A Reckoning of the Soul curated by Marie Vickles at the Center (2021).

Outdoor public projects include a large-scale mural commissioned by the City of Miami at the Little Haiti Cultural Center (2008) and a wrapped utility box organized by the U-Wrap NoMi Art in Public Places Initiative by the City of North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency (2021). Her work has been published in several magazines, books, and newspapers, including the book Here, There... and Beyond: The Work of 16 Haitian Artists of Florida (2009).

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City Manager to Say Goodbye to Hollywood

Hollywood City Manager Wazir Ishmael announced his intention to retire at the end of March. He has been City Manager since 2015 and has been instrumental in guiding some of the tremendous change over the past decade.

Dr. Wazir joined the City of Hollywood as Assistant City Manager for Sustainable Development in August 2014. Dr. Ishmael oversees a city government comprised of more than 1,589 full-time and part-time employees with a combined budget of nearly $755 million.

He has over thirty years of experience as a local government administrator, planner, educator, and international business executive with the City of Miramar; Broward County Planning Council; Clark County, Washington; Wigan County Council, Lancashire, United Kingdom; and PlanLogical Corporation. During his 16-year tenure with Miramar, he progressively held the positions of Planning Manager, Community Development Director, Assistant City Manager for Development Services, Deputy City Manager, and Interim City Manager.

The city grew substantially during Ismael’s leadership. Hollywood’s taxable value grew from $11 Billion in 2014 to its current amount in excess of $21 Billion. Over the same period, the General Fund reserves grew from $23 million to $41 million. Hollywood’s credit rating stabilized during his tenure. The city currently has an A rating with both Moody’s and Fitch.

In his resignation letter, Ishmael highlighted some of his accomplishments.

“We have been able to work collaboratively with our collective bargaining units resolving and reducing litigation and achieving several long-term labor contracts. This has allowed us to dramatically increase pension funding levels, significantly reduce other post-employment benefit liabilities, restore and enhance public safety positions, and raise the city’s salaries and benefits to competitive levels.” He wrote, “Together, we have achieved so much. I will forever be grateful for your support and the work of our superlative staff and their dedication, professionalism, skills, and passion.”

The city is actively searching for Ismael’s replacement, with both external and internal candidates being considered. City Manager, along with City Attorney and Community Redevelopment Agency Executive Director, is one of three positions appointed by and reporting directly to the City Commission.

HITTING THE BALL INTO THE WIND OR HITTING THE BALL DOWNWIND

By Dean Sklar, PGA Professional

hen hitting into a headwind, your shots carry shorter, fly higher and come down at a steeper landing angle due to the extra lift and drag the headwind causes. Under calm conditions, the air is moving into the ball at the same speed the ball is traveling.

When there is a tailwind, the wind speed subtracts from the airflow. When there is a headwind, the wind speed adds to the airflow. The greater the speed of the headwind, the more lift and drag is produced. The higher airflow into the ball causes more lift (what makes the ball rise) and more drag (what slows the ball down) causing the ball to balloon into the air. It’s a common misconception that the ball spins more when hit into the wind. It’s actually the added lift when hit into the airflow that gives this false impression. However, more spin is the enemy when hitting into the wind as more spin creates more lift and more drag and a resultant ballooning ball flight that winds up short of the target. Instead of swinging harder into the wind, usually resulting in more club head speed and more spin, use a club with less loft which will help you reduce the spin and optimize the flight of the ball into the wind.

The opposite is true with a tailwind. If you hit a shot with too little spin when downwind, the ball will drop out of the sky too soon and fall short of the target. Remember, a tailwind will produce shots that carry longer, fly lower and roll more

Wonce they land due to decrease amount of lift on the ball. Your best bet downwind is to launch the ball higher so that it will fly higher, carry longer and land more softly. The relationship between the lift and drag do not behave linearly, and that is why a headwind hurts more than a tailwind helps.

Now that you know how the relationship between headwinds and tailwinds affects the golf ball, here is a general tip for calculating how many yards to add or subtract on a given shot. Throw up a few pieces of grass and pay attention to how far away from you the grass lands. For a tailwind, add two yards of extra distance to how far your shot will go for each yard that the wind blows the grass toward the target. For a headwind, subtract four yards of carry for each yard the wind blows the grass away from the target. This general rule with help you estimate which club to use when playing into a headwind or when playing downwind.

Whenever I am on the course and feel a stiff wind in my face I automatically take two extra clubs. For example, from the 150 yard marker when it would be a 7 iron in distance, I would now select a 5 iron and make a nice easy smooth swing knowing that I have enough club selected and that my ball will bore through the heavy wind on target with just the right amount of distance.

The same goes for when I am faced with the same distance and I have 150 yards to the green and a strong gusty wind is at my back. I take a 9 iron to compensate for the wind and the ball has a much higher trajectory, whereas the wind carries it right on target with the proper amount of distance as well.

▸ PGA Professional Dean Sklar is a member of the Quarter Century Club of the PGA of America, an elite group of members who have served the PGA with honor and pride for 25 years. If you would like to talk to Dean about your golf game, contact him at Dean@SklarTeam.com or visit Rose and Dean Sklar at Coldwell Banker online at www.SklarTeam.com.

HOLLYWOOD UPDATE

By Mayor Josh Levy

Hi everyone, this month I’m excited to share a list of the many capital improvement projects that are scheduled to break ground in our City this year.

FROM OUR PARKS TEAM:

• New Playgrounds are coming to the ArtsPark, the Lakes of Emerald Hills Park, Kooser Park, Stan Goldman Park, McNicol Community Center, and Driftwood Park.

• Also at Stan Goldman Park, a new Concrete Skate Board Park is coming to the newly named Justice Skate Park, along with 2 new Pickleball Courts, a new 10 foot wide pathway with pedestrian lighting and improvements to the Dog Park.

• Four new Pickleball Courts will be built at Jefferson Park.

• Artificial Turf Fields will be installed at Dowdy Field.

• Improvements to Hollywood Marina’s fueling station will be made, as we continue to seek funding for our newly adopted Marina Master Plan.

• New exercise equipment will be installed at Oakridge Park.

• Pathway renovations will take place at Joe DiMaggio, Zinkil, John Williams, and Mara Giulianti Park.

• New floating docks will be installed at Holland Park and the observation tower will be refurbished.

• New Bottle Filler Fountains will be installed at many of our parks and community centers.

• We’ll also be pursuing indoor pickleball for seniors and more teen programming and partnering with Memorial to provide aquatic exercise classes and games for seniors.

Driving down Sheridan Street, Hollywood Boulevard, Pembroke Road and Stirling Road, you can already see what a beautiful difference the new Florida-friendly landscaping has made, and I thank the team for their ongoing work on this.

FROM OUR CRA TEAM

On the beach, we’ll be renewing the Broadwalk kneewall’s LED lights with new watertight fixtures. We’ll complete the installation of vehicle access management gates for the Broadwalk. The undergrounding of the overhead utilities along A1A between Sheridan Street and Hollywood Boulevard will be substantially completed.

We’ll be starting a massive 4-year, $50 million project to underground utilities and rebuild and raise 18 of the side-streets that lead from A1A to the Broadwalk and beach between Harrison Street and Magnolia Terrace. This is a significant resiliency project as well as a major beautification project with streetscape improvement like the pavered side streets completed in previous phases on Central Beach.

We’re working to install new near-shore artificial mermaid coral reefs at four locations, two off of North Beach Park, one off of Keating Park and one off of Harry Berry Park.

Keating Park, which is just north of the Diplomat, will begin major renovations, and we’ll be beginning to improve the Broadwalk’s lighting to be even more sea turtle-friendly.

Downtown, our CRA team will be beginning to oversee a transformative streetscape project that will beautify the historic segment of Hollywood Boulevard with new and wider sidewalks, cafe space, trees and lighting on each side of the Boulevard.

FROM OUR DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM

• Ten General Obligation Bond projects and a variety of other capital improvement projects, including:

• Neighborhood Sound Walls

• The Dowdy Armory Building Indoor Sports Facility

• Arts Park Amphitheater Improvements

• Phase 1 of our Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program

• Rotary Park Improvements

• Gateway and Neighborhood Signs throughout the city

• FEC Railroad Corridor safety and landscaping

• The Hollywood Beach Golf Course

• Tidal flooding mitigation for new living shorelines and sea walls for North Lake and South Lake

• The beautiful Art and Culture Center expansion

• 2nd Floor Library interior fit out for the Building Division and other departments.

• Overseeing the installation of hundreds of trees to complete the recent 14 Ave, 56 Ave and Park Road bike lane, road resurfacing and drainage projects.

FROM OUR ENGINEERING TEAM

Street and Alley resurfacing will take place in each of our city commission districts. We’ll be constructing new sidewalks and ADA improvements, creating safer routes to neighborhood schools. A new crosswalk will be built on Taft Street between the YMCA and Rotary Park. Citywide, we’ll be completing designs for our neighborhood bicycle greenways, and designing phase 2 of our neighborhood traffic calming program.

FROM OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM

The citywide roadway beautification project where we’ve already installed new landscaping and trees along 12 miles of our main corridors will be continued.

• The State Road 7 Mobility Hub and Linear Park

• Avant Garde Safe Routes to Schools Sidewalks

• The Surf Road and Balboa St Road Hardening Project

• The Fletcher Street Wall

• FDOT’s resurfacing of US-1

• The much-awaited irrigation and landscaping project for Hollywood Boulevard from City Hall to Dixie Highway.

All this - and more - will get underway this year! Big thanks to our teams. This has all been years in the making. Let’s get ready for some construction and beautification in Hollywood!

Pet of the Month

This is Max. He is a 5 year old lab mix who was rescued from a shelter in Ohio. He is a certified therapy dog that enjoys visiting local libraries where children have the opportunity to read to him while he attentively listens. Max is a calm, gentle boy that loves all dogs and people. He enjoys afternoons at the beach, running in and out of the water chasing other dogs. Long walks are also a favorite activity of Max, as is enjoying a fresh coconuts. Max is living his very best life.

Graduates are accepted into prestigious universities including: Cornell University, Emory University, Princeton University, New York University, Tulane University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, Northwestern University, Northeastern University, University of Miami, Vanderbilt University, and Washington University in St. Louis

• Low student-to-teacher ratios

• 95% pass rate on AP Exams

• Posnack School offers a full Judaic Studies curriculum based on study of Torah and classical Jewish sources as well as modern Hebrew instruction.

• Over 24 sports teams For

• MakerSpace Innovation and Design Lab

• Middle and high school electives include Digital Photography, 2D/3D Art, Debate, Robotics, Forensic Science, Pre-Med, Pre-Law, Pre-Engineering, Internships, Human Genetics, Scientific Research, Creative Writing, Holocaust Studies and more!

Performing and Visual Arts 2021-2022

• Posnack School Performing and Visual Arts Department has won over 170 awards, including 25 in the district and state drama competitions and 4 CAPPIE nominations

• The most high school photography awards nationally with 80 in our high school and 25 in our middle school. These awards include 15 from drawing and painting.

www.posnackschool.org.

RECENT RESULTS

Hollywood – Neighborhood: Oakridge

Claim Type: Tropical Storm - Roof damage and Interior Leaks Insurance Company Original Offer: $1,500

Alpha Public Insurance Adjusters Settlement: $86,000 (NEW ROOF)

Percentage Increase: +5600%