When Dorothy Baker joined the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce in 1984, she planned a quick stop — perhaps a year — to help South Florida’s oldest black chamber stabilize after floundering for months without a director.
She stayed for 20 years, stepping down as president and chief executive officer in 2004.
A rendering of the 25,000-square-foot MLS stadium proposed in Miami by Beckham United.
Business partners of soccer icon David Beckham discussed his plan to build a 25,000-seat Major League Soccer stadium in Miami’s Overtown at a public meeting with local residents Wednesday evening, including the promised job impacts.
Tim Leiweke, CEO of Oak View Group, said that after a delay of about a year and a half, Beckham’s group has raised all the money for the stadium project, which he said would exceed half a billion dollars. He promised that the venture would be completely funded by private dollars, not taxpayer funds, and it would pay its full share of taxes. There would also be certain community benefits and job training programs that would be put into writing, Leiweke said.
On a crisp Miami evening in March, more than 600 of Miami’s business, government and nonprofit leaders joined international law firm Greenberg Traurig to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Among the crowd on an outdoor plaza were Robert Traurig and Larry Hoffman, two of the three attorneys who founded the firm in Miami in 1967. As champagne flowed and flamenco music played in the background, Greenberg lawyers and high-powered guests toasted the firm’s growth and longevity in the Miami community.
