Chela’s Cocteleria has created more reasons to stay in town to party.      The Mexican restaurant’s goal: To offer high energy, culturally relevant experiences for Miami Lakers, says Marketing Director Vanessa Martinez.      Its target audiences are Generation X-ers (born after 1965) and millenials, born between 1981 to 1996, though women in their 40s are coming for the fun,...

     Another major sponsor was UniVida Medical Centers and George Garcia, director of Construction, and St. Thomas University, whom Dieguez also recognized that night.  Shown in the photo, from left: Council members Angelo Cuadra Garcia and Steven Herzberg; Mayor Josh Dieguez; Kimberly Trelles of The Trelles Cottage and her sons Grayson and Gabriel Trelles; Councilman Ray Garcia; Special Needs Advisory Board Chair Vivian...

     The Education Fund recognized Laura W. Ratliff, one of three sponsors it spotlighted during its annual Taste of Education at Hialeah Park on Feb. 24. Ratliff is a vice president and the commercial portfolio manager at The Graham Companies.  Both The Graham Companies and The Education Fund are based in Miami Lakes. For more than 35 years the developers have supported the Fund and its projects.    ...

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March 10 Business Networking Social Join the Economic Development Committee for this business mixer to connect with other professionals at Bon Vivant Charcuterie & Gourmet Market. 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.  March 11 Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce Monthly Luncheon Guest speaker will be Manny Cid, asst. director of Small and Local Business Development in the county and former town mayor. Networking starts at 11:30 a.m. followed by lunch...