Residents can now vote for their favorite businesses during the finalist round for the Best of Miami Lakes. Voting for this round is open until Oct. 17, with the winners being announced on Oct. 25. The competition now in its ninth year is run by the town’s Economic Development Committee and spotlights small businesses in the community ahead of Small Business Saturday in November. Small Business Saturday encourages people to...

     The Freedom Tower, a Spanish Renaissance-style building in downtown Miami, is a national historic landmark that turns 100 this year.      The 17-story building has been home to two newspapers and from 1962 - 1974, was the site of the Cuban Assistance Center, where thousands of refugees received asylum paperwork, food, health care and money.        “The Freedom Tower, I always...

The Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce drew a large crowd to its business professionals networking party on Aug. 27 at El Churrascaso Grill in Miami Lakes.

     Miami Lakes Mayor Josh Dieguez was briefly in the doghouse at Zen Canine Club during a ribbon cutting party on Aug. 13. With him is business co-founder Katherine Del Pino and her Dachshund Jelly Bean. She and co-owner Jose Del Pino started the dog day care-boarding-grooming business that also offers obedience classes and Reiki energy healing, at 15512 NW 77th Court in Royal Oaks Plaza.       The...

     BNI Lakes Connect, the second chapter of the international networking organization to open in Miami Lakes, celebrated their formation with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Chela’s Cocteleria in Miami Lakes on Sept. 4. Business professionals have multiple places to make contacts and look for business opportunities: BNI Lakes Connect; BNI Miami Lakes and the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce, who all sponsor training, events...