The New Year brings new names and brands to three of the best-known attractions in Miami Lakes.       Once known as Shula’s facilities, they are now called Miami Lakes Golf Club, Miami Lakes Hotel on Main and the Miami Lakes Athletic Club.       “Miami Lakes has its own identity as a major municipality, and we’re looking to the future for the hospitality...

     The Eagle Nest Center near Main Street in Miami Lakes is a two-story professional building that has banking, surgical, medical and dental tenants as well as a restaurant.      It is owned by The Graham Companies and was built in 2006.        The building, at 15517 NW 67th Ave., has a cream and yellow façade with a barrel tile roof. It anchors the northeast corner of Eagle Nest Lane...

     When Jim and Rosalyn Hamilton opened their Miami Lakes Sports Shop nearly five decades ago, she didn’t know a thing about sports or athletic gear.     “But I learned quickly,” former flight attendant Rosalyn Hamilton, 73, said about the business that she ran with staff for five years.      Jim Hamilton was torn between his full-time sales career with Exxon while working...

    If you’re opening a new business in Miami Lakes, you’ll likely have Jorge Alvarez on your welcoming committee.       Alvarez, 55, chairs the Town of Miami Lake’s Economic Development Committee.       The group of 14 volunteers tries to connect entrepreneurs with resources to help them launch new businesses and make sure existing ones stay afloat.  ...

      During the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s final luncheon of the year, Mayor Manny Cid spoke on topics of interest to the business community: The town’s economy, public safety and fostering an environment to grow commercial investment.      “Main Street is back,” Cid said to 60 attendees at Shula’s Hotel & Golf Club on Dec. 8. “Things are happening. The town is...