State Senator Rene Garcia introduces his SB 384 during a press conference that would provide a Small Business Sales Tax Holiday the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Garcia said he and State Representative Jay Fant (District 15) are collaborating on the legislation to help small businesses during the holiday. “I’m very much looking forward to working with Representative Fant to give an economic boost this upcoming holiday...

  There is still time to apply for the Town’s Code Enforcement Lien Amnesty Program, an incentive to property owners with outstanding liens to bring their property into compliance. Both residential and commercial property owners are eligible to apply for as much as an 85 percent reduction in the amount owed on their lien. To see if you are a property owner with a lien, log onto the Town’s website at www.miamilakes-fl.gov and...

  More than 100 local business representatives joined the Town of Miami lakes and Miami-Dade Commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr. on January 23 for the “How to do Business with the County” workshop. Businesses learned about the streamlined operations, simplified procedures, and required documention via the new online vendor registration portal. The online portal allows both existing and future vendors to easily do business with the...

  Miami Lakes resident Frank Diaz, an owner of ADG Omnimedia, a South Florida public relations and marketing firm, has been appointed to the Council on Homelessness by Florida Governor Rick Scott. Diaz fills a vacant seat and will serve through June 30, 2016. Diaz currently serves on the Housing Finance Authority of Miami-Dade County on behalf of Miami-Dade County Commission vice chairman Esteban Bovo Jr. He also serves  on the...

  On February 6, Monsignor Edward Pace High School hosted its annual Career Day where 50 career professionals spoke with current Pace students. Among these visitors was U.S. Congresswoman and Florida Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Ros-Lehtinen told her life story, explained her work in Washington, and took questions from a packed room of students inside Pace’s Spartan Center before the school’s opening bell. For the...