2010-2011 Committee Chairs
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Joseph H. Serota, Chair
Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. |
Ric Katz, Vice Chair
Communikatz, Inc. |
New World Center Goals
Interact with Downtown Development Authority (DDA) to assure implementation of concepts raised by the Committee’s task force pertaining to the Downtown Miami Master Plan.
Develop a Livability Action Plan to enable downtown residents and workers to flourish in Miami’s new 24-hours-a-day/seven-days-a-week environment.
Develop a Mobility Program in cooperation with the Chamber Transportation Committee to address transportation, transit, parking and pedestrian issues affecting Downtown residents and workers as well as those in nearby neighborhoods.
Provide a forum to analyze and explore the results of the upcoming DDA study report and other opinions on the topic of a downtown conference/meeting facility.
Develop ways to better connect Downtown with the health district and Marlins Stadium by land and by water.
Expand the focus of the New World Center boundaries to include Overtown, health district, design district and midtown.
Task Forces
Downtown Master Plan
Dabney (Bud) Park, Chair
Performance Executive Search & Management Consulting
Livability
Raul G. Valdés-Fauli, Chair
CNL Bank
Information You Can Use
Committee Meeting Agendas
A Discussion About Flagler Street, March 2009
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An Update on Museum Park, January 2009
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A Discussion About Miami 21, November 2008
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The New Downtown Development Authority, October 2008
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Good Morning Miami Breakfast Series
Good Morning Miami Breakfast February 2009 the Chamber's New World Center Committee report and recommendations on the Downtown Master Plan was presented on February 11 at Akerman Senterfitt. Speakers included: Barbara Faga, Executive Vice President/Principal, EDAW/AECOM; Edgar Jones, Vice President, Rockefeller Group; Neisen Kasdin, Shareholder, Akerman Senterfitt; and Dabney Park, Jr., Ph.D., Performance Executive Search & Management Consulting.
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Good Morning Miami Breakfast November 2007 program discussed the transformation of downtown Miami. Distinguished mayors shared their secrets of creating a vibrant downtown. The panel featured Bill Hudnut, senior resident fellow of the Urban Land Institute and former mayor of Indianapolis; Glenda Hood, former Florida Secretary of State and former mayor of Orlando; and Anthony Williams, CEO of Primum Public Realty Trust and former mayor of Washington D.C.
Miami River dredging has been a long term goal of the GMCC. Led by the Miami River Commission, the long-awaited maintenance dredging of the Miami River began on September 25, 2004. This $74 million project took 32 years and involved cooperation in Washington, Tallahassee, Jacksonville and local government. The dredging is expected to take two to four years to complete. To view the Miami River Report click here
Additional Information
Contact: Tania Valenzuela, 305-577-5491 | tvalenzuela@miamichamber.com