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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
j INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO Cesar H . Odio DATE September 16, 1991 FILE
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SUBJECT Agenda Item for
City Commission
Meeting 10/3/91
FROM . ictor H. De ur a REFERENCES
Commissioner
ENCLOSURES
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Please schedule for October 3, 1991 City Commission Meeting
representatives from the Greater Miami Black Resource Guide to
discuss a proposal for research support regarding the production of a
comprehensive advertisement directory of black owned businesses in
the City of Miami.
Thank you.
Cc: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Commission
A. Quinn Jones III, Acting City Attorney
Ali Aurelio Perez-Lugones, Legislative Administrator
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GREATER MIAMI BLACK RESOURCE GUIDE
3S10 Biscayne Blvd., Ste 310, Miami, Ff. 33137 (30S) S71-9505 (Fax) (305) S73-5272
September 20, 1991
City of Miami
Miami City Commission
3500 Pan American Drive
Coconut C7rove, FL 33133
Dear Hon. Mayor Suarez & Commissioners:
Attached is a request for financial support from the
City of Miami for the Greater Miami black Resource
C7uide (GM$RG), Inc. Please put this item on the
agenda for the October 3rd City Commission Meeting.
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REOUE FOR FItJ4-•4C:IAL Si_1PP RT FF; i*-1 THE CI T`r' 0 t1IA!ll
F'OP. THE GRE4-TER MIAt9I BLAB=lf RESOUP,_E GUIC',E
Ot-,JE OF `HE BROAD GOAL'S : +F G0t.'ER•r dt•tEt-4T I t,)TER1.,lENT I ;-T J I tJ THE _ Re. ,t-;
ECONOt•4I C DEQEL0FMEt,JT PPOC:EaS 1S TO F-ILL It,) THE THAT bAC,i ILC:,
PJr T►JF;r-,LL`r' ;:.ESLJLT, E:�;FE=:IF=,LL'r' It•J EC':- AOhtI C:ALL'r` C'EPF E=:SEA URBAN
NEIG,•'!80R-S IF THE PRilCESti NERE LEF` EhJTIREL"y 1:) THE PRE;=IT--
OP.IEtJTE�D F�;I�:.!r�� SEC:-�iF'. ;t1 THE EC: EF'P.E'=.Cc- �JF:E�Ar'J r;F'.E�=+c:.
G0'.!EF't J!1E;•JT IN-7ERVEt-' l Ot•.J CAt••J TAKE ONE OF =,E'•!ERAL F0P.fIS:
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"IVESTMEt•:T Itl INFRAcTRUC:?'1IP= C�E'.:?EL jPt°1EhdT :PJ C�R.C�EF: TO F+TTRACT
ESTA6"' I _:HHE� ; OF E-U :INESS PPOG- .At -I : SUCH AS
rC'USIt••JE.`="t INCUSATC'P.S, TA•:•: INCREt F:NT cI11At, JCIP?f:j DI'=;TP.I CTi ,
AND ;JF;SHt; ENITERPRI S"E EC;t ES ; AND
- F �t':�:ING OF PF:IVf'—%'TE ih•'T.7-1 ATI'.!ES TO F'I_?ELICIZ i=,NC. ''1AF:KET
THE E;US1 INESS POTEtlTIALS AND PROSPECTS OF THE DE=FRE =.Et',
AREAS.
I t•J THE ECON0114I C I;EVELOPMENT PROCESS ,=iF AS i ST I t:1.3 Ef ONE M I CALLY
DEPRESSED URBAN NEIGHBORH=iOD'-, THERE ARE GAPS THAT NEEDED TO BE
FILLED, AS IAELL AS RESPC ANSI BI LITI ES: APJG ROLES THAT NEED TO BE
ASSUMED, , BY AFR I (_'AN-AMER I CAN'S THEMSELVES. THIS SPIRIT OF
" PAPTNERSHI P It,' AC:T I Ot•J" HAS ALb4A`r'S GUIDED AFR.I CAN-AMER I CANS IN
WORK'.I NS' WITH GOk.)ERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE ENTITIES.
IT (d.�,S iP•J THIS SPIRIT THAT MARI E BROWN LEA! A GROUP OF BLACK I•40MEN
i N t•J IAtOI IN 1958 TO PUBLISH A BLACK -OWNED BUSI1••4ES'S DIRECTOR'-.'.
WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, THIS S:PIR.IT NEEDED REACTIVATION AND,
THUS, IN 1991, MARIE BROWN AND OTHER FORCES ESTABLISHED THE
GREATER t-1 I AM I BLACK RESOURCE GUIDE (Gt1BRG) .
THE G1-1BRG , I h•dC . I r; A PRIVATE RESEARCH AND PURL I SH I N+3 F I R.M THAT
PROPOSES TO OFFER A COST-EFFECTIVE SERVICE TO THE CITY OF
MIAMI AND IT'S ECONOMI CALL1' DEPRESSED BLACK COMMUr'••JITI ES BY
RESEARCH 'NG, PRODUCING, AND MARKETING A COMPREHENSI")E BLACK,
RESOURCE DIRECTORY OF BLACK. -OWNED BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS,
FACILITIES, AND ACTIUl-l"IES IN GREATER MIAMI.
IN ADDITION TO THIS PRIMARY SERI:ICE, THE Gt1BRG, INC. WILL PROVIDE
THE FOLLOWING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF MIAMI THROUGH THE DIRECTORY:
1. CANVASS THE BLACK, COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO VERIFY THE
EXI SyTEtJCE, LOCATION, AhdD OPERATI OPdS OF nr•v rn u.1 rr.
BUSINESSES AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCE!
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C . DE11�ELC F, A '' r' K C-sUE I NE:. = [:-4J
E�+- � • _ A E;�7'SE •r•�t••!��
INFRf�,;TR.l-',C:7-U ;E THA'E v-JILL trE SHARED WITH CIT)-, AGEt• LIES
OTHER=:�3p1�,1�_�rflI OFil"4hJ:�tiTi �'d:= �!iC� Itd°.TT t'�T==�t•1�.
E:. MARKET AND F'F C +; IOTE THE C: IT,-, ' S. PR.0 3F.4.1, k`ll' Ak): 4I L ABLE
FI_It-lC,-: TO E;I_JPPCIt.T HINORIT'r ItITH THE AIM OF
"iENERA, ING r',WA; Ef1ESE; rtP1C+t.,IG BU ;INES-D cS QF
TEES E '_.I TY PR. 0C P,A!,t At-.1C;)- HOt; TO c;Et JEF I T FR.Or-1-1 THEtl
4. FREE AC:'.. ERT I Ste` IEtJT It-4 THE DIRECTORY FOP. C:Ot ,f,-1 _'tJ I,'-
Er;SED :ORiiHPJI 7ATI tit -IS It,? THE BLA+=K tf itl'._ItdIT*,-( THAT R.EGEI',.!E
FUNDING ':'PO•1 THE C1T)-' OF MlAr�lI. DEPARTt-0,1TS AND �,GEIlCiES
OF THE ;:.IT`I, OF t-lIAtlI ", :'T F`F'.C+".!I: EFOR. THE
DIRECTORY t:•l j LL BE G ` )EN SPECIAL E"..'PC+SUR.E It-4 THE D I RECTOR`r' .
5. PR V C�- FREE C CIF' I E'_� I . THE D I R.ECTt7r:-,: T O + I T ;` >AGENCI ES AND
DEPARImE.r, "L AS WELL AS TO THE COI-TlUtlIT`'r'-AT-LAR+GE JF'ON
REOUEST.
ESTABLISH A FREE � � it'•l;::� tf'IEF. L hdE FOP,I t'!F %�RP'tr'yT I C+N C �t'! 1L=,ru:;-
OWNED BU`r:INESSES At.-,,D OTHER =;ES;OURC:ES IN THE BLACK +_OtltlUt•iIT'r .
IN ORDt.R TO PROVIDE THE FOLLO:J I NG ABOVEHENT I OP•!ED SERt-) I C:ES ,
THE GMER.G REOUEST FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY : �F MIriMI IN
THE At•1OUNT OF 1$25 , 00 O . THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED T+ + SUPPORT OUR
O'•.:'ERALL PUDGET IN THE AREAS OF RE-,EARC:H, PRODUCTION, AND C?ISTRI-
E:LJTIOt,!. (SEE G!l2Ru PROPOSAL)
THE DIRECTOR'S IS DES71 GNED TO BE FiNANCIALLY SUSTAINING AFTER IT'S
FIRST PRODUC-1`I0N. HOWEVER. THERE IS A NEED FOR SOME FINANCIAL
S`_jF'F'ORT FR;3tt THE C-11Y, AS PART OF IT`S �----
E[_:CQ-,,O 1I CALLY DISTRESSED ARE►'.S, FOR THIS FIRST P
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