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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013 CRA Job Posting AdvertisementsMIAMI DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays Miami, Miami -Dade County, Florida STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE: Before the undersigned authority personally appeared O.V. FERBEYRE, who on oath says that he or she is the VICE PRESIDENT , Legal Notices of the Miami Daily Business Review f/k/a Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Miami -Dade County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a Legal Advertisement of Notice in the matter of (#19301) SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HIRING FOR POSITIONS in the XXXX Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of 03/06/2013 Affiant further says that the said Miami Daily Business Review is a newspaper published at Miami in said Miami -Dade County, Florida and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Miami -Dade County, Florida, each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays) and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Miami in said Miami -Dade County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he or she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing s adve rya for publication in the said newspap Sworn to and subscribed before me this 06 day of MARCH (SEAL) , A.D. 2013 O.V. FERBEYRE personally known to me .eUe . B. THOMAS 753' ` DO 93'2 Commission # : Expires November 2, 2013 BOnderl Ami Trny Fain Insurance 800385-7019 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY The Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (SEOPW CRA) is hiring for the following positions: Grant Writer/Part-time —$30K (Miami, FL) Marketing Coordinator/Full-time - $45K - $60K (Miami, FL) Program Manager/Full-time - $45K-$58K (Miami, FL) Office Assistant/Part-time - $8/hr (Miami, FL) Send resume by postal mail to: SEOPW CRA, 1490 NW 3rd Ave, Suite 105 Miami, FL 33136 or via e-mail at cra@miamigov.com. For more detail=. on the open positions, visit our website at www.miamicra.com/seoowcra. (#19301) 3/6 Clarence E. Woods III, Executive Director Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency 13-4-251/2045192N csa 7.717, CO — t0 BD THE MIAMI TIMES, FEBRUARY 21-MARCH 5. 2013 THE NATION'S #1 BLACK NEWSPAPER Managing family business takes more than good genes More colleges offering courses to lead the way By Mary Beth Marklain Unlike many of his class- mates, Texas Christian University senior Guillermo Velilla will not bejoining the ranks of job -hunters when he finishes school. He has one waiting for him at his family's business back in his native Paraguay. But that doesn't mean he has it made. "It is not as easy as it seems,' say. Velilia, 22, whose family owns a meat - processing plant, cattle ranches and related compa- ss. "There be competition out there, and we need to keep the reputation of the family through hard work, honesty and commitment with the community" Ina stroke of good tim- ing, Ve4ila this semester is enrolled in a class on managing a family -owned business. The course, which made its debut last spring an the Fort Worth campus, covers topics such as gover- nanceand succession plan- ing, and is open to stu- dents regardless of whether their families are business o "Many of our business school graduates will also either go to work fora family busin.s or obtain jobs that will deal with family busi- nesses clients,' says Mark Muller, who teaches the —nensemcawua aweer Tony Holzbach, 23, a senior at Texas Christian Uni- versity, tends plants at the family business, the Plant Shed, in Keller, Texas. Similar undergraduate courses have been sprouting up on campuses nationwide lately, often riding the coat- tails of popular new entre- preneurship majors. New York University thin spring for the first time is offer- ing an undergrad course on the topic. Savannah State University in Georgia plane to introduce such a class next year. Boston. Northeastern University launched a course in 2011. A few schools, including The University of St. Thomas in 5t Paul and Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, have created family business majors in the last few years. Demographics and de - and may explain some of the recent uptick Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., which graduated its first class of family -business majors in 2006, says 42 percent of its business stu- dents and 37 percent of all students come front families involved in family busi- es. A number of schools, including Rice University in Houston and the Univer- sity of Denver, say enroU- ment in recently launched family business courses is particularly strong among international students such an Volpe. John Ward, co -director of the Center for Family Enterprise. at Northwest- ern University in Evanston, Ill., also says colleges and vrsitie. increasingly recognize that family -awned companies deserve a schol- arly spotlight of their own Recent studies have found that family-controhed busi- nesses,which range from nd-pop hardware stores to corporate giants such as Wal-Mart, outper- formed other companies on several measures during the reAndn. according to data from the Family Firm In- stitute, a non-profit mem- bership association, 77 percent of U.S. new busi- es started as family businesses. They employ 62 percent of the U.S. work- force. Depending on how you define them, family -owned busineeaesae unt for 40 percent to 90 percent of the world's economy. "You simply can't ig- nore that, says Pramodita Sharma, a professor at the University of Vermont, which offered its first family busi- ness n 2006, and global director of a research initiative focused on family business at Babson College in Babson Park, Mass. Sharma, who grew up in India, where 'everyone I (fam- ily) bus uggests that U.S. scholars, who long dismissed the topic as an unimportant area of study, hove catching up to do. Ina recent family b.i- ness at the Uni- versity of Vermont, finalists for the top award came from S Jain, Sweden. eff Vane enhoven, coor- dinator of the entrepreneur- ship major at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewatr, says children of business owners bring to campus the sa me drive and passion Please tun to BIZ 10D Carnival ship fiasco shakes cruise industry Company faces rough waters By Laura Bly and Jayne Clark The opening skit of `Satur- day Night Live" skewered the Carnival Triumph's ill-fated cruise, giving new ameaning toas 'toilet humor" hip - board entertainers tried to pacify a tough crowd of un- happy, unshowered passen- gers. And as the crippled ship remains docked and under understigation in Mobile, Ala., travel agents and investors are bracing far fallout that could rival the bad public- ity after last Januarys Con- cordia disaster, in which a Carnival -owned ship ran aground and capsized in It- aly, killing 32. It's too early to tell wheth- er cruisers will be turned off by the aftermath of an engine room fire o the Triumph, which had left the ship adrift in the Gulf of Mexico since Feb. 11, said Steve Loucks, spokesman for Travel Leaders Group, network of independently owned and operated travel agencies. Loucks said his company hasn't fielded any cancel- lation. over r the paat weeku and said cruise bookings this year are up nearly 10 percent over last year, when the Concordia accident had an effect 'Our agents have been fielding questions about safety procedures, Loucks said. `After the -"oiler Reymias i me eaneilon County oairyxrnz, Aesonatee neu Triumph passengers wear Carnival bathrobes and head to their ears Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Galveston, Texas, after a bus ride from Mobile, Ala., to Triumph's home port. Concordia, new measures Carnival brand draws a were implemented, and we high percentage of first-time believe something similar cruisers. Carnival also owns will happen after the (Na- Costa Cruises, the company tional Transportation Safety that operated the Concordia, Board) investigation. But the as well as Princess Cruises, difference here is there was Holland America, Cunard no loss of life.and P&O Cruises Michael Driscoll, editor of A third Carnival ship, the industry newsletter Cruise Splendor, lastpowr at sea in Week, said Carnival will be 2010 and was towed back to hit harder than other cruise port under conditions skill - lines, in part because its lar to those on the Triumph. Wal-Mart predicts tougher times ahead AssociatedPrrrr: As the fortunes of many Ameri- cans gc„so. goes Wal-Mart and: the economy . Even asthe world's largest retailer reported 8.6 pt se in fourth quarter profit during the busy holiday ahoppiog season, it of- fered a weaker forecast for the coming months. The problem? The poor and: middle-class Americans Wal-Mart caters to— andwho are big drivers of spending in the U.S.—are struggling: with rising gas prices, delayed' income. taerefunds and higher payroll taxes.. It's widely known. that Americans in the lower income brackets continue to struggle even as higher earners. benefit from improved housing and'. stock markets. but Wal-Mart's results signal that matters may be getting worse for them. Wal-Mart is the latest a string of big -name companies from Burger King to zeta tosay that Americana are being squeezed by new challenges But since Wal-Mart ac- counts for nearly 10 percent of nonau- tmotive retail spending in the U.S., it is a bellwether for the economy "Wal-Mart moms are the: barometer of the U.S. household.' said Brian Soza, chief equitiecanalyst at NBG' Productions who follows Wal-Mart. “Right "Right now, they're afraid of higher taxes d inflation.. Indeed, whilalthier hholds. have seentheir stock portfolios grow. poorand mddle-class Americans have struggledto regain their finer.- cial footing since therecession ended:. more than 3 Fe years ago. Stocks have roughly doubled since. June 2009. Dividends and capital. gains from stocks,which dispro- portionately benefit higher -income Americans, are taxed at lower rates. co mpared with ordinaryincome At the same time, whileincomes. for mostAmericans have failed to keep. pace with inflation since the races- n, that's beenparticularly true. For middle and lower -income people. GAS PRICES, HIGHER: TAXES ADO TO THE DILEMMA. Another hurdle for lower- and middle—incomemiddle-mcome Americans has been the jump in gas p ices same mid -Jan- uary They average price for a gallon of gas rose:47 cents in the past roach. to. $8.78 en. Thursday, according to AAA.. Tax changes also have hit lower and volddle-ir,came households p ially hard On Jani Social Security payroll taxes rose 2 percentage points after :a temporary cut expired That sliced about $1,000 from the: take- me pay of a household earning. $50,000-. Since. the Social Security taxis levied.. against income only up to $114,000it disproportionately affects idle- and lower income households,. An• even larger challenge for many lower income Amricanshas been. the gov ent's delay inpro - "ng taxes and paying refunds. That's ti me. tax rates weren't . set until a I-astcminutedeal between the White House and Congress on Jan. 1. So. the IRS pushed back the start of fax -filing season to Jan'. 30, two weeks later than usual. As a. result,. by Feb. 14 the govent- reent had paid only $55 billion En. funds, down from $77 billionatthe same time last year, according to an. Please turn to WALMART 10D. Miss the Town Car? Cadillac seeks to be your limo of choice General Motors creates a special fleet versionof its new XTS sedan By Chris Woodyard Limousine:. operators seeking: to fill the: giant black hole left by the demise of the Lincoln .Town Car nowbave another suitor. Cadillac, General Motors'' luxury brand, which has loogbeen in the chauF- feur-armarket but never had the. success ofLincoln, has created.a special fleet versionofts new XTS sedan It has been given: the decidedly .,"sexy name of the W20 Livery Package It includes: :all the back- seat e-xtras. that "black car,' and. limo operators demand, like: heat- ed seats,window -shades and -a. plug-in for charging: smartphones. It also has lighted door han- dles on the: outside. LED lights, 19-'inch wheels and other fancy touches. "We are bringing a new formula to the liverycustomer,' says Don Butler, vice president of Cadillac marketing. "Every experience. in Cadillac, front seat: rear seat,. meets a higher standard for luxu oy, performance and technology!' Limo operators loved the Lin- In. Town Car ungainly as it might have bbecause of rearvwheel .drive and because it was easy and cheap to repair. It was considered the ultimate in y,. durabilitwith cars .routinely logging hundredsof thousandsof mil despite running 1S hours a day. Never mindambit wasan 100- 000doblc goo hog. Lincoln. hoe sought tomaintain its: leadership in thelimo market by renaming the front -wheel -drive MKT crossover s its new Town Can Solar, itdoesn't look likelimo operators have exactly warmedto the idea, leaving the fieldopen for - others. to give its try. Cadillac says Carey Interna- tional, the world's largest limo company, has bought 150 new Cadillac: XTS W20s. lemade the purchase after trying out 24 of them. GM quotes Carey CEO Gary Kessler as saying, based on the experience, that buying the fleet was a no-brainer' based on how well thetesecars worked. out.. Detroit can not pay its bills CITY on one-time savings tially, because the continued from 7D and cuts to a smaller state is operating un- number of nonunion der an old emergency need resources —par- employees in an at- financial manager tialarly in the form tempt to fix its fiscal law. The law will be of cash and addition- woes, the tam con- replaced in March by al staff,' he said in a eluded, new, more bust leg - statement. Snyder now has 30 islation allows The team found the days to review the emergency managers city expected to report and a decide to Ere a city's elected have ash deficit of whether a state take- officials and break re than $100 mil- aver is warranted. ontracts to lion by June 30 and Snyder said a - conserve money. continues to cent interview that In his state of the debt tofund day -to- his staff has spoken cityaddress Iostweek, day operations. The to candidates for the Bing, who opposes an city's deficit of $336.6 city's emergency- - emergency manager million in the current manager c position. for the city,barely fiscalyearwould have His spokeswoman mentioned a possible been $936.8 million said Thesday no deci- takeover, instead for withoutsuch debt fi- sion is expected on a cueing an progress. nancing. Its reetruc- possible appointment "No emergency man - Curing measure. this week. agr to date," he said, have fallen short, in Any new manager and no declaration part because city of- would have limited of bankruptcy for the ficials have relied power, at least ini- city of Detroit" Airline to raise up its prices AIRLINES tation. The current It's also increasing the conttnued from 6D round of increases cost of tickets bought mostly applying to more than seven days Delta, for instance, tickers popular with before departure, Se - had tried a similar business travelers who aney says. price increase last often book last-minute That move could week, but pulled back flights that could cost spark other airline., when other carriers between $600 and by the weekend, to didn't match it. $1,500 round trip. boost fares on tickets This time around, JetBlue has taken purchased for leisure thtte doesn't appear the priceae travel as well busi- to be thesame hest step further however. nese, Seaney says. OMNI & MIDTOWN REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES PLEASE ALL TAKE NOTICE that a Boards of Commissioners Meeting of the Omni & Midtown Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agen- cies is scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 28, 2013 © 12:00 pm, or thereafter, at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133, All interested persons are Invited to attend For more Information please con- tact the Omni & Midtown CRA offices at (305) 879-8868. (#19300) Pieter A. Bockweg, Executive Director Omni and Midtown Community Redevelopment Agencies SOUTHEAST OVERTOW WPARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY The Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (SEOPW CRA) is hiring for the following positions: Grant Writer/Part-time -630K (Miami, FL) Marketing Coordinator/Full-lime - $45K- $80K (Miami, FL) Program Manager/Full-time-845K-$58K (Miami, FL) Office Assistant/Part-time - $81hr (Miami, FL) Send resume by postal mail to: SEOPW CRA, 1490 NW 3rd Ave, Suite 105, Miami, FL 33136 or via e-mail at cr emiamlaov.corq. For more details on the open positions, visit our website at www miamlcra.comiseoawcre (#19301) Clarence E. Woods III, Executive Director CSawheast Redowoopme tAgt Community Redevelopment Agency 1.011 SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY The Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (SEOPW CRA) is hiring for the following positions: Grant Writer/Part-time — $30K (Miami, FL) Marketing Coordinator/Fu11-time - $45K - $60K (Miami, FL) Program Manager/Full-time - $45K-$58K (Miami, FL) Office Assistant/Part-time - $8/hr (Miami, FL) Send resume by postal mail to.: SEOPW CRA, 1490 NW 3rd Ave, Suite 105, Miami, FL 33136 or via a -mail at cra@miamigov.com. For more details on the open positions, visit our website at www.miamicra.com/seopwcra. (#19301) Clarence E. Woods III, Executive Director Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency