Loading...
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Home
My WebLink
About
10-01092 09-20-2010 Submittal-Media Relations Summary
Miami CRA Media Relations Summary September 20, 2010 Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9920-10 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk � � D to-- p(09 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA On The Move! Page 1 of Vtflia MIAMI Community* Redevelopment Agency Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Building a Better Community! News from the SEOPW CRA In This Issue New Life for Housing Complex Summer Job Training Success CRA Ensures Tunnel Jobs New Life for Housing Complex 1232 NW 1st Place Thirty-three local families will soon have a beautiful place to call home. When residents in the building at 1232 NW 1st place faced being eviction because the building's owners were not properly maintaining it, the SEOPW CRA stepped in with a $620,000 grant that covered the cost of gutting the building and basically rebuilding everything but the shell from scratch. September 2010 Dear Community Members, As the Chairman of the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA, It is my goal to keep you informed and in the loop with everything going on within this Agency. You will be receiving this newsletter on a regular basis which features updates and previews of projects and programs dedicated to improving the quality of life for everyone in the Overtown/Park West CRA communities. In this edition, you'll learn what the CRA is doing to bring new jobs to our residents, train young people for future careers, and revitalize affordable housing within the community. You will also read about the CRA's new Executive Director, Pieter Bockweg. Both Pieter and Assistant SEOPW CRA Director Clarence Woods are committed to my vision as Chairman of making Southeast Overtown and Park West an even better place to live and work! Sincerely, Richard P. Dunn Chairman SEOPW CRA Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk CRA Presses for Tunnel Jobs http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?11r= nootzndab&v=001 rBBS2uM5H3_L09Gel el2aJ1_VZZ... 9/20/2010 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA On The Moves Page 2 of : Before (Sept. 15, 2009) After (Sept. 16th, 2010) The work is nearing completion and residents will soon be able to move back into a home that is beautiful, welcoming, and safe. Restoration work like this is part of the SEOPW's Commercial Rehab program. The grants are issued to the owners of qualified buildings in an effort to improve the quality of life for residents- --but there are strings attached for any property owner who receives grant money. SEOPW CRA Asst. Director Clarence Woods gets a SEOPW Chairman Dunn greets tunnel worker Perez) Laquanda Mallin ( Photos: Jorge SEOPW CRA Chairman Richard Dunn, Omni CRA Chairman Marc Sarnoff, and CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg paid a visit to the Miami Access Tunnel project site near Watson Island to meet with project manager Chris Hodgkins and several local residents who have recently started employment on the landmark project. Click on link for news clip: View NBC-6 Story on CRA Tunnel Jobs The Miami CRA is facilitating the financing of $50 million dollars toward the construction of the tunnel which will connect the Port of Miami to Watson Island. At the peak of construction on 2011, more than 300 new jobs will be created. "It is vital to the CRA that the new jobs are a mirror of the community which is contributing to the project," says Chairman Dunn. "Once the construction project is complete, many more new job opportunities will be created when the new tunnel is combined with the arrival of larger ships made possible by the port dredging project," adds the Chairman. The CRA sponsored a recruitment event specifically for local residents looking for tunnel jobs. N 0 Gus Pego (FOOT), Chris Hodgkins (Access Tunnel), join Marc Sarnoff, Willy Gort, Francis Suarez, Richard Dunn and Pieter Bockweg (CRA) at CRA Job recruitment event. Aside from providing jobs, the CRA is requiring that the Tunnel managers provide training to new hires. "This means once that project is complete the employees will be experienced and able to embark on a new stage to their careers," says Omni Chair Marc Sarnoff. Several hundred people attended the event and are now registered for upcoming job opportunities. Click on Zink for news clip: Channel 7 CRA Job Fair Story "Any project that the CRA funds must provide tangible results for the community, such as long term job opportunities," says CRA Executive zttp://campaign.r20.constantcontact. com/render?11 r=►nootzndab&v=001 rBBS2uM5H3_L09Ge1 e12aJ 1_VZZ... 9/20/2010 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA On The Move! Page 3 of . First hand look at rehab work. The grants come with a restrictive covenant which is designed to prevent the property owner from "flipping" the building for a profit once the work is complete. It also requires landlords to keep tenants at the rental rates they paid before the rehab work began. The restrictive covenants last for seven years and are passed from owner to owner if the building is sold within the seven year time frame. The buildings feature brand new plumbing, wiring, and fire and security alarms. A ribbon cutting will be announced soon once the work is complete. Summer Job Training Success Chairman Dunn and CRA Director Bokweg celebrate with students from the CRA sponsored Summer Job Training Program (Photos Jorge Perez) Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Chairman Richard P. Dunn and CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg joined representatives from Keep Miami Beautiful, nearly 160 students and their families, and several businesses to mark the successful completion of the 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program. The event was held on Friday, August, 20th at the Mt. Zion Church located at 301 NW gth street in Miami. Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Director Pieter Bockweg. Upcoming Event HOSPITALITY 'N571TlIT 'NSTITLIT CRA sponsored Hospitality Institute Job Training Program September 30! Click below for Info; 27- httpiljwww.miamlbegin ufithme,c.�mLttgspitaiity InEtituteLmaggsDol ra' _SaRtZelsi,pdf New Executive Director The Southeast Overtown/ Park West CRA is now under the leadership of a new Executive Director. Pieter Bockweg was appointed to lead both the SEOPW and Omni CRA's after spending 5 years with the City of Miami. Bockweg says the Agency is committed to tangible success in the community, accountability, and transparency. "I am very honored to have been named Executive Director of the Community Redevelopment Agency," says Bockweg. "Chairmen Dunn, Sarnoff, and Suarez, along with Board members Carollo and Gort share the vision of creating tangible results in the community that improve the lives of our residents and business owners." One of his first moves was to announce that Clarence Woods would serve as the Asst. Director to the SEOPW CRA. "This move allows Clarence to focus on the specific needs of the Southeast Overtown and Park West communities. Clarence is well known and respected and will serve as an excellent conduit between the CRA and the community," adds Bockweg. Bockweg takes over from Jim Villacorta who served as CRA Executive Director since 2006. "I want everyone within the area to feel comfortable contacting the CRA. ittp://campaign.r20.constanteontact.corn/render?llr=mootzndab&v=001 I BBS2uM5H3_L09Ge1 e12aJ 1 _VZZ... 9/20/2010 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA On The Move! Page 4 of : The job training and life skills program is run by the Keep Miami Beautiful organization but is funded by a grant from the Miami Community Redevelopment Agencies. "Initially, the plan was for 80 students to take part but nearly 300 applied for the program," says SEOPW CRA Chairman Dunn. "We were able to increase the number of students to 160 with the support of my fellow board members. It is very gratifying to see that the program is making a difference in the lives of these young people and their employers have taken notice." "Providing training which directly leads to jobs is an essential part of what the CRA is doing to reinvigorate our community. The students took the program seriously and their hard work has paid off," says CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg. Are CRA sponsored job training programs an effective way to increase the local workforce? We'd love to hear your thoughts. Please answer our poll question here: CRA Spored JJob Training Poll Question SEOPW BOARD MEMBERS Richard Dunn SEOPW CRA Chairman Please feel free to drop us a line at pbockweg;amiamigov.com or Clarence at cwoods!6miamigov.com,"says Bockweg. The main phone number to the CRA is (305) 679-6800. Join C'_ir Mailing List! Have you been captured on camera at a CRA event? City of Miami photographer Jorge Perez has hundreds of photos available on the City of Miami's online photo gallery. If you're look for a copy of a picture from an event you attended, this link will serve as a great resource. city of [Miami Online Photo Gallery Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk ttp ://campaign.r20. eonstantcontact.com/render?llr=-mootzndab&v=001 rBBS2uM5H3_L09Ge 1 e12aJ1_VZZ... 9/20/2010 Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA On The Move! Page 5 of rpdunnOmiamigov.com (305) 250-5390 Marc D. Sarnoff Omni CRA Chairman Email: msarnoff'tmiamigov.com Phone: (305) 250-5335 Francis Suarez Midtown CRA Chairman Email: fsuarez4miamigov.com (305) 250-5420 Wifredo "Wilt " Gort CRA Board Member Email: wgortgmiamigov.com (305) 250-5430 Frank Carollo CRA Board Member Email: fcarollo4miamigov.com - (305)250-5380 Forward email 19 Safeirtsubseribee This email was sent to htejera@miamigov.com by r @midmigov cpm• Update prorilel6rnail Address I Instant removal with Safeli0auttSCLltie'"' I Privacy. Poltcy. City of Miami CRA I Miami CRA 1 49 NW 5 Street 1 Suite 100 1 Miami i FL j 33128 Email Marketing by COrtStarItCOreCile TRY IT FREE Submitted into the public record in connection with item # 14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk ittp://campaign.r20.constanteontact.com/render?11r=mootzndab&v=001rBBS2uM5H3_L09Ge1 e12aJ 1_VZZ... 9/20/2010 • Communftvk Redevelopment Agency Community Redevelopment Agencies Executive Director, Pieter Bockweg 49 NW 5"" Street Suite 100 Miami, Florida 33128 Richard P. Dunn—SEOPW Chair Marc D. Sarnoff---Omni Chair Francis Suarez —Midtown Chair Frank Carollo—Board Member Wilfredo (Willy) Gort—Board Member Media Advisory Telephone: (305) 679-6800 Fax: (305) 679-6835 wvrv.miamigov.comlcra For Immediate Release Aug, 3, 2010 Miami, FL Miami Community Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Forms New Leadership Team --- New CRA Director Pieter Bockweg says the Agency is Committed to Tangible Success in the Community, Accountability, and Transparency --- FL)-- Newly appointed Miami CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg announces the formation of a new leadership team focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Agency. Under the new formation, Clarence Woods will be the Assistant Director of the Southeast Overtownl Park West CRA and Bert Gonzalez will be the new Assistant Director of the Omni CRA. Woods has been with the CRA for the past three years in an Asst. Director capacity. Gonzalez has spent the past three years directing business affairs strategies in the office of Commissioner Marc Sarnoff as well as being the District 2 CRA liaison. "Clarence is well known and respected for his years of hard work and leadership in the Overtown'Park West communities. while Bert has been intimately involved with the stakeholders in the Omni area and has a clear understanding of the issues," says Bockweg. "This move allows the Asst. Directors to focus on the specific needs of each community while improving the accountability for residents and businesses in the CRA boundaries," adds Bockvveg. Miguel Valentin will remain CRA Financial Officer where he has served since 2003. David Karsh has been hired as the new Director of Communications and Media Relations after performing a similar role for Commissioner Sarnoff. "My goal is to ensure the Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk media and public are extremely in tune with what the CPS. -A is doing. I notified Commissioner Samoff of my intention to offer David and Bert these positions because I avant a staff which is very proactive in cleating with members of the media and one that brings a tremendous base of knowledge and wealth of experiences dealing directly with the CRAB area," says Bockweg. "I am very honored to have been named Executive Director of the Communit Redevelopment Agency. Chairmen Dunn, Sarnoff, and Suarez, along_ with Board members Carollo and Gort share the vision of creating tanvible results in the community that improve the lives of our residents and business owners." For more information, contact David Karsh at (786) 299-0597. Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk TODAY'S US stimulus to county creates 209 jobs at S1.2 million each Two-thirdsoftotal still in state hands ii• war,, th sac,, site 5:34million Miami -Dade ha.. received In dare in federal stimulus alone} has „suited in :i'i ne•, ions for County resi- dents. While this nenioer Ls tin fn'm the a9 yobs reported shah; psatli.r months ago, it amounts to 51-2 millianperjua. Thine number wine as resultera resolution passed n county commissioner: in March. moulting stalT an esti- mate the number ufjubs 3aa!a atcd by the county' s ecanumic stimulus plan pru4,ram. said V•eteria Mullen, director ,I' cnmmun=catian, for NI;Am ,- Local Area Unemployrnent Stott}tics bane l hide Asatl .thieme1c Reno,. erv]nd N_in•-ainrienl tact pra..ents are automatically Inchaled in riio program. in Mar_h the :nun,' also 0_31n 'racking .ha esti- mated lobs geminated for re - novena.; act paOie.,.' , In In or. fort to :dllx' tour: .J:11:1 re- edy Zen �ardi:10j h,ratiun. etc .aunt. c+nnlr.aic l m .:umpi l:J .l rlornii- •ion ;roan 'li oar Irien .4, I.+ -it ^ \s; II_ Cunt-. Gear;c rtlu _C1., 11.1, guested that ;Oh meaner, or: iracaorl .1':Ihc t...to: in Ate tr.d ass :tared that be tan - nee❑ to legit; ,clam rcwd:a ai' 14 h.1,• :he minor:: ,•i 114 1413 'shoo stimulnai program this wen. .uri et-: r:u47i..•_ bons i4erl full growth dues nat seem to teasing .1 national 'acne:. no 'mac trereJsed 1a aspruto4f. tnfonnatiunisavailahle for :tie Acc:;rlin{ •.,,-itan+q.^: pro- ata'•e or enemy. said :2el'cc.:s ---•test 1' the Florida Awns" rat Rust. duel een,ulmi41 for I:le :4ort:ore:e imau, oleo, one an- hernia Agency far Work torte :mpl4n merit roue Gat w.li.lnti- innnwa im+ lute anent; •Ire •.4p aide increased rtom I2.1'a 3li;laity for the state:13a vlr. e rr1 lone 'o I , 4, in !u9_i, glean- nut :W rreyl:d eortneres :hate :on that rtlt of a wnrkinrce Jf receiving full-time 'tour.: w.lil more ;loan 1.2 million. nevi, muse working pat lime. I I .100 aft nut nf•snrk. There Miami-Pada: still :mild r- ats an ,van greater inereazc _title S_iae million in trier It nctwcen last year and alai.. is ,,mafus Pund-a. as ,he J�4In{a the eounn's tub 2009 anent- on ltlally studied for Snail 361- plovm:cnc rate u•as I' ale. lion While Ms. Run cou,Id ma riorda's seasonally adjusted nominal if Florida well `c :. :mein plovate' rate Gar July rein inn more stimulus fir:alit-a. "nit •:) •.a:: I' : .. ❑p ey ants llzr sa.d the .ta(c lsa, -nb a' _ .ctlh percentage print "ter ih_ 11i:cn1 one-third of in: ,t,n ' p:er.nas month. meaning Otto billion ltnasbeenskinned. Ica ,ut,lratahnr:-x11.3 ,19.�Ia.tlt;u, inn I4, ,•third, to dt,;rmt.ted ism¢ s ell 5 q(111 tr: ;e9•'c,4 among 11.2 City redevelopment agency guru says he has ambitious plans o flue new head a` tun Mia1.vi'1 Catnuunity Retest.. unman Aga:mins is hitting the 4rmu4d running sift Ambitions plans for arvy growth. gel a third aacnev's leader - ;hip retrains in ,3ucstilln Can,: commissioner. i lilnn:r•-umntunil) R4C.•. - t4tent Ayetixy Executive Dtrac- mrJlunes'rillacurta at the amen- eies' owls 22 hoard meeting. naming city project manager Platte' Uncle n.'' tr. replace him as head of the Southeast Ovcrown. Park West and Omni Community Redevelopment Agencies. However. Commissiarter r rsae,s Same:, oltairman of the Midtown Community Re- derciopmenr Agency. decided an let Nair. V:Ilaeorta keep his position ss executive director of the midtown Agency - i f he wants It. -'i have no problem with Itim stayin4."Nair. Suarez4aid. "If he wants to slay and he can work with the ulna in ma - Mir, of the star!"._. I don't .see any reasaa why he wouldn't 'sir. Villacnrta is nn leave. 'sIr. Suarez raid. and is to Je- c:de.1hu'siil t.._p Mc poll thin when he returns. 41r.. Vi!laears did not return phnnc :all Tueallay. If Mr. ViAaeurn chooses in remain aaactitive director o Lhe Midtown Community Redcvcl- mpmenl .\yrtcy. that as nett! mean snared staff work under two exeeuilve d1recturs, In the pan.:dl :Ore. ]2enrir, were managed by a cingie ,tall and axceeti.e dirrutor. llowevel, the mid:own apnea; as girt dtfierau from the Southeast Ovanew n'1' ark West and Omni Community Redevelopment incomes in that it is much smaller and wan _r:atcd nmstly to pap sif debt. ,Ludt„wn is t -sexy st,Ihte CR \." Mr Su:r.'ez. ;arid. "It's aims .Ise the other antes. which hare¢ lunch more .:Jul ,,:,wiry 1,,.i:.4t AIItlloeeartcncie, oath_-, i taa- "I am hers to pet thin g�ss done.' JamesVillacorta was offered lob says new chief Pieter Bockvwp, heading smallest of 1 :nannies. i ncrrnlenl funds Gum proper- ties within their boundaries. Those monies an: spent on re- development proleer witty within their at -ens. The Southeast Overtowm: Park Watt and Omni agencies were created for the 'elimina- tion of slum and biraltting cun- ditiens within the rode, elopmcnt area." seen:ding to the Cum• usually Redevelopment .: jenny wehsitt_ Bnllt are charged with task; like 4 m provi n g arsa employment opporiunnlcs, att.-acting new businesses and provid i ay meen- livas Tor new.410115i1g :nnsun4c• firm. In :omparnsnn, the \I:dtolvn agency 'has nnlj one primary objective - to support payment of dcht serriCe of Donas... which w,li fund the derelop- n:em clan ef'icient public park- ing ay Item thrar:;hula the re- de.clopmcm area lint a public plum " 11 also 44licets much less than Han others. For fiscal 20..0, the South- east Overt.w444113 rk WCIr'a originally approsed budget was S2-1.5 million and lhr Omni agency's was S•40.8 million. whereas the midtown agency's 3ndget was 5_.4 mtlii,n. While the agency naval': fl- oat word an the 34Ill:town agency's leader.h:p. M.. Neck, e_ hi, wasted ne tithe in making chuligri at rho Oro h ,tau o,e s a.m,..r W.r .1 pfl J]I t•t r it I- ,lrertla,tl dUl4sted it, c1Ieel..:ne,i thin rR0_i1_•4:e- ills Mail; goal to let prnjc4:ts moving_ -I t m inert to get ;hangs done." Str Reelcweit reed. Before Joining the agency . y,1 r Beckweg had worked fur the city since 20(tS. securdtng act his resume. first as assistant us the chief tsl pla^.ning and netts nnmie develapti:cnt and then ass a3siaiant director of econ4mtic development. His salary is to he decided at the next Cammtmity Redu4cl- opnlent A1er41y board meaning In Septemtber, said f3av-td Karsh, agency dirccnlr of .ommunica- ttons And media -elariwls. Mr- 3uckwrg said nix pn- nate-sec:ear background •.yart- In: with hus9nesses will ;t11,1w him to run the agencies more efficiently than in Ilia pas:. Fenner exccut i v e direclssr Mr. Vi Ifacurtahad sla'. oa lcgru'_ttd. working For the C it. Attnrney's elite¢ before being ielected to !cad :.he agency. Mt. 13uckwi,a s plans fur m- prnacmunt include enior:ed dendl inns, emphasis u n business development and a fresh I,.'k 34 all prtneet, nn the hontks, he said. Sour after commissioners dusted \1r. Villacorta from two of the thane agencies, M.-. Uocl:we'_ announced structural changes aimed at upping l:ra- rierp:w•. imprn4 inn comm unity Involse;4le„ l and :miminga trans- p.tr1:41t uperan:'n. nmaavig :I . to 5 C41.3.i1 age now hal 11' own 4 14341,-cl.•r. 11 Il'e al awnl'.i Mr Francis Suarez says he :has no problem rerainingdeniareet enact Ciaror:ce i.Vonds, ww'aa had been assisttnt director of Mt aerate', under NI; Chi laalrta :l:r three yea , ha> tarn named assistant director of the South- east IJ :• ertowni l'a rk Weal Com- munity Rcdevelepmsnt A cney Bert Gonzalez. w11u r'or- merle directed bilSineit af- fairs and served aS Culnmu- 114ty Redev441up4ncnt Anemcy iiaisnn for District 2 Miami Commissioner Aare Sannftl h:u been named assistant di- rct•I.tr of the Omni Cominu- nit'r Redo, clapmcnl Agen4y His salary is S105.00U. Mr ilt'tkueg;aidlie selected S1r. Wood; and Mr. Gunralcz in senate a, assi.ilant die':tors user their respective agencies because they are alrca,}v mascly invcl"cd" with those cnmm4:nities. ! its reasoning in gi•� inn cac91 a01,71cv :m as3istam3 dircellsr. he said. is that it's 'best liar the enmlilul114t to hays .a ddr:et rep- resentation." -I think WI yen Important that the people me swats." kir. ESuckwrr mid. "1 'vent to make sure that we are accesnihle." Mr. Beckw'e,11E:talant Itlrcda dircdur ufasmmcnicatiuus and media relations, Mr. Kart[:, at an 5S2,400 solar;. Mr. Karsll 3 reviutufy managed :onlmulli- cations and media relation., Ter C.>m,tismner Sarnnfi It was also 3 newly .natal pusiiirin, as the:'Jmn1ultit1 Rc- de,clorment ,lea nc Jig nu haaC an :nmpl ry ntcl1 d it• rated cu puma, relations miter the "n,•11 le4denhlp -1hc perpr se of hit -Me a c,n^- 1111irattGn; 11ead. Ise `iep 14e :I,m.i1tuul, let: r:.11 ter .3 . work :old Ater '•1 iu,t 1,ant :. :hake sea-,: •er..:h l:h _: e,•mi G. J;11." 3.lcl,erg said. AImough Mr. Karate and fir G,1nralcz the 'awn new, hires • amass d omit; toecap} Con Omni Community Rcdenelopment A4cnc. chairm:ln Comm, sinner Su not., ',fr. Uarkwcg said tar asked h'+ta to '.ark for hint .,Knot: raj Jrrection tram th,•.ommu- stJF•4r 'n".d I1.lt tiling, enav:,l wur'.il:e for the Da .trio. 2 'll the hsll're pining :11e agency "there gas an n':erinp: he said. Itl adJllldn to structural changes within sir ageaeics. ?sir. Rock wegistoreevaluate all planned pruie.ts in the p1s1, the C alnm:lnily. R:dexelupmenl A$OTICy has been criticized fur setting aside money on prnleets that hate hero stow to progress. It was also though( to 2i'•e money easily by 3nme. "I kind of want its get away frtltt the CRA hemp looked at as an ATf.I." Mr. Uock:veg said_ While he won't 11e scrapping an ,'reanaIndylppr,.,•edl sits Ri.kweg mid he'll hei,x3L• inn at how to maximic: he^.eti:a in line with agency phi:Tines. That includes jch.rention .Ire ,mwrlapin� _(Tartan c. 10-url4lor:': anal eiderly bowing, And in future prnj zit,. Sir Urekweg sang: tie altos tt nuke it naandaluty fur all Proieetn to ha, a .i j"h. tam ponce 1, he 11 Jwh training or long-term hires, and employ a certain percentage of workers within agency hound- aries. Ile-s,nwn1aking44uatian u: promise to get the eunununiq• actively inroivcd. ;pending:: one walking lhruugh the di,trietn and :pinking with basine,s my ncr,. "'sty main Alien', is for the (RA, is to era„t:::111gible re- lit r III nntn 41ciri: Mr. N 4 said. 'It there's more 3,'„neav '4, 411t14e peal};¢ have e O E • F { as e gommLrnitvl�� Redeveloprnent Agency Community Redevelopment Agencies Executive Director, Pieter Bockweg 49 NW 5'' Street Suite 100 Miami, Florida 33128 Media Advisory Richard P. Dunn—SEOPW Chair Marc D. Sarnoff—Omni Chair Francis Suarez —Midtown Chair Frank Carollo—Board Member Wifredo Gort—Member Telephone: (305) 679-6800 Fax: (305) 679-6835 www.miamigov.comtcra For Immediate Release August 5, 2010 Miami, FL Miami Community Redevelopment Agency Honors Local Teen Filmmakers during a Community Screening of films Produced During Intensive Summer Workshop ---Southeast Overtown/Park West Chairman Richard Dunn Spearheaded Support for the Program 1.t`hich Trains Teens for Careers in Films--- (Miami.FL)— Southeast OvertownlPark West CRA Chairman Richard P. Dunn and CRAExecutiv Director Pieter Bockweg will join Cine Lab founder Reggie Scott for a community screening featuring the work of young, focal filmmakers as part of the Cine Lab summer workshop. The event begins at 2:30pm on Friday, August 6th at the Culmer/Overtown Neighborhood Center at 1600 NW 3`i Aven ue. "The Cine Lab workshop has offered an invaluable experience to these high school students who now have a new career path to follow. The hands on nature of the program hay gotten them up close and personal with film making and was an opportunity many young people in the community never get." says Chairman Dunn. CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg says the agency provided a $50.000 grant for the program which brought the New York based PepperShaker Company which produces the Cine Lab to Ovcrtown. 22 students took part in the program which is also offered in other cities around the country. For more information contact David Karsh at (786) 299-0597. Submitted into the public record in connection with item #Id on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Print Examiner article. Pane i of 2 G examiner. Young, local filmmakers on the rise Au;ust 5, 6:41 PM Natalie French Miami City Hall Examiner Cine Lab founder Reggie Scott and a group of bright and young filmmakers will host a community screening featuring their outstanding work during the Cine Lab summer series. The event begins at 2:3opm on Friday, August 6th at the Calmer/Overtown Neighborhood Center at i600 NW 3rd Avenue. Twenty-two students took part of the creative wrokshops thanks to a S3o,000 grant provided by the Community Redevelopment Agency. "The Cine Lab workshop has offered an invaluable experience to these high school students who now have a new career path to follow. The hands on nature of the program has gotten them up close and personal with film making and was an opportunity many young people in the community never get," says Southeast Overtown,'Park West CRA Chairman Richard P. Dunn who also represents District 5 as a City of Miami Commissioner. New CRA. Executive Director Pieter Bockweg says thanks to the grant they were able to bring the New York based PepperShaker Company which produces the Cine Lab to Overtown. The program is also offered in other cities around the country. For more information contact David Karsh at (786) 299-0597 Copyright 2O10 Eraminer.coni.All rights reserled. ?his material may not he published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Author Natalie French is an Examiner from Miami. You can see Natalie's articles at: "lattp://www.Examiner.comix-59706-Nlianii-City-Hall-Examiner" Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk httpJ/www.examiner.comlblog/printexaminerarticles.cfm?section=exarniners,examiners&bl... 8/6/2010 • Community** Rodevelournoot Agency Community Redevelopment Agencies Executive Director, Pieter Bockweg 49 NW 5th Street Suite 100 Miami, Florida 33128 Media Advisory Richard P. Dunn—SEOPW Chair Marc D. Sarnoff—Omni Chair Francis Suarez —Midtown Chair Frank Carollo—Board Member Wifredo Gort--Member Telephone: (305) 679-6800 Fax: (305) 679-6835 www.miamigov.comicra For Immediate Release August 18, 2010 Miami, FL Miami CRA's Summer Job Training Program Wraps up with more than 100 Young People Successfully Completing the Program ---Several Students were offered Permanent Positions through the CRA Sponsored Program--- (Miami,F1)--- Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Chairman Richard P. Dunn and CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg join representatives from Keep Miami Beautiful, nearly 160 students and their families, and several businesses to mark the successful completion of the 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program. The event is set for Friday, August, 20th at 11:00am at Mt. Zion Church located at 301 NW 9th street in Miami. The job training and life skills program is run by the Keep Miami Beautiful organization but is funded by a grant from the Miami Community Redevelopment Agencies. "Initially, the plan was for 80 students to take part but nearly 300 applied for the program," says SEOPW CRA Chairman Dunn. "We were able to increase the number of students to 160 and it is very gratifying to see that the program is making a difference in the lives of these young people and their employers have taken notice." Part of the training included matching each student with a job for the summer. Several businesses taking part, including Marshall's and Walgreens, have extended permanent offers to several students. The funding for the program was provided by grants from both the SEOPW and Omni CRA's. "Providing training which directly leads to jobs is an essential part of what the CRA is doing to reinvigorate our community. The students took the program seriously and their hard work has paid off," says CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg. For more information call David Karsh at (786) 299-0597. ### Submitted into the public record in connection with item # l 4 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The Miami Times Finari Business MIAMI, FLORIDA, AUGUST 25-31, 2010 3 and cail- r-old .ebe- ,r� toot.. ac and Ohio, :d the took brir.g ick to ie life hous- e ffec t )f his 'form Lions tout he s Iresi- ig in hose ard. '9D -d s Ise es. sk- •ie r —Photo oy _xmmunity Rede,eioo.mentAgency C,RA> Pdiiami Commissioner Richard P. Dunn applauds students' completion of the summer program. CRA wraps up summer job training program Permanent positions offered to students Special to the Times Southeast Overtown/Park West Cotninunity Redevelopment Agen- cy (CRA) Chairman Richard P. Dunn and CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg joir.ed represen- tatives from Keep Miami Beauti- ful, nearly 150 students and their families, and several businesses to mark the successful completion of the 2010 Summer Youth Ern- pioytnent Program. The event was held at ME. Zion Church in Over - town Friday, Aug. 20. The job training ar,d life skills program was run by the Keep Mi- ami Beautiful organization but was funded by a grant from the Miami Community Redevelopment Agencies. `Initially, the plan was for 80 students to take part but near- ly 300 applied for the program." Dunn said. 'We were able to in- crease the number of students to 160 with the support of my fellow board members, it is very grati- fying to see that the program is making a difference in t,,_e lives of these young people and their em- ployers have taken notice." Part of the training included matching each student with a job for the summer. Several busi- nesses taking part, including Marshall's and Walgreens, have extended permanent offers to sev- eral students. Providing training which di- rectly leads to jobs is an essen- tial part of what the CRA is doing to reinvigorate our community," Bockweg said. `The students took the program seriously and their hard work has paid off." • Communityl��( Redevelopment Agency Community Redevelopment Agencies Executive Director, Pieter Bockweg 49 NW 5`" Street Suite 100 Miami, Florida 33128 Richard P. Dunn—SEOPW Chair Marc D. Sarnoff—Omni Chair Francis Suarez —Midtown Chair Frank Carollo—Board Member Wifredo "Willy" Gort—Board Member Media Advisory Telephone: (305) 679-6800 Fax: (305) 679-6835 www.miamigov.comlcra For Immediate Release August 30, 2010 Miami, FL Applicants for Future Miami Port Tunnel Jobs Are Being Recruited During Upcoming Overtown Folk Life Friday Event ---Miami's Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is Partnering with Miami Access Tunnel to Ensure Locals are Hired for Port Tunnel --- (MIAMI, FL)--- SEOPW CRA Chairman Richard P. Dunn, Omni CRA Chairman Marc D. Sarnoff, and Midtown Chair Francis Suarez, join Miami Mayor Tornas Regalado, CRA Board Members Wifredo "Willy" Gort and Frank Carollo, Miami -Dade Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson, CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg, and Miami Access Tunnel Vice President Christopher Hodgkins to welcome applicants to an open Tunnel job recruiting session sponsored by the Miami CRA. Representatives from the University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park will also be on hand focusing on skilled trade construction positions like roofers, drywall, and electric. The event is set for Friday, September 3`d 2010 at 11:30 AM on the 9th street Pedestrian Mall in Overtown at 919 NW 2ND Ave as part of the CRA's Folk Life Friday event. Friday's event is to specifically collect applications. The Miami CRA is facilitating the financing of $50 million dollars toward the construction of the tunnel which will connect the Port of Miami to Watson Island. At the peak of construction in 2011, more than 300 new jobs will be created. "It is vital to the CRA that the new jobs are a mirror of the community which is contributing to this project. "Once the construction is complete, many more new job opportunities will be created when the new tunnel is combined with the arrival of larger ships made possible by the port dredging project,"says Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA Chairman Dunn. So far, a dozen local residents have already been hired, with many more to come. "These employees will also be fully trained by the project management team, which means once the construction is complete they will be experienced and able to embark on a new stage to their careers," says Omni CRA Chairman Sarnoff. Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Several of the new hires will be attending the event. "We are absolutely committed to training residents within the CRA community and putting them to work on this landmark project," says Miami Access Tunnel Vice -President Christopher Hodgkins. "During these hard economic times, people from this community need jobs more than ever. I am pleased that the residents will have greater opportunities for meaningful employment within our community," adds Miami -Dade Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson. "Any project that the CRA funds must provide tangible results for the community, such as long term job opportunities," says CRA Executive Director Pieter Bockweg. For more information contact David Karsh at (786) 299-0597 ### Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk WSVr1-TV - Job seekers Iine up for port tunnel jobs Page 1 of 3 . Local • National . World • Business • Politics • Entertainment • Odd • Tracking the Tropics s Local News Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Job seekers line up for port tunnel jobs MTIIAMI (WSVN) -- Those responsible for constructing the new port tunnel in Miami have begun hiring. Lona lines formed as hopeful applicants converged on the pedestrian mall in 0% ertown, near 10th Street and Northwest Second Avenue, Friday morning. Miami's Community Redevelopment Agency has partnered with Miami Access Tunnel to ensure locals are hired for the job to construct an underwater tunnel that will connect the Port of Miami to Watson Island. Still, people from as far as the West Coast of the United States showed up with hopes of finding work. "I came from California, San Francisco," said Marvin Vargas. "You know, everywhere in the United States we have this issue about jobs. I think this one will be a big one." Ortence Kemp said she was in the line-- that numbered as many as 200 at one point-- to look for more than a job but a better life. "We're all here looking for jobs, and so is the community. We're tired of living in poverty, and we're hoping and praying that whatever the government is supposed to do to get this money to fund this project, that they do it so we all could live better." The project is expected to bring as many as 400 jobs to Miami, over the course of construction. "It's just good to see that this can be what we wanted it to be: a mini stimulus, putting people back to work," said Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff. Christopher Hodgkins, the vice-president of the Miami Access Tunnel said the opportunities to work for the project run the gamut and can reach a nearly six -figure status. "It's not just for the starting position," he said. "We had a job fair four weeks ago. From that job fair, not only did we pick 12 people, but we also got our bridge super that pays $90,000 a year." (Copyright 2010 by Sunbeam Television Corp. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Recommend I II Be the first of your friends to recommend this, I II http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21002122897224/ 9/7/2010 Hundreds seek jobs with port tunnel project - 09. i'4 2 0I 0 NtiamiHerald.com Pagel of 2 EleittiamilieratO0.1.7 Posted on Sat, Sep. 04, 2010 Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Hundreds seek jobs with port tunnel project BY ALFONSO CHARDY achardyCElNuevoHerald.com Michelle Butler lost her job at a local amusement park seven months ago. Since then, she has been looking for another job, like millions of other people in the Great Recession. But Butler, 44, was hopeful she will land the job she applied for on Friday during an Overtown jobs fair where the company that plans to build the tunnel to the Port of Miami . took applications for the $1 billion project. JOE RAEDLE r STAFF i411Ahtl - SEPTEMBER 03: Maria Torres (seated), who said she has been out of work for three years, waits 'with others to fill out an applicatin form for a job opening with Miami's Community Redevelopment Agency that is partnering with Miami Access Tunnel to ensure locals are hired for the building of the Port of Miami Tunnel on September 3, 2010 in Miami, Florida. Hundreds of people showed up for the opportunity to fill out an application form far some of the mare than 300 new jobs that will be created at the peak of construction in 2011. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The fair was part of a community outreach program that Florida transportation officials promised when the project was still in discussion. "l hope this is my comeback," said a smiling Butler after she finished filling out her application at the fair at 919 NW Second Ave. north of downtown Miami. Butler and her daughter, Mary, a 20-year-old mechanic, were among hundreds who applied for tunnel jobs at the fair. Actual digging of the tunnel is expected to begin in earnest next year and will last about a year, according to officials involved in the project. A tunnel -boring machine has been ordered from a European manufacturer, and once it's ready, it will be disassembled and shipped to Miami where it will be reassembled. The main tunnel portals will be in the median of the MacArthur Causeway, with the tunnel going from Watson Island south to the port under Biscayne Bay. "We are hiring," said Christopher Hodgkins, vice president of Miami Access Tunnel, the concessionaire that will build the tunnel. "We are taking applications." Gus Pego, the Florida Department of Transportation district secretary in Miami, said the community welcomes the new jobs given the economic downturn. "With the unemployment rates that we have in Miami, this is certainly an opportunity to put people back to work," Pego said. http://www.miamiherald.com.!2010/09/04/v-print'1807708/hundreds-in-overtown-seek jobs.... 9!7!2+)10 Hundreds seek jobs with port tunnel project - 09/0412010 ! MiamiHerald.com Page 2 of 2 Officials from the Miami Community Redevelopment Agency, which helped organize the job fair, said in a statement that at "peak of construction in 2011," the tunnel project will generate more than 300 new jobs. The tunnel's grand opening has been scheduled for May 15. 2014. © 2010 Miami Herald Media Company, All Rights Reserved. http://www.miamiherald.com Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-i- 0 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk http://www, miamiherald.com12010/09/04/v-print/1807708/hundreds-in-overtown-seek: jobs.... 9/7/2010 JOBS AVAILABLE Irlhe Port of Miami tunnel ,t•/iomr Times Staff Repnrr southeast Overtown/Park West Com- rnity Redevelopment Agency (CRA) airman Richard P. Dunn, Omni CRA airman Marc D. Sarnoff. and Midtown air Francis Suarez, joined Miami May - Tomas Regalado, CRA Board Members (redo "Willy' Gort and Frank Carollo, ami-Dade Commissioner Audrey M. Ed- ,nson, CRA Executive Director Pieter ckweg and Miami Access Tunnel Vice °sident Christopher Hodgkins in wel- r.ing applicants at an open Tunnel job :ruiting session. tepresentatives from the University of ami Life Science and Technology Park, hand. focused on skilled trade con- uction positions like roofers, drywall, d electric. Sponsored by the Miami :A. the event was held Sept. 3 at the cth Street Pedestrian Mall in Overtown. e job recruiting session was part of the IA sponsored Folk Life Friday, an event signed to promote businesses within the IA boundaries. It -"*al to the CRA that the new jobs ror of the community which is atributing to this project' Dunn said. Please turn to JOBS 9D —Photo f Jorge Pao Miami Commissioner Richard P. Dunn II greets LaQuanda Macklin who is a recent hire to the tunnel project. Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 , Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk New construction job Jro'ect romises creation p p ,LOBS continued from 7D °Once the construc- tion is complete, many more new job opportu- nities will be created when the new tunnel is combined with the arrival of larger ships made possible by the port dredging project." The Miami CRA is facilitating $50 million -ard the construe - of the tunnel, .ah will connect the Port of Miami to Wat- son Island. The grand AUDREY EDMONSON Aficuni-Ihc,k CnurruLa.inrrcr opening of tunnel is slated for May 15, 2014 but at the peak of con- struction in 2011, more than 300 new jobs will be generated. "Once the construc- tion is complete. many Dunn said. A dozen local resi- dents have already been hired, with many more to come. "During these bard economic times. peo- ple from this community treat jobs more than ever." —COMMISSIONER AUDREY EDMONSON more new job opportu- nities will be created when the new tunnel is combined with the arrival of larger ships made possible by the port dredging project." "These employ- ees will also be fully trained by the project management team, which means once the construction is com- plete they will be ex- perienced and Able to embark on a new stage to their careers; says Omni CRA Chairman Sarnoff. Miami -Dade Com- missioner Audrey M. Edmonson shared shout the importance of this project. "During these hard economic times, peo- ple from this commu- nity need jobs more than ever," she added. "1 am pleased that the residents will have greater opportunities for meaningful ern - Submitted into the public record in connection with item 014 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk pkrvmcnt within our community." With Overtown be- ing a community of- ten neglected, Dunn insisted creating jobs 1 in the community I would be a continuing t effort. tl "1 am expecting 1 real jobs for our rest- c dents, not rhetoric lc from developers, their 3 construction teams or employers," Dunn C said. "These jobs are 3 a good start, but there T must he many more to E follow." MIAMI-DADE W. Public jobs feel pinch in cutbacks - 09 04 2010 MiamiHera!d.com Page 1 of 3 heB1iami 'Hera Posted on Sat, Sep. 04, 2010 Public jobs feel pinch in cutbacks BY DOUGLAS HANKS dhanks©MiamiHerald.com Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Laquanda Mallin put on her hard hat, grabbed a seven -foot -tall STOP sign and took her post in 90-degree heat on a dusty road off one of Miami's busiest highways. The 31-year-old declared it a good day. -1 can see the light," said Mallin, who landed the $10-an-hour job on the new Miami Tunnel project on Watson Island after being unemployed since 2007. "It's going to get better." Mallin toils on the edge of an employment trend that sent stock markets surging Friday as private employers added 67,000 jobs in August. While still a dismal growth number, the blip eased fears that the national economy was sliding into a second recession. But the dollars behind Mallin's modest paycheck also are part of a larger story in South Florida's beleaguered labor market. From massive public works projects like the 6863 million tunnel linking 1-395 with the Port CN,aRLE-S TRA,hCR JR.MAIM! HERALD STAFF of Miami to part-time teacher aides, tax dollars Larry Woods was homeless before he was hired on a keep hundreds of thousands of South construction crew working on the Port of Miami tunnel Floridians employed. In fact, one in seven project. Government hiring. however, is being squeezed by jobs in Miami -Dade and Broward is a the sour economy. government job. Now, even as private employers begin hiring again, those government jobs may be in greater jeopardy. The 67,000 new private jobs in August across the country weren't enough to compensate for a loss of 121,000 government positions, resulting in a slight uptick -- from 9.5 percent to 9.6 percent -- in the unemployment rate. If South Florida is any barometer, that loss of government jobs could accelerate. Local governments are in the midst of a season of contentious budget cuts, and experts say tax - funded jobs will be under pressure for years to come. http://www.miamiherald.com12010/09/03/v-print/1807681 /public jobs-feel-pinch-in-cutbac._. 9/ 7/2010 Public jobs reel pinch in cutbacks - 09.'04'2010 I MiamiHerald.com Page 2 (.i 3 "At the state and local level, 1 think we're actually going into an area where we'll see contraction in [government] employment," said Sean Snaith, an economist at the University of Central Florida "Even into 2011 and 2012, the [current] budgetary situation is going to be in effect." The August figures aren't in yet for South Florida, but in July both private and public employers shed jobs here. Unemployment rates remained near record highs: 10.4 percent in Broward and 12.3 percent in Miami -Dade. Even though private employers are adding jobs now across the country, they cut far deeper during the recession than governments did. In South Florida, government jobs claim a bigger share of the overall workforce than they did during the boom times. In Miami -Dade, city and county government jobs make up 11.6 percent of the county's 974,000 jobs. That's slightly off 2009's 11.7 percent share, which was the highest since at least 1990, according to state records. In Broward, local government jobs account for 12.2 percent of the county's 700,000 jobs. That matches year-end levels in 2009, which were also the highest since at least 1990. Add in state and federal jobs and the public sector accounts for 14 percent of all jobs in South Florida. RELIABLE EMPLOYERS Washington's $790 billion stimulus package also made governments more reliable employers during this recession compared to past economic downturns. Consider: In the recession that hit in the early 1980s, Florida's local governments cut jobs by 6 percent, according to research by Bill Seyfried, an economics professor at Rollins College in Winter Park. But in this downturn, local government payrolls are only off by about 1.3 percent. "The stimulus was basically a Band-Aid," Seyfried said. "Without it, there would have been massive budget cuts." About $115 million in stimulus dollars let administrators back away from plans to lay off about 700 teachers and school workers in Broward and hundreds of temporary teachers in Miami - Dade. But stimulus dollars aren't preserving all government jobs. Miami -Dade has proposed eliminating 700 positions in the budget year that starts Oct. 1, after cutting about 630 jobs in 2010. On Friday, Miami's police union sued to prevent pay and pension cuts that city leaders say are needed to avoid cutting 1,700 jobs. Hialeah cut about 50 workers this year from a payroll with roughly 1,400 positions. In Florida, only Fort Pierce has a higher July unemployment rate than Hialeah's 16.7 percent. "We get people in here all the time asking for jobs," Mayor Julio Robaina said from his City Hall office. http://www.miamiherald.com12010/09!031v-print' 1807681 "public-jobs-feel-pinch-in-cutbac... 9/7/2010 Public jobs feel pinch in cutbacks - 09 042010 ; MiamiHerald.com Page 3 of 3 About 233,000 South Floridians work for some level of government. That's 3 percent fewer jobs than a year ago, according to state figures, even with a temporary spike in federal jobs that came with this year's Census count. The public -sector figures don't account for private -sector jobs like Mallin's that are at least partially funded by tax dollars. Hired by tunnel contractor Bouygues, Mailin works on a venture backed by local, state and federal dollars, including $100 million in borrowed funds from Miami -Dade bond sales. Federal stimulus dollars are not part of the funding package. LOOKING TO HIRE Christopher Hodgkins, a top executive on the tunnel project, said 41 local people have been hired so far with another 400 expected to join by the time digging begins a year from now. Some of the public dollars come from Miami's Overtown Community Redevelopment Agency, a tax zone that includes Watson Island. Use of those funds requires Bouygues to hire from the Overtown area, and the contractor has been participating in job fairs throughout the neighborhood. Applicants can find available jobs at www.portofmiamitunnel.com, though demand is high. "We're going to have close to 400 jobs at peak," Hodgkins said. 'We already have 1,800 applications." © 2010 Miami Herald Media Company. All Rights Reserved. http://www.miamiherald.com Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/03/v-print/ 1807681 /public jobs-Feel-pinch-in-cutbac... 9/7/2010 Woman Accused Of Profiteering At Program For Poor? - cbs4.com Page 1 of 1 Abet ".:ommentei Stones This Ave* '--.... ;:nddcum.riad %everts. iry.4l '31I3 In CC `AilLf� y a • Say Shire Pawned '2n ano:caie • Man-:itiei n FIN 3ustoe Stop • Fsiany- 3'arrt Oroaa04 K.30•atn • :at Reportedly Seater. Wen 3 0so,s o% Woman Accused Of Profiteering At Program For Poor? Jobs Project Director Fired :UlegedI� Peddled Pyramid -Sr ie Schcrn: KNOW&sour THIS mar? M ORE 1, Click To Shore Pictures, Video, Info Reporting 3ary Nelsen E-matt 2_5. — The erector o1 s lax;ayer-funded ,ros program .n the oty of Mawr has been fired for allegedly pedaling a pyramid -type n estment schema program's odor clients Jtarsla Shanks was terminated 'rids week as the director of Me 3.,rnmer Youth Emel0ymenl Program 3 'hark and ,00 Manna program Operated by Me nor. -profit grrx;p 'seep Wan Beautiful, wah funding from the :1r/ s Community Redevelopment Agency ;CRA) the CPA's reww director, Peter Bcckweg, had been or, the co absr^xty 3 weer when -e says rg .earned of Sharkss or-tna-.Idroc moonllgneng Scuttles 'I ,vent la make sure that Me 2.F A -s ^et used as an .ATM.' Backweg told CBS4 Reporter Gary Nelson. 5eclrweg said the demanded Shanks ce rams,.•a� as the program inrecMr seer getting an anonymous lip that she !"act been Pushing an investment scheme on .clients. ar+d admitted the behavior .n a subsequent meeting with him F'le Juanita 1nenk3 `oc "She's there 1a teach the young adults, to better the 1ornmurury," Bockeeg card. "She's TIC! %Mere'o tenefit'eerseil and make a prat on these young Related Slideshcws adults in the program " Chelsea Hadley, 3 second year cdsege sts:dert, is among the program's young dares NM, Shanks allegedly stitraed to invest' in me scheme 'She ranted 3215.Har~^ey said. 'She srcwe<1 us a pyramid The person 3t Rae tap of the pyramid No11d get 5500. and if they brcugh1 in 15 more oecole 2C altogether. they would get 514 00 " Bcdcweg .,ad r me ,.f 3rgram aients he sock with actually pawed into .he marketing _eel Shanks was 3rtc`ang He deCired to comment on :he question of whether there was anything illegal about what Shanks ass :Ong t3c0'3cheg, installed just last month as director 31 Ntamfs CRAB, pledged to root out ,nap proonate or sestefL3 cenavor "l wttl ce floating the businesses and agencies that wa provide funding to acc.:unteole !or 31,91r cations." eookweg sad Sharks zip not 1espdrd to rn Jnple r*v'uests 'or comment Far this story KNOW &sour THIS STORY? MORE R Click To Shore Pir:tares, Video, Info lore Slldeshows You Love • =Drees Lists Stara Yeath -heir s55 Big Fame Fs53 .Name,;.etedhtles + JeSel[3 Simpson Then & Nag 2003 Caistary Deaths I.rghtning Hal and .looting In S Fla Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk dr::t =s,.r_ 73Q ' 7 aaxiesl :003 :neisaa ?P ndirg http://cbs4.comilocal/Miami.Woman.Accused.2.184-5463.html 816/2010 CRA Boots Grantee for Pushing Job Scheme NBC Miami Page 1 of 2 C PRINTu-[ PQwerad by Circkab+ky CRA Boots Grantee for Pushing Job Scheme City says Juanita Shanks tried to get trainees involved in her personal sales project By JIFF BURNS!DE Updated 4:15 PM EDT. Thu, Aug 5, 2010 scotisMiracletro ni Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The woman who ran the City of Miami's job training program in ©vertown for the Community Redevelopment Agency has been fired for trying to sell her financial multi -level marketing scheme to trainees she was overseeing, according to CRA. Chairman Richard Dunn, a Miami Commissioner. A letter explaining her tiring was obtained by NBC Miami. Juanita Shanks actually started the jobs training program and got nerly $500,000 in grant money from the CRA. On Monday, an anonymous tip came in to the new CRA Executive Director, Pieter Bockweg, who was hired to clean house at the CRA and make the long -troubled agency earn trust. Bockweg said he called Shanks in for a meeting, during which he says she confirmed what she had done. "Bad judgement," said Bockweg. But he immediately fired her. Her tiring must be confirmed by the http://w vw.printthis.clickability.com/pticpt?action=cpt&title=CRA+Boots+Grantee+for+Pu... 8/6/2010 CRA Boots Grantee for Pushing. Job Scheme NBC Miami Page 2 of CRA Board. Shanks told NBC Miami on the telephone that she didn't understand what the controversy was about. Before she would answer specific questions, she hung up the phone. A CRA spokesperson said Shanks' business was part of Primerica, an online, at-home sales network that targets middle and lower income people with financial guidance and invstments, including life insurance. Commissioner Dunn said he was proud he had boosted the number of job training slots from 60 to 120, but wanted Shanks out so the CRA could continue its turnaround. "We must have trust," he said, in order to achieve great success in the CRA district, which includes parts of downtown Miami, the Omni area and Overtown. Tens of millions of dollars is designated for CRA projects each year. Dunn and City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff brought in Bockweg and others to make CRA "transparent and accountable." First Published: Aug 5, 2010 2:26 PM EDT Find this article at: http dwwN nbemiami.com/news/local-beatiNew-CRA-leadership-boots-grantee-for-trying-to-push-her-job-scheme-to-youth- 100056389.html Li Check the box to include the fist of links referenced in the article C NBC Universal, Inc. ! All Rights Reserved. Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk http://www.prinithis.clickability.com/pUUcpt?action=cpt&title=CRA+Boots+Grantee+for+Pu... 8/6/2010 South Florida Times: Miami . Broward, Palm Beach.. Breakina News & Weather at SFLT... Page l of 2 KEEP MIAMI BEAUTIFUL DIRECTOR FIRED v'.ntten by ISHEKA N HARD MIAMI — Juanita Shanks, program director for Keep Miami Beautiful, Inc., was fired this week ior allegedly soliciting participants in the Summer Youth Environmental Employment Program to invest in one of her personal business ventures. In a letter dated Aug. 4 to the organization's board chairman, Miami Community Redevelopr:::ent Agency Executive Director Peiter Bockweg wrote: "It has been brought to our attention...that there has been a recent departure from the overall purpose of the Summer Job Program. Specifically, that certain youth -participants of the Program were invited by your current Program Director, Ms. Juanita Shanks, to invest in an 'investment opportunity,' from which Ms. Shanks would derive a benefit for each youth -participant who took advantage of this `investment opportunity,"' Bockweg wrote. Bockweg added in his letter that due to Shanks' bad judgment, she could not be trusted in her current position. He stated that if Keep Miami Beautiful wanted to receive the rest of its grant money, she had to be removed. The organization's leadership apparently accepted Bock,'reg's demand, and she was terminated. The Southeast Overtown/Park West and Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevel- opment Agencies ("CRA"), which are under the umbrella of the Miami CRA, collectively awarded Keep Miami Beautiful a total of $480,000 for the organization's summer employment program. To date, the organization has received $240,000 of that amount. Keep Miami Beautiful is a non-profit organization that sponsors beautification projects and activities in blighted Miami communities. The summer youth employment program was established three years ago to give Miami teens and young adults ages 14 to 24 work experience in local businesses and city agencies. Lionel Lightbourne is an employment specialist for the organization who worked with Shanks. He said she made a bad decision but had no malicious intent, adding that a money management tool was supposed to be included in the program. "She went about trying to do a right thing the wrong way," Lightbourne said. "We were supposed to be teaching the kids a money management tool, and instead of her waiting for someone else to come in and teach the kids, she took matters into her own hands." Lightbourne also said the investment opportunity of which Bockweg wrote is Primerica, a sales company that targets low-income and middle class people with products such as life insurance and financial services. He said he thinks Shanks went too far when she asked the summer youth workers to invest in the same venture. "It was an immediate conflict of interest. She crossed the line when she tried to initiate investment into a company she'd invested in," Lightbourne said. Empyrealcommunications@Gmail.com COMMENTS (o) !Subscribe to this comment's feed Email this Bookmark Set as favorite Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk http://www.sfltimes.com/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4933 :pop=1&... 8/9/2010 The Miami Times Lifestyle mrddin coinntnothepublicectionwitli record item #14 on 9-20-10 • Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk tionment FASHION • Hip Hop • Music • F 00D • DINING ARTS & CULTURE • PEOPLE SECTION C Former hotel for Blacks gets needed facelift Historic Ward House is Overtown's newest art gallery By O. Kevin McNair kccceel,rs's,occ Ct,r1 was Icc:. .s a , e as rp-s,t. c Z.) C sr E:acks Eiit2 'I"- cours: stop at Please t.cro to HOTEL 6C MUM!, FLORIDA, AUGUST 4-10, 2010 SCP.f 9,5 f: e recent ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Historic Ward House and some of the works iron :re art caHery. THE MIAMI TIMES Collaborative efforts 'reinvent' Ward House - HOTEL cries:ends:id f-ins IC ens idnrns eSnadd7a:ic and Vdna a Ce:( and a feev ancnsenes rts:. ena finst-,.-ndseing and fe-d-aeen :ad:id:ark das daan ..s.:esred be, ind ies sp.!eredir and is 0-...,- essyn's estsv Wand Pssnsing. ars C.a.:e)y and Ha... :Ie. a resent ent'asn cessdd.sny. Dsrnthy edee!ds ice-dn.:I, of Dada Arab: its Fistosy and Rssitissch shared radeneidns ateda) idssisss nessiry .-rs Lisa) a..as 'du:: and had ,t3 t:7 Wtter. B.anks Iii-nded nnany F.elds sa.d Tyd-n, .153 a ratiLa. nssIsssed ..re:in a sans, ssin. cs_sery an:: le Sas a seelf-ccen. ea. -ad ses---- becasess se ,ers ns: welsse-sa • iertne irnara. agtresles r.a pars:eared in Inc osrnn-danity and tne As pa-r \Earn: Corn-nnenie.y Res Aie-enss,. (CRAJ sTd.. s e.ns :nes H:Stat't: FLIktira Len:sr:see tine L.,. red T near:, 0,0 Dsnsay Hsnise and sass,. .:, an are sedng ene :erene.: Esust s !dcal ttia.ise Pens was ddne ed a:: :).S7:723 she essence S: 05 rai::ion nssenein . nee., and as a ians nneethan: der1:1;a :s pen ireadidn: en ine ca:, and pls.nedneng Cann sad,' set. wore.: r.e ratzzanines dsn': kran.. ssie- nes-es:7 a :WC-S:a:7 hi1I apen spas' s ."iL7 t ne,sals T'res rdino-b1d.n pci. serve as TV: D 3:1 Ps.-....eng Hans: an are .Ralle:n and siCsidisiesp S:3:-.±S as .one of fase rie rneaineng st_"i" --Es of its g CPA Chan - a s man an: -y Csrisi —r nary. tOs.: tiiss in- rsits. cti sist- 4 i' anng to :is: .a -en roe 1 p0.sit! resisitn, a.77t .Y , -ie is espacial desing elesd: 1-ay s-- t.'35 ;:ha. Erarnan, 'hh.o ta Lac st:a- ha: iE,IS an-est, :a: :IS 3n,1: :he ;::ass a;s: -s: t'Cr DIDDY HIT WITH $996,000 LAWSUIT bErf Y;rk 's SaarC.1D CC,C3 In? Ea': Es! fla;inc estaas.tmE,t. Cal E.:" Elt,2i"..:3,,r •aN:, s JO ths 003,as.'tai ;f" a S396,C'r; b.!I that nas te os'f, The City; flnancia, :::rr.rnss:cre,, Da DV:1 a---2 3C-3." NI: r53 f:- a da:t t..ctai:ng $1 9 Rz,7/ M3 D2.4 E. 0.350 ara a'1.3r.ite.r;:s,e5." pita: CHRIS TUCKER OWES OVER $11.5M IN BACK TAXES 'Ns 31 tnat tn.e.F.5 p:aj ch,3T.,..ckar na3 t: C.,nr; stacks sta. :', s t: Ur. t!s. Ea— . firs I,ckan's ci.g.:4ng sax crs.cla-5 hs raschaS Ca;a Submitted into the public record in connection with item #14 on 9-20-10 . Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk