Sports & Social construction is currently underway. The $12 million addition is expected to open in Winter 2021.

Live Casino & Hotel at Arundel Mills is converting its Center Stage performance venue into a sports-themed lounge, restaurant and pending Maryland voter approval a sports betting venue.

Sports & Social construction is currently underway. The $12 million addition is expected to open in Winter 2021.

The 212-seat Sports & Social will include more than 100 linear feet of LED screens, including a 47-foot wide main screen. Live! says every guest will be able to watch at least 10 games at once.

It will also include two main bars, VIP lounges, tiered viewing lounge chairs, casino games and other games, including mini-bowling and foosball.

Pending approval of Question 2, a referendum question on Marylands Nov. 3 ballot that, if approved by voters, would allow sports and events betting at licensed facilities, Sports & Social will also include sports betting through a partnership with FanDuel. It would include both self-service betting kiosks and retail windows.

Live! Casino owner The Cordish Companies already has Sports & Social venues at the Atlanta Braves Truist Park, the St. Louis Cardinals Busch Stadium, the Texas Rangers Globe Life Park and the Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium.

Another one opens later this year at the new Live! Casino Pittsburgh. Another opens at Live! Casino & Hotel in Philadelphia next year.

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In the early 1960s, as the city embarked on various capital improvement projects, it sought ways to both activate its riverfront and generate tourist activity.

An opportunity to do both came in the form of a land donation from the Southside Business Mens Club, providing the city with over a dozen acres of riverfront property right next to the Main Street Bridge. Local architect Taylor Hardwick, who would also design the citys new library building, formed a plan for a park on the property centered around a 200-foot-wide fountain.

By March 1965, after $1.75 million in construction, what was dubbed the Dallas Thomas Park and Marina made its debut to the public. The Fountain of Friendship, as city brochures referred to it, featured colored lights and was capable of ejecting 17,000 gallons of water each minute to a height of up to 120 feet. It was engineered to reduce its stream based on wind speed to avoid splashing park visitors.

Other features included circular covered pavilions, Midcentury Modern-inspired toadstool seating, and an open grass field that paralleled the fountain basin.

The park was initially named in honor of city commissioner Dallas Thomas. His name was dropped from the park after being indicted as part of the citys mid-60s corruption scandals. Its now commonly referred to as either St. Johns River Park or Friendship Park.

The park was a hit with tourists, who came to see what the city billed as the worlds tallest fountain.

By the end of the 60s, Jacksonville Childrens Museum had popped up next to the parks pumphouse, providing another riverfront amenity for the city.

In the 1980s, the city looked to further activate the riverfront. Inspired by San Antonios Riverwalk, work began on a similar project along the Southbank, and by 1985, the Southbank Riverwalk made its debut. Friendship Fountain was also refurbished that same year.

The Riverwalk was a big hit, at least initially, but major changes were soon to come at the park.

When the city began work on replacing the original Acosta Bridge, it had to demolish the existing Diamondhead Lobster House restaurant that stood in its way. The owners of the restaurant, which was a descendant of the original Lobster House that burned down in the 60s, were offered a significant portion of St. Johns River Parks property for development of a new restaurant called Harbormasters.

The new restaurant was constructed and opened in the late 80s, effectively cutting the park surrounding Friendship Fountain in half. But the restaurants owners later defaulted on their loan, resulting in a $2.9 million loss for the city and the restaurants permanent closure in 1992. River City Brewing Company moved in a year later, but the damage to Hardwicks original vision for the park was permanent.

By the turn of the century, the water pumps that powered Friendship Fountain were showing signs of irreversible damage. A rehabilitation project in 2001 managed to keep the fountain alive, for the most part, through Jacksonvilles stint as a Super Bowl host city. But shortly thereafter, two of the fountains three water pumps stopped working permanently. With replacement parts to repair the original pumps unavailable, the fountain limped along for the rest of the decade with just one functioning pump.

In 2010, the city embarked on a $3.1 million project to replace the old pumps with new ones. The project, a collaboration between JBC Planning & Engineering, Flagg Design Studio, M.V. Cummings Engineers, TLC Engineering and Architecture, and AC General, also involved replacing the fountains electrical system, removing broken concrete in the park, and adding new seating and lighting.

The park reopened in June 2011 and has remained unchanged since.

However, big things are in store for the parks future. A $6 million renovation project will soon reimagine Friendship Fountain as a water cinema, with new pumps, lighting, and sound systems allowing for coordinated light-and-sound shows displayed onto the water rising from the fountains basin. Those renovations are expected to be completed sometime next year.

The properties surrounding the park could soon look quite different as well. MOSH is in the process of raising funds for an expansion project that would add a new entranceway and caf facing the park. And a developer is eyeing the River City Brewing Company property for redevelopment as an apartment complex, which could potentially free up land to expand the park. If everything works out as planned, Friendship Fountain could once again become an innovative riverfront focal point something that the city desperately needs.

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CANTON Another sports-related anchorhas signed on to be part of the retail district planned forHall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls.

Topgolf Entertainment Group plans to have a Topgolf Swing Suites be part of the retail promenade, according to an announcement by Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment, the company developing the village.

It was the second major announcement from Hall of Fame Resort this week.The company also revealed that Shula's Restaurant Group will be part of the retail center.

Hall of Fame Village powered by Johnson Controls is a development that will wrap around the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The retail promenade is part of the second phase of construction. Other parts of the project estimated to cost nearly $300 million includea 180-room hotel, football-themed water park and office buildings. A third phase, also estimated at $300 million, could include residential development, along with more retail and attractions.

Adding Shula's and Topgolfis part of an effort to create a destination entertainment center with the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the focal point, said Michael Crawford, president and chief executive officer of Hall of Fame Resort.

The project is turning Canton into a preferred location for flagship brands, Crawford said in anewsrelease announcing Topgolf.

Much like our company, Topgolf is all about generating excitement and bringing sports fans together through an immersive and interactive experience, Crawford said.

Topgolf Swing Suite is one of several sports entertainment options offered by Topgolf Entertainment. Technology developed by Full SwingGolf allows guests to play golf and other simulated sports on massive television screens indoors.

Swing Suite has locationsin 28 states and four countries. Guests can play a variety of games tied to golf, including rounds simulated at some of the world's leading courses. Zombie Dodgeball is a favorite game the company has developed, and there are games tied to baseball, hockey, soccer and most important football.

Fans can play the virtual games or use the screens to watch a favorite sports teamin real time in a lounge seating setting, with hand-crafted cocktails and a full-service menu available.

Topgolf has golfing sites in suburban Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati, but no Swing Suite locations.

Ron Powers, president of Topgolf Swing Suite, said the company believes it is the "perfect complement" to plans for creating asportsdestination.

We areveryproud to partner with the Hall of Fame Village andto have our virtual game technology entertainthe loyal fans visiting this prominent and exciting destination, Powers said in the release.

Hall of Fame Resort officials hope construction for the 82,000-square-foot retail promenade block will begin this year. Plans are for the structure to sit between the Constellation Center for Excellence already under construction west of Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium and the hotel, which will be near Fulton Drive NW.

The building will provide rooftop views of the stadium. Developers believe it will serve as an active hub in the village and a spot fans might visit before and after events.

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Puttshack, the upscale, tech-infused mini-golf experience, has started construction in The Interlock, a $450 million mixed-use development in West Midtown, according to a press release Thursday. Puttshack Atlanta is slated to be the first U.S. location for Puttshack and is expected to open in spring 2021. It will join the brands three London locations and will be followed by openings in Chicago and Miami later in the year.

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Puttshack will fill its almost 25,000 square feet with four modern and reimagined mini-golf courses where every themed hole is its own game. It will also feature a full bar and chef-created dining menu that will open to an expansive indoor-outdoor rooftop patio space. It is a new concept from former founding team members of TopGolf, which operates an Atlanta location not too far from The Interlock.

Our successful launch, and re-openings, in the UK is proof of the power of coming together to play that is at the core of Puttshack, Joe Vrankin, CEO of Puttshack, said in the release. We are able to safely deliver fun for all our guests through our state-of-the-art safety measures, and we cant wait to bring this experience to Atlanta and so many more U.S. markets to come.

Developed by S.J. Collins, The Interlock is a nine-acre community that is walkable from end-to-end. The community boasts 200,000 square feet of technology-focused office space, 105,000 square feet for retail and restaurant space, 349 apartments, and 18 townhomes as part of the Solis Interlock, 70 townhomes by Monte Hewett Homes, and a 161-room Bellyard boutique hotel.

Puttshack is the first of many tenant spaces that will begin interior construction over the next 30-60 days as we turn spaces over, Jeff Garrison, partner at S.J. Collins Enterprises, said in the release. This is an exciting step forward in the progression of The Interlock and certainly a highly anticipated opening for this one-of-kind entertainment offering coming soon to West Midtown.

The developments other elements include the public Beeline Crossing Park, one-acre rooftop with a modern private pool club, and a lounge with a retractable roof, and a 12,000-square-foot two-story restaurant and outdoor bar with a covered patio and an infinity-edge pool. The Interlock will also house a 50,000-square-foot incubator space by Georgia Technology Ventures and WeWorks 120,000-square-foot co-working space.

[Editors note: this article was updated to clarify the Puttshack owners connection to TopGolf.]

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Developer Rise: A Real Estate Company applied for building permits for The Doro Downtown that show a construction cost of $46 million for the apartment and retail project and parking garage.

It also will create space for a ground-floor restaurant and a rooftop bar with views of the river, Downtown and TIAA Bank Field and surrounding development.

We believe the restaurant will also lease the rooftop space as well. It will be a bar, said Matthew Marshall, Rise vice president of development, Oct. 6.

The rooftop bar will have a private elevator service as well, he said.

Through Jacksonville Properties I LLC, Rise wants to develop the 247-unit, five-story wood-frame project over a two-story podium of development. Rise also will build a seven-level, 284-space parking garage with rooftop amenities.

Podium construction is a multistory wood-framing project over a podium of another construction style that could include retail development.

At The Doro, Marshall said the two floors under the podium will have town houses, restaurant and common area amenities like the clubhouse and leasing area.

Rise requests a Market Rate Multi-Family Housing Recapture Enhanced Value Grant of up to $6.23 million from the Downtown Investment Authority for the project.

The request is on the Oct. 9 DIA Strategic Implementation Committee meeting, which is scheduled at 9 a.m.

The grant will rebate 65% of the ad valorem tax increment generated by the project for 15 years.

The project is on 1.77 acres at 102 A. Philip Randolph Blvd. where the George Doro Fixture Co. operated. The warehouse and other buildings are slated for demolition.

Marshall anticipates a total project investment of $65 million.

The Downtown Development Review Board approved final designs May 14 for Rise to build the apartment and retail project to replace the Doro Fixture building, despite objections from local historic preservation advocates.

The oldest building on the Doro property dates to 1914 and more structures were added through 1954, according to the DDRB report, while a state review dates the original buildings construction to 1904.

The Doro Fixture building is not in Jacksonvilles Downtown National Register District and does not have local landmark status to protect it from demolition, according to a DIA staff report.

Codes-ABC Inc. of Orange Park is providing code compliance review for Valdosta Georgia-based Rises construction plans.

Marshall said apartments will comprise:

13 town houses, a mix of one- and two-bedroom units of 909 to 1,183 square feet

22 studio units of 472 to 597 square feet

40 small one-bedroom units of 600 to 642 square feet

116 one-bedroom units from 679 to 750 square feet

56 two-bedroom units from 962-1,217 square feet

Marshall said the company is not ready to release rental rates until the property management division is prepared to market the property.

He said the apartment building wraps around the garage on three sides. The north side of the parking structure facing VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena is exposed.

The site is at A. Philip Randolph Boulevard and Forsyth, Lafayette and Adams streets in the Downtown Sports & Entertainment District.

Rise General Contractors LLC, which opened an office in Jacksonville, is the contractor.

Rise paid $5.2 million for the George Doro Fixture Co. property Sept. 30 through Jacksonville Properties I LLC.

It bought the property from 102 A. Philip Randolph LLC, led by Jacksonville investors Paul and Farley Grainger.

Marshall said Oct. 1 that the company is obtaining building permits from the city. He expects demolition of the existing Doro structure and site work to begin this fall.

Marshall said construction will take about 22 months.

The review board approved The Doro design with the condition that Rise obtain a building permit for vertical construction before demolishing the Doro Fixtures structure.

The city is reviewing permit applications for the almost $59,600 demolition of the warehouse space and $50,000 in site clearing.

Doro Fixture fabricated architectural woodwork, casework and millwork. The property includes almost 62,000 square feet of warehouse space among several buildings along with a parking lot.

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Single-family homes are becoming more popular with millennials. Offices and multi-family housing are falling out of favor. Warehouses are in big demand. And factory conditions are improving for robots.

The effects of the pandemic on the construction industry are accelerating some trends as new ones emerge, economic analyst Chris Kuehl said Oct. 6 during his keynote presentation at the 2020 virtual fall conference of the Fenestration & Glazing Industry Alliance.

"It's difficult to make grand national predictions about construction because it's so local, but the promise for construction is pretty positive going into 2021," said Kuehl, the managing director of Armada Corporate Intelligence, a Lawrence, Kan.-based consulting firm.

The commercial side of the construction industry "has done relatively well collectively" thanks to demand for new warehouses all over the U.S., according to Kuehl.

"The growth area right now is warehousing," he said. "As supply chains have changed, people are focusing more on the warehouse and inventory. That's something they haven't had to do for really the last two decades. The just-in-time system was by far the popular system, but it's now creaking a little bit because it's hard to count on that global supply chain."

Manufacturers also are constructing new facilities as they automate more operations.

"This is the irony," Kuehl said. "Back when it was just people working in a manufacturing facility, it could be dirty, un-air conditioned and nasty. The people will deal with it. Robots and computers don't like it and they refuse to work. So the manufacturers have to update their buildings to accommodate the robots."

Also in the commercial sector, Kuehl expects office construction to decline or be flat.

"We know many people will stay working from home. We also know the frustration level of working from home has begun to rise," he said.

On the residential side, spending on remodeling will continue to grow into 2022, possibly at a faster rate, Kuehl said. Many homeowners are staying put and taking on improvement projects, including work-from-home updates like new doors and energy efficient windows.

"Energy conservation is wrapped all around what you do and it's one of the things that could see a real boon," Kuehl told fenestration trade group members.

Those who are moving are leaving the bigger cities and taking advantage of low mortgage rates. They don't have to commute to work anymore and can live in a more remote area.

Urban life also is losing its charm for millennials once drawn to U.S. cities to be near a variety of eateries, entertainment and cultural events. Kuehl said these kinds of services used to make up about 60 percent of consumer spending, particularly for the Gen X and Millennial categories.

"They don't buy things as much as they buy experiences and travel and that's what got cut off. If you're a consumer used to spending your money on restaurants, traveling and concerts, well none of that's allowed now," Kuehl said.

Some millennials are sitting in one-bedroom studios in cities seeing greener grass in the suburbs and beyond, he added.

"Millennials are getting more interested in single-family homes, which will boost that sector quite a bit," Kuehl said. "They have been the most resistant generation to single-family homes but they're starting to move of out of the multi-family preference."

Multi-family housing starts will begin declining, he added.

Kuehl said he planned to talk about what a post-COVID economy will look like when he was named this summer to be the keynote speaker.

But with 34 million cases worldwide and the death toll exceeding 1 million, he focused more on what 2021 might bring.

"We're now working in highly unusual circumstances and its having a series of impacts on the economy," Kuehl said.

He expects higher unemployment to be around for a while.

"It has increased rapidly. It will remain high indefinitely," he said.

He also said business and personal bankruptcies will increase, adding the data is getting worse by the month and will be highly concentrated in the restaurant, hospitality and travel industries.

"This wasn't a financial sector collapse as in 2008-09," Kuehl said. "It was imposed and because of that it started abruptly and could conceivably end abruptly. We're not sure at this stage how it ends. There's lots of conjecture. Do we have to wait for a vaccine to be distributed? Do we have to wait for the pressure on hospitals to be reduced? Do we have to wait for some sort of herd immunity."

And even when a vaccine is available, when do the restrictions change, he wondered.

"Do we wear buttons that say I've had the vaccine, I don't need to wear a mask," Kuehl asked. "It's going to be difficult to go through that to say the least."

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Oakland chefs Julya Shin and Steve Joo were biting their nails waiting for building permits so they could finally make their dream restaurant a reality.

It was March. The repeated delays were increasingly frustrating as theyd hoped to open Nokni, a modern Korean restaurant, in the summer. But when the pandemic hit, the chefs faced a brutal choice: Do they push forward, hoping they can make enough money when they open despite watching other restaurants fail? Do they give up on the restaurant and lose all the time and money they spent planning? Or do they try to wait as long as possible, hoping for a speedy vaccine and an improved economy?

Its a position many Bay Area chefs and restaurateurs found themselves in this spring. Between the planning, funding and construction, it can take years to open a restaurants doors. Some have optioned to put their restaurants on hold indefinitely, others are still trying despite new challenges. But the choice isnt always up to them if an investor or bank loan falls through.

For Shin and Joo, the permit delays were a saving grace. If the permits had arrived on time, they would have been in the throes of construction when shelter-in-place orders hit. Instead, they had the chance to think and ultimately walk away from the restaurant entirely.

We were on the edge of the river, not in the river, Shin said. If youre waist deep, youve started building, youve sunk this much money you just dont know. It could still work. To walk away from the money youve spent is really difficult.

The pandemic has already torn through the Bay Areas restaurants, but its impact on the future of the restaurant scene namely, all of the planned but yet-to-open restaurants is still unclear. Several projects slated to open this year, such as the Jamaican-Malaysian-Iranian combo Calabash in Oakland and the La Cocina Municipal Marketplace in the Tenderloin, still intend to open next year following construction delays. But after that batch opens, some in the industry wonder if months will pass before anything new arrives.

That may depend on how many chefs can afford to keep waiting. Benu chef Corey Lee secured a Mission District space for his highly anticipated Korean restaurant San Ho Won more than a year ago. Jasmine Peterlin, project director for Lees restaurants, said they have no idea when the restaurant might open now. Dominique Crenns casual Salesforce Tower restaurant Boutique Crenn was almost ready to open when the pandemic hit, but now its on hold indefinitely due to the lack of foot traffic downtown.

Fine dining chef Scott Nishiyama similarly hopes to wait out the pandemic, though he still hasnt started construction for his upcoming Palo Alto restaurant, Ethels Fancy. He feels lucky his building permits came late so he could hit the pause button without spending much more money.

He could walk away if he needed to without experiencing a crushing financial loss. But he spent two years hunting down the location in downtown Palo Alto and doesnt want to let it go.

I want to feel confident once we start construction that its a go and that restaurants are looking like theyll hopefully go back to being open for dine-in, he said. I think until we get a vaccine, theres no guarantee of anything.

Some would like to move ahead with their restaurants but feel forced to wait. Mike Fishman, who bought a space in the Mission District in 2018 for a new location of his popular Russian bakery Cinderella, was set to start construction this year. Now, he lacks the cash Fishmans bank stopped issuing loans to new restaurants because of the pandemic, he said.

Others, like Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski of State Bird Provisions fame, preferred to take a loss rather than invest more in a new restaurant during such an uncertain time. When the pandemic hit, they were plotting a yet-to-be-named vegetarian restaurant in the Lower Haight and nearly ready to open the Anchovy Bar, an intimate West Coast oyster bar in the Fillmore. But they refocused to save their existing two restaurants, State Bird and the Progress, before attempting to get the Anchovy Bar open, now slated to open in the fall. There simply werent the time or resources to also keep the vegetarian restaurant alive, so they vacated the space.

The pragmatic choice isnt always the easiest to make. Hanif Sadr had been slowly growing his Iranian pop-up Komaaj for five years in anticipation of opening multiple locations in 2020. One finally opened in September, but he had to say goodbye to a fully funded cafe in Menlo Park. In that case, he didnt even have a choice. His investors told him the project, which was also supposed to be an art gallery and events space, simply wasnt going to work.

Komaaj is really my child. I put my life in it, he said. It was really hard for me emotionally.

At the start of the pandemic, wondering if all his work would be for nothing, Sadr went on long hikes alone, foraging ingredients along the way. Those walks inspired a new idea, Komaaj Preservation Lab, which preserves foraged and donated ingredients using traditional Persian methods. It was a way to stay active without opening restaurants thats how you compromise, he said.

For other chefs, those compromises look like pop-ups and new companies touting specialty products. Even if the Bay Area continues to lose brick-and-mortar restaurants, the food scene will hum in different ways. While Noknis Joo is currently spending his time cooking for private clients instead of working on a restaurant, hes hopeful the future will bring unusual opportunities hes never considered before.

No matter what happens within the industry, even with all the unknowns, Joo said, one thing that remains true is there is a deep pool of talent and really creative, passionate people who want to be able to work in some way that involves food.

Janelle Bitker is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: janelle.bitker@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @janellebitker

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Some of the Bay Areas most anticipated restaurants for 2020 are in COVID-19 limbo - San Francisco Chronicle

Willamette Valley wine country will continue to seep into city limits next year when a new vineyard, winery, and restaurant opens in Portlands west hills. Amaterra, perched on Miller Road near West Haven-Sylvan, will specialize in pinot noir and chardonnay, with city views, 12 acres of vineyard land, and a gravity-flow winemaking facility.

Amaterra comes from Willamette Valley winemaker Matt Vuylsteke, behind micro-winery 51Weeks, and Werner Nistler, the founder of retirement community chain Touchmark. Nistler and Vuylsteke initially collaborated when Nistler opened his estate, Swede Hill; those vines will become the foundation for Amaterras vineyard, near the Touchmark location off SW Barnes Road. The winery will focus on pinot noir and chardonnay, with an adjoining restaurant that will also serve as the tasting room for the winery. Once its open, Amaterra will host concerts and weddings on its outdoor lawn, as well.

Details are scarce at this point the team has yet to announce the restaurants chef but the construction of the winery, restaurant, and its indoor and outdoor event spaces have already begun. Amaterra is expected to open in the spring of 2021, near the intersection of Miller and Barnes Road the address has yet to be finalized with the county.

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Joseph Sanches is the president of D. Stephenson Construction Inc. (DSC), the largest African American-owned general contracting firm based in Florida. DSC was founded in 1992 and specializes in the construction of educational facilities, municipal buildings, multifamily residential, airport and other facilities throughout South Florida. Some of the firm's projects include the West Palm Beach Fire Station No. 8, New South Bay Villas, the Urban League of Broward County Community Empowerment Center, Florida Memorial University Athletic Center and the Boca Raton Public Safety Information Management Center.

Prior to joining DSC Mr. Sanches was the chief of support operations at the School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC). While there he managed more than 3,000 employees, oversaw more than $2 billion in construction projects and managed 29 million square feet of schools, offices, warehouses and other facilities. He is largely credited with leading SDPBC's sustainability focus, including developing sustainable policies and procedures which have earned him a place on the board of directors for the U.S. Green Building Council and the SDPBC a designation as a National Green Ribbon School District.

Mr. Sanches previously worked in New York, Atlanta and the U.S. Virgin Islands for some the country's largest construction and program management firms, including Heery International, Tishman Realty & Construction and Bovis Lend Lease, where he managed the planning, design and construction of malls, hospitals, prisons, multifamily residences, historic structures, government buildings and infrastructure improvements.

He earned a bachelor's degree in construction management from Pratt Institute and an MBA in management from Baruch College. He holds a Florida general contractor's license and he is a LEED Accredited Professional.

Mr. Sanches is on the board of directors of the Black Chamber of Commerce of Palm Beach County and the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. He is also actively involved in the Minority Builders Coalition, National Forum for Black Public Administrators and several other community organizations.

The Miami Times is the largest Black-owned newspaper in the south serving Miami's Black community since 1923. The award-winning weekly is frequently recognized as the best Black newspaper in the country by the National Newspaper Publishers Association.

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