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Center for the Arts unveils exciting season lineup Hou will perform on January 15 at Your hometown theater is gearing up Around the Classical World. If you’re a fan its 2011-2012 season with some great perof American Idol and So You Think You formances. Can Dance, don’t miss Louis Van Amstel Laugh out loud at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts on Saturday, October on March 10, as he and his cast present Ballroom with a Twist, an evening of 15, with Richard Lewis and Susie Essman breathtaking performances and stunning from Curb Your Enthusiasm. Then, on costumes. October 22, enjoy the Battle of the Boros when doo-wop artists from the Bronx, Salute to Vienna Brooklyn and Manhattan take the stage to Looking for Volunteers The Center for the Arts is looking for vibrant, enthusiastic sing classic oldies. Spend New Year’s Eve with beautiful song and dance volunteers who enjoy interacting with people. Volunteers will have the opportunity to provide service during many of during the Salute to Vienna performance inspired by Vienna’s world famous New Year’s Eve concert. The dancers and the events featured at the venue. Anyone interested in volorchestra come to Coral Springs on Saturday, December 31 unteering should contact Susan Foresta at 954-344-5999 or ctskf@coralsprings.org, or stop by the venue to apply. at 8 p.m. The Strauss Symphony of America, along with a cadre of talented dancers and singers, perform everything CoralSpringsCenterfortheArts.com from Viennese waltzes to operetta excerpts. Then in the Spring, world famous violinist Yi-Jia Susanne 2855 Coral Springs Drive 954-344-5990
City officials speak on quality journey in Providencia, Chile Officials from Providencia, Chile hosted Mayor Roy Gold and Baldrige National Quality Award for performance excellence. Budget and Strategic Planning Manager Bob Goehrig at the The trip was entirely funded by the City of Providencia. 6th Annual Quest for Excellence in Local Government con“It was an honor to be a guest of the City of Providencia ference held August 28 - 30, 2011. Mayors from every Chilean and to exchange the ideas and best practices that enable city were invited to attend the conference. In addition, officials both cities to offer the finest quality of life to their residents from throughout South and Central America were in attenand businesses,” Mayor Gold said. dance. The City’s partnership with Providencia, Chile was an iniThe forum’s aim was to demonstrate the application of tiative in Coral Springs’ 2010 Business Plan. Similar to Coral Business Excellence Frameworks and the use of quality tools Springs’ receipt of the Malcolm Baldrige Award, Providencia to fuel the modernization of the municipal sector. Through received the “National Quality Award and Excellence in the use of case studies, participants discovered the key Management” in 2010. Providencia has also earned the factors necessary to achieve excellence in the management International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certifiof local governments and practiced using quality tools to cation for 21 quality processes in the areas of environmental gain a better understanding of how to achieve continuous systems, security, and occupational health. improvement. Finally, participants developed a concrete Providencia City officials originally visited the City of action plan to get them started Coral Springs in May 2010. At on incorporating specific meththat time, both cities entered odologies and practices to into an official Letter of improve internal service delivery Understanding to engage in a processes thereby improving business exchange to improve the quality of services delivered the process of municipal service to residents. delivery to their respective resiSince the City of Coral Springs dents. was used as a case study of the In addition to Providencia’s successful implementation of Mayor Labbe, Mayor Gold had quality principles, Mayor Gold the opportunity to share best and Bob Goehrig presented practices and discuss strategic The conference was attended by many international officials, including (left to right) Yasir Al Naqbi of Abu Dhabi, UAE; on Coral Springs’ continuous management techniques with Providencia Mayor Christián Labbé; Providencia Controller improvement journey that led to many of Chile’s mayors as well Ramiro Mendoza Zúñiga; Global Benchmarking Network Chair the City’s receipt of the Malcolm Dr. Robin Mann of New Zealand and Coral Springs Mayor Roy Gold. as other international dignitaries. 12 • Coral Springs • Fall 2011
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