Navigating through life in this unprecedented year

PUBLISHER’S INSIGHT Navigating through life in this unprecedented year PUBLISHER’S INSIGHT November. Local elections have more of an impact on our day- to-day lives, so take a few minutes and use your right to VOTE. I am so thrilled that we are back on schedule for now with my magazine. There is timely news from our elected officials and some expert columns from some local business leaders. It is worth noted, that if you had roof damage from Hurricane Irma three years ago, your time to file a claim ends on September 10. For more Reaching all of Miramar and Print Isn't Dead I n the last issue I kind of teased everyone with the pending news that Inside Miramar was going to be mailed to every home and business in Miramar starting with the next issue. Well, the next issue is here I f I live until I am 100 years old, I do not think it will be possible to forget the year 2020. Every week or every month it seems we are being tested with new challenges from the on going battle with Covid-19, our countries past, present, and future issues with racism along with the unfortunate deaths of many notable celebrities such as Regis Philbin, Wilford Brimley, Kelly Preston and of course Congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis. and we are now reaching all of Miramar. For the first time, all of the However, there has a been some good news to share recently as we were very information, check out pages 14 and 15. Even in this most challenging of times residents in the City will be received an informative, timely, entertaining, fortunate that Hurricane Isaias just teased us as she moved on up the east coast. It many local companies have continued advertising and see the real need to promote and business driven magazine at the same time. is still very early in the hurricane season and the last thing we all need right now is to their business to you the local resident. I welcome these new advertisers to Inside Ιam so thrilled that so many of the staple businesses that started with deal with a major hurricane. Miramar/Pembroke Pines Magazine, Gold Fellow, Weichert Realtor Lucy Cabarela, us a year ago continue to advertise in the magazine. We also added 13 new businesses to this issue. The need to advertise and promote your company is alive and well. There is a misconception that print is dead or on it’s last leg and that online is the end all be all for advertising. I Sports have restarted so it is good to have a distraction from the ongoing National issues unless you are a Marlins fan and after playing just three games they had to shut down for ten days as twenty players and coaches tested positive for Covid-19. The Double G Construction, and City Crab Restaurant. City Crab just opened up in west Miramar and they are now the new sponsor of Pets are People Too contest in the magazine. Hop in and enter, you will get the joke once you see the contest page. say, “not so fast”, print in particular is extremely important because in Miami Heat and Florida Panthers resumed play in their collective bubbles in Orlando Finally, virtual school starts on August 19 and as a parent of two, one in grade and one in high school it will be very interesting to see how our children pick up again from where they left off last school year. Just another challenge we all face in the many cases it becomes the trigger point for you to read, research and react. A reader sees an advertisement or something going on in the City and then follows up by going to that particular company or City website Before we know it, school will be out and summer will be here. Enjoy the spring and Mother’s Day feel to this issue of Inside Miramar in the and Canada and hopefully one or both of them can make a run in the playoffs. My money is on the Heat to surprise and make it to the Eastern Conference Finals two cities we call home. and getting more information and then hopefully becoming a customer city you call home. versus the Milwaukee Bucks. The Dolphins and Hurricanes will start up preseason or attending various City events. It’s also vital to hear from our key City camps but it remains to be seen how football will do in the year of Covid. I do hope officials. They will continue to use Inside Miramar as a resource with the intent of bringing you the information you need to know every 45 days. however that some fans are allowed into stadiums with the proper amount of social distancing as it just will not feel right to watch football in huge outdoor stadiums with completely empty seats. Sincerely, I hope you take the time to read up on the great things happening in the City as well as all of the Summer Camps you will find in this issue. There is a primary election on August 18. I encourage everyone to get out and VOTE as this election will decide who will be on the ballot for the general elections in Chris Koval President/Publisher

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