Fort Lauderdale, FL  – Three major initiatives are officially underway in Fort Lauderdale as Mayor Dean J. Trantalis has signed documents to launch citywide parks improvements, the construction of a new police headquarters, and upgrades to our stormwater infrastructure. On Tuesday, February 11, Mayor Trantalis completed all of the necessary paperwork to move forward with parks and police projects that were overwhelmingly approved by voters last March, as well as a significant investment in the City’s infrastructure to increase our resiliency and mitigate the effects of climate change.

DAVIE, Fla. – Young At Art Museum is kicking off the New Year with a gift for Broward County school teachers. Courtesy of BrightStar Credit Union, teachers in Broward County can now visit the award-winning Young At Art for free.

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. – BankUnited, N.A., one of the largest independent depository institutions headquartered in Florida by assets, opened its new banking center and Fort Lauderdale corporate office on Las Olas Boulevard at the Plaza at Las Olas.

The Symphony of the Americas’  “Celebrate the Classics” program on Tuesday night at the Broward Center’s Amaturo Theater was replete with exciting music-making. Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese celebrated this season as “The Year of the Maestro,”  opened the evening with a performance of Mozart’s Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio marked by crisp articulation and strong detailing of the music’s Turkish influenced elements. The central, slower episode was given weight and grace, Marco Key-Navarrete’s oboe tones elegant in the important solo.