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Restaurants losing business amidst the shutdowns and restrictions and cash-strapped locals struggling to put food on the table. Filling in the gap with help for both is the Coconut Grove Business Improvement District’s Grove Stove program through which restaurants are paid to provide meals for the community. Through a $150,000 contribution, the Grove Stove program

The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton raised the curtain on a monthlong run of the musical A Chorus Line back on March 14. After an opening night performance and a Sunday matinee, the production shut down. Roughly 50 miles to the south, on Lincoln Road, Miami City Ballet was rehearsing its Program Four, Don Quixote.

Those looking for more room for their families may find what they’re looking for at an upcoming Davie neighborhood. Luxury home builder Toll Brothers recently acquired the final eight home site at Stillwater Shores. Sales for the single-family home community will begin Dec. 12. The gated enclave of 20 estate homes, located off Stirling Road, just

One of Miami’s top PR firms is embracing disruption to create innovation. After almost 30 years of representing Miami’s hotels, banks, law firms, and real estate developments, Kreps DeMaria Public Relations & Marketing announced that it will spin off into two new agencies: Cultivate PR, led by Sissy DeMaria-Koehne, and Israel Kreps PR, led by

Aventura Mall is ready for holiday season shopping crowds—as well as hopefully more shopping in 2021. New retailers include athleisure boutique BLENDED, Spanish footwear atelier Castañer, Parisian fashion brand IRO, state-of-the-art home gym system Tonal, Los Angeles-based style brand Garota, and thoughtful jewelry line The Inspiration Co. For hungry shoppers, there are new full-service and

The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade has a few new team members onboard to continue its mission. The organization, which has provided $4 million of funding to support almost 500 programs serving over 75,000 women and girls throughout Miami-Dade County, recently appointed its 2021 board of directors. Newly elected board chair Gloria Romero Roses is a managing

There’s a residential project in Miami set to make a suave mark on the city skyline. From global developer G&G Business Developments, Aston Martin Residences Miami, a luxury condominium tower, is the famed brand’s first real estate venture (rendering pictured above). Designed by Revuelta Architecture and Bodas Miani Anger, the striking 66-story sailboat shaped tower

The region’s largest not-for-profit health system—which includes 11 hospitals and more than 50 outpatient facilities—has a new presence in Broward. Baptist Health held a virtual ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new wellness and medical complex in Plantation. The 112,000-square-foot facility offers urgent care, primary care, endocrinology, cardiology, cancer care, orthopedics, spine

For the ocean. The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation takes its fundraiser online. During the 12th annual event, Harvey and GHOF Project Manager Jessica Harvey will broadcast from their home port of Grand Cayman, where they will take viewers on a tour through the year of GHOF research. Viewers will get face to face with sharks, marlin

With home improvement, it’s all about the process. The easier and the fewer steps, the better. That’s where Honeyman steps in. Miami-based home improvement and maintenance platform Honeyman—co-founded by “queen bees” advertising and marketing professional Cynthia McFarlane and real estate and business development consultant Aleksandra Baucal Karavias—recently launched a site and services for South Florida

As the leading hunger-relief organization serving South Florida, Feeding South Florida is stepping up its mission to help families experiencing food insecurity this Thanksgiving. The second-largest food bank in the country will distribute turkey, protein, fresh produce, dairy and shelf-stable items on a first-come, first-served basis, while supplies last at the following locations. Nov. 21, 8-11

Already home to one of South Florida’s largest malls and known some of the most luxurious stops in the area, Aventura is about to go even more upscale. Scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2021, 208-room Hilton Aventura Miami will feature well-appointed accommodations, a robust culinary program, artful touches, premium business services, and