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Start a Career in Real Estate with LoKation

One of the region’s fastest-growing real estate brokerages is offering individuals facing job-related hardships due to the pandemic an opportunity to begin a new chapter. The CEO of LoKation Real Estate, Nathan Klutznick, recently announced an initiative to invest in 50 qualified and motivated people—and provide them with an all-expenses-paid avenue to secure their real

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LoKation Real Estate
Driven to Good: South Florida charity drives

Gulfstream Park Village is helping families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by hosting a food drive for Pantry of Broward, a non-profit organization that serves seniors in need on low, fixed incomes and grandparents raising their grandchildren. Items can be dropped off Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Gulfstream Park Village office

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Model Making at 5 ArchiCamp

The husband-and-wife team behind a Boca Raton architectural firm have developed a five-day program that’s perfect for parents looking for an innovative way to engage their children this summer. Matt and Kenia Forget, partners in 5 Architecture, recently introduced 5 ArchiCamp—a virtual camp where kids can develop their model-making skills. Children will work independently on

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5 ArchiCamp
A&E News & Notes

AvMed will present several online concerts on Facebook Live during its Live! from the Broward Center for the Performing Arts series. Coming up on July 27 is Havana-native Alex del Sol, who performs with a flamenco dancer. Other upcoming acts include jazz duo Davis and Dow (Aug. 17), vocal group Brazilian Voices (Aug. 31) and

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The Hungry Post Feeds the Chain

The coronavirus pandemic has shown how we’re all connected—something that players in the dining industry know all too well, including those at The Hungry Post, a restaurant recommendation platform that covers Miami dining news. More recent dining restrictions, The Hungry Post managing editor Andrea Becerra says, have made operations more difficult for restaurants—creating ripple effects

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#FeedTheChain
Co-CEOs at Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward

The board of directors at Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County (BGCBC) have appointed co-CEOs to lead the nonprofit. Matt Organ (pictured above) and Chris Gentile, both with executive BGCBC experience, will oversee operations for the organization that serves more than 12,000 at-risk youth (ages 6 to 18) annually at its 12 Broward-area clubs.

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Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month

More than 35 restaurants in Delray Beach will take place in an upcoming monthlong event to showcase their dishes through a variety of discounted deals and prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus. The fifth annual Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month, which kicks off Aug. 1, will offer both in-house and takeout specials (given the ongoing pandemic).

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Downtown Delray Beach Restaurant Month
Stoner’s Pizza Joint Serves Pizza With a Purpose

Since the onset of the pandemic, Stoner’s Pizza Joint in Fort Lauderdale has been a benevolent presence in the community, providing pizza to essentials workers, medical personnel and families struggling with food insecurity. But the difference that owner John Stetson and his team continue to make doesn’t stop at free slices. Through a partnership with the

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Stoner’s Pizza Joint
South Florida nonprofits receive gifts and funding

  House of Hope in Fort Lauderdale hosted its first Race for Recovery, a virtual event that raised funds for its mission to help those with substance abuse and mental health programming. More than 60 participants (such as the one pictured) ran, walked, jogged, swam or biked two miles in honor of the two people

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Jessica Hall of ACCF and Catherine Blomeke with The Education Foundation
Great Staycations: Faena

Faena 3201 Collins Ave., Miami Beach About the resort: Originally known as the Saxony Hotel, the brainchild of builder George Sax and designer Roy France drew the likes of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe during the 1950s and ’60s. Argentine hotelier Alan Faena recaptured and reimagined that glamour, infusing his namesake resort with art deco

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Faena in Miami
Medical News & Notes

  New Clinical Trial at Cleveland Clinic: Cleveland Clinic’s Weston hospital announced a new clinical trial specific to COVID-19-positive patients with signs of severe pneumonia and hyperinflammation. The in-patient study will explore the use of the drug Mavrilimumab to reduce the progression of acute respiratory failure and need for ventilation in patients. The trial is

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South Florida local hospitals
Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center gathers backpacks for kids

However children go back to school next year, Fort Lauderdale-based Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center wants them to be prepared. CDTC is holding its annual Back to School Drive, aiming to collect more than 800 filled backpacks by Aug. 6. The organization notes that school supplies cost more than $100 on average—a significant amount for

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Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center back to school drive