November 20, 2015Miami, FL - (November 20, 2015) - Miami-Dade's unemployment rate dipped to 5.9 percent in October, down from 6.3 last month, according to statistics released Friday. "Our economy continues to recover," The Beacon Council President & CEO Larry K....
New Initiatives Yield Strong Results for Beacon Council Committees
November 18, 2015(Miami, FL - Nov. 18, 2015) - The Beacon Council's industry and community-based committees shared positive progress and results in support of the organization's mission to increase jobs and investment by marketing Miami-Dade County, growing local...
Downtown Miami accelerator adds new firm
November 10, 2015Downtown Miami's Venture Hive accelerator is getting a new and relatively large IT firm as a member. Net Reviews, the French web company behind "verified-reviews.com," is opening at the sharespace. The company is coming in with a promise to create 22...
French IT company opens U.S.-Latin America office in Miami
November 10, 2015The Beacon Council announced that Net Reviews, a France-based IT company opened an office at Venture Hive in downtown Miami to service the U.S. and Latin American markets. Net Reviews created verified-reviews.com, a web solution that enables online...
Q&A with Donna Abood: Traffic, finding office space major ‘issues’ for Miami
November 1, 2015 Donna Abood says chairing the Beacon Council was the best investment she ever made She’s concerned about a lack of new office space being built downtown Abood said she moved to Miami in 1981 and had only intended to stay a year Beacon Council...
MIAMI and SAN DIEGO to Host 21st Annual International Real Estate Congress; 50 Foreign Delegates To Attend, New Foreign Buyer Research To Be Released
November 5, 2015The MIAMI Association of REALTORS® (MIAMI) and the Greater San Diego Association of REALTORS® (SDAR) will co-present the 21st annual International Real Estate Congress on Nov. 8-11 in Miami and San Diego. About 50 foreign delegates from fifteen...
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