September Employment Report: Miami- Dade County Continues to See Unemployment Rate Drop Despite Recent Storm Activities

Miami- Dade County continues to maintain low unemployment rates, experiencing a 0.3 percentage point decrease from August 2017. Even with “weathering” Hurricane Irma, Miami-Dade County’s 4.6 unemployment rate is the lowest since the 2008 recession, highlighting the county’s resiliency.

Just Fearless Shows Women Entrepreneurs How to Go Global

Founder and Managing Director Kisha Mays opened Just Fearless to change the lives of women and their families by providing a resource to expand their business.  By using their global marketing knowledge and resources, Mays and her team have developed a system that will show women how to expand their businesses into other countries.

Miami-Dade Added Nearly 19,000 Jobs in April as Unemployment Rate Dipped to 5 percent

Media Contact: Maria Camacho mcamacho@beaconcouncil.com (305) 579-1341 (Miami) Miami-Dade added 18,700 new payroll jobs in the past year and unemployment decreased to 5 percent in April, from 5.4 percent the previous […]

Clean Water is Just a Woosh Smart Station Away

In the next three years, Woosh Smart, the Israeli company will create 11 new local jobs and spend $8 million in new capital investment as the number of stations in Miami begin to grow.

Miami-Dade Beacon Council Announces New President & CEO

The Miami-Dade Beacon Council announces economic development veteran Michael A. Finney to be the organization’s new President & CEO effective June 1st.

More than 23,000 Miami-Dade Payroll Jobs added from March 2016 to 2017

Miami-Dade experienced a healthy 2 percent job growth or 23,400 payroll jobs from March 2016 to March 2017 across industries with Education and Health Services (8,600) and Professional and Business Services (5,000) leading, according to state figures released Friday.

New Restaurant in Perrine Focuses on Caribbean fusion cuisine

Perrine’s Island Monkey Marketplace and Café plans to add 7 new employees to their operation and make $100,000 of new capital investments as they plan to expand to 7 locations in the next 3 years.

Introducing Central and South American fermented coffee made in Miami

In the next three years Break The Cup expects to add 12 new direct jobs to their staff and invest $500,000 in new capital investment at their coffee roasting plant in the Miami Lakes area.

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