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Saturday, April 11, 2020 Heather Moraitis Jack & Harriet Kaye Park Chris Lagerboom (Next to George English Park) 12:00 Noon Many Eggs to Collect!!!
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From Our President
Mary Peloquin
The George English Park sewer This will create new sections of all the eggs to be found. If you plan pipe break was terrible. Watching south bound Bayview closures and on attending, don’t be late. Once it waste water, gray water, sewage or new detours in Coral Ridge, each starts there’s no stopping it, and IT whatever it is called rapidly gush into taking three to four weeks. Once this IS FAST! the lake at the park was heartbreaking. information is available it will be The Coral Ridge General Membership While it took several days to fix it, emailed out to all members of the meeting will be held on April 23rd at we were fortunate it was less than a Coral Ridge Association, and posted 7:00pm at the Coral Ridge Yacht week. This goes as well for the closure on the Coral Ridge Facebook page Club. Our City Commissioner of the intersection at Bayview and as well as the Coral Ridge website Heather Moraitis and City Manager Sunrise Boulevard. This is all thanks (coralridgeassociation.org). Chris Lagerbloom will be featured to the teams of city employees working Note the current detours in our speakers. Topics will likely be the neighborhood will be via NE 25th pipes, parks, homelessness and Street, Middle River Drive and NE upcoming traffic projects in the 18th Street. I ask everyone to drive neighborhood. Both of them will be slowly and courteously through available for questions. There will be these areas. There is no reason any some light food and a cool raffle! resident of Coral Ridge should drive Only members of the Coral Ridge like a maniac while these detours are Association and invited guests may in place (or at anytime really). attend. So if you are not a member, Likely we will have plenty of cut feel free to go to coralridgeassociation.org 24/7 to fix the break. The on-the-spot through traffic and out-of-area frustrated to sign up. Alternatively, tear out the emergency operational meetings drivers behaving badly. Let’s not membership form in this newsletter were impressive to see in their add to it. As this work moves north and send it in filled out with the knowledge and teamwork to get the to subsequent sections, the next detour payment. job done as quickly as possible. might be your street. Drive accordingly! Please make sure to read Anthony From top to bottom I cannot thank The 2020 Easter Egg Hunt will Gross’s article in this newsletter. He these people enough for their relentless be held at Harriet and Jack Kaye is a resident of Coral Ridge and a work in a less than ideal situation. As Park at “NOON on April 11th.” The Master Gardiner who is helping us residents of this city, we are lucky to park is just north of George English make Bayview Drive spectacular have them. Park and is open to all Coral Ridge and beautiful again. This exciting Here is the good news: Right now families. Inge and Otto Grossman’s project is going to take some time Coral Ridge is getting a new, redundant grandson, Sebastian, along with a and exploration, but in the end it sewer pipe. This was a future project few of his friends and family, put will be worth it. If you have any that has been fast tracked by the city. this event together and have done so suggestions, feel free to reach out to Work is starting at NE 21st Street for many years. Stuffing every plastic us through coralridgeassociation.org. and Bayview Drive and will head egg with a prize or candy, setting up All of our board members and north towards NE 25th Street. This the event and buying prizes are all officers are listed on that website stretch will take three to four weeks done by Sebastian. He is a great along with contact information. to complete. That affected portion of example of a younger person getting Meanwhile, everyone have a Bayview Drive will be closed south involved in the neighborhood. Make healthy and happy spring and bound and open north bound. Once sure to thank him if you go to the remember to be this section is finished there will be Easter Egg Hunt. This fun event is nice…..especially two more sections of Bayview Drive divided up by age. It takes all morning while driving! in Coral Ridge set for pipeline installation. to set it up and about 48 seconds for
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From Our Mayor
Dean Trantalis
Over the past two months, our city dismissed my suggestions that something access to all the information available has experienced the best of times and needed to be done. They said concern about existing conditions of our water- the worst of times. was unwarranted. They denied the ways. This is about transparency in We christened our new Oceanside blooms posed any health hazard even government, and such information is Park and experienced innovative though test results my office obtained important to boaters, fishing enthusiasts, entertainment venues such as The from Broward County showed the kayakers, paddle-boarders and those Wharf and pop-up places in both the opposite. who live along the water. MASS Art District and FAT Village. The attitude at City Hall changed We are determined to take such Yet, we also were met with challenges dramatically when this new City steps to promote a healthier environment. that truly tested the mettle of our city Commission was elected. It’s important to our residents and staff and our neighbors as we suffered In the current year’s budget, we our visitors and to us as stewards of break after break in our sewer and agreed to invest in research on the both our natural surroundings and water systems. blooms and to hire contractors to native wildlife. We are a proud city because of the mitigate their impact. We also Several months after I became talent and commitment our city funded free pump-out facilities for mayor, I signed a compact with other workers have shown in responding to boats in case any of the high level of coastal cities around the world to this crisis. We are equally proud nutrients was due to illegal waste- recognize the urgency to re-balance in knowing that members of our dumping by boaters. the relationship between human community for their patience and Following recent events, the commission development and our natural perseverance. I personally want to has committed itself to additional environment. We must place a thank both our staff and our steps. premium on our natural resources. neighbors for working together as we The city will be undertaking an Let me turn to an update on our pull through this challenge. environmental analysis of the conditions progress upgrading our infrastructure. Construction crews are making of George English Lake and the rivers We have commenced work on great progress, and soon we will impacted by the sewage spills. Based replacing the fragile, 50-year-old have an infrastructure system second on these results, we will determine a sewer main that has proven so to none. While this work continues, course of action to restore them. In problematic in recent months. This the City Commission and I also have addition to cleaning the waterways, 7½-mile project will be completed on instructed the city administration to we also must determine any long- an aggressive, 18-month timetable. look at ways to improve the quality standing sources of pollution and As sections are laid, we will switch of our waterways. address them. the surrounding areas over to the new I have long said that the city’s Immediate, emergency action is line as quickly as possible. Also, as environment needs special focus and already underway. the project progresses through have championed efforts for clean The city has deployed dozens of neighborhoods, contractors will work waterways. It is our beaches, rivers aerators to improve water quality by with residents to maintain access to and canals that make Fort Lauderdale boosting oxygen levels in the water, individual properties. such an amazing place to live and increasing circulation, breaking We expect an assessment of the visit. We are the Venice of America down organic matter in the discharge entire sewer force main system to be and must do our utmost to protect and helping to control odor. Crews completed by March so we will be these vital natural resources. have skimmed waterways and aware of where our problems are and My concerns were initially heightened installed turbidity curtains to collect the degree of their severity. A new several years ago when green algae and remove debris. pump station is being brought online blooms mysteriously appeared in While typically the state and downtown that adds 1 million gallons canals in the Las Olas neighbor- county take the lead on water quality of additional daily sewage capacity hoods. We never witnessed this before, testing and reporting, the commission to the area. and it pointed to a need to prevent has stated that we would like our Upgrades to our deep-injection the degradation of our waterways. staff to assume a larger role here and wells used by our sewer system The city’s former administration ensure that our residents have easy (Continued on page 7)
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(Mayor’s Message Continued from page 6) should also be completed in March. The replacement of the 16- inch sewer main that broke in Victoria Park is nearing completion. Improvements to that neighborhood’s water mains will be completed this spring, as will the mapping of water distribution valves citywide. Work continues to replace the broken sewer main in Rio Vista so we can eliminate the emergency bypass we are now using. The replacement of 3,100 feet of sewer force main along East Las Olas Boulevard is beginning and be completed by the end of August. I also have signed financial documents for the city establishing a line of credit so we can start our work to upgrade the stormwater infrastructure and better prepare the community for sea-level rise and climate change. We will begin this initiative in the Edgewood and River Oaks neighborhoods and expand to other areas once new stormwater rates are set and bond issued. The city will add stormwater pump stations, exfiltration trenches, catch basins, stormwater pipes, permeable pavement, swales, force mains. We also will improve additional seawalls and dredge canals to address sedimentation and improve flow. Finally, the city manager has come up with a way to bring about the complete and immediate end to the annual practice of raiding the utility reserves to balance the general operating budget. This commission had devised the first-ever plan to stop the raids. That was to be accomplished over a four-year timespan, but now due to the number-crunching of our city manager, we should have the ability to complete it within this current fiscal year. Combined, this all marks significant progress.
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From Our Commissioner
Heather Moraitis
Exciting times will be coming to Fort use of this property. Based on the findings of the analysis, Lauderdale this March! Saturday, At the same time, exciting plans the company will develop a restoration March 14 marks the opening of Major are moving forward for a signature plan for the affected portions of the League Soccer (MLS) in District 1! At community park that is also being waterway. 2:30 p.m., Inter Miami CF will take the funded and constructed by the The City is also finalizing an agree- field for its inaugural home opener at Beckham group. The community ment with Wood Environmental and the brand new, 18,000-seat professional destination will feature public gathering Infrastructure Solutions, a second soccer stadium located on the former areas, open green space, shade structures, environmental services company, to site of Lockhart Stadium. a dog park, playgrounds, multi-purpose perform similar work in the George This new club will harness the city’s fields, a walking/jogging/fitness trail, English Park Lagoon. Once the great history and unmatched culture to along with other amenities and ancillary agreement is finalized, the company create new traditions, rituals, and facilities all for use by our community. will analyze the conditions that exist in symbols that are admired around the The City’s partnership with the the affected area and, based on the world. Beckham group breathes new life into results, develop an appropriate restoration The historic game will match Inter this landmark property. It brings plan. Miami against the L.A. Galaxy, which professional soccer back to our Following discussions with staff happens to be David Beckham’s former community; provides our youth with from Broward County Environmental team. Beckham played for the Galaxy opportunities for expert coaching, Services, the City is moving forward from 2007 - 2012, leading the club to training, and instruction; gives our City with plans to secure a contractor for the back-to-back MLS Cup Championships much-needed new parks and recreation emergency removal of debris and in 2011 and 2012. The opening areas, athletic fields, and stadium sediment within the turbidity curtain matchup should prove to be an exciting access; and ushers in the return of high area in the George English Park contest as Inter Miami boasts a host of school games and athletic events. Lagoon as part of the overall restoration talented young players led Head Coach This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime process. Diego Alonso. project that offers our City a unique Neighbors are reminded that George Inter Miami’s debut marks a major opportunity to create a family-oriented English Park Lagoon and the boat milestone in the public/private partnership destination on one of our largest ramp will remain closed while restoration between the City of Fort Lauderdale remaining unused tracts of land, and in work is taking place. and the Beckham group. Under the doing so, leave a lasting legacy for agreement, the Beckham group is future generations to use and enjoy. investing $130 million to transform the This transformative project that will 64-acre Lockhart Stadium property into redefine the Uptown area of Fort a soccer-centric community destination. Lauderdale and make a lasting impact In addition to the new soccer stadium, on our community for generations to the complex will include a 50,000 come. square foot state-of-the-art soccer Hope to see you at this amazing training center and seven professional event on Saturday, March 14th or at fields. The facility will be home to Inter another game during this inaugural Miami’s United Soccer League (USL) season! For more information about team and the Academy. Inter Miami is the Inter Miami soccer team please rebuilding Lockhart Stadium for Fort visit their website at intermiamicf.com Lauderdale High School and Stranahan or follow them on social media at High School to use as their home field @InterMiamiCF. during football season. This stadium is being built next to the larger Inter The City has hired E-Sciences, an Miami Stadium and will retain the environmental services company, Lockhart Stadium name. Maintaining which is currently conducting an this stadium for our public school was analysis of the conditions that exist in important to me as we negotiated the the impacted area of the Tarpon River.
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Coral Ridge Real Estate Review 2019 Year in Review By Chris Williams
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The Garden Project
Anthony Gross
What if? What if we could become an example continually emphasized there are no I attended our most recent for our city, county, and even perhaps budgets for landscaping mentioned in neighborhood association meeting. the state; and somehow influence all any of these projects. I interpret this The front and center topics were the the agencies that will be involved to to mean, they will cover most of the sewer breaks and infrastructure repairs develop the final surface scape as surface area with sod, throw in a few that will begin a 2-year saga of roadwork a Florida Friendly Landscape™ palm trees, and probably the obligatory along Bayview Drive. Our association thoroughfare? bromeliads in the newly created President had invited me to attend to Imagine - a drive that would round-abouts. start a discussion on the beautification include native plant greenery, swales So, I asked myself and verbalized of the drive. What I heard was that to collect rainwater and nourish to the association board, “what if” we we are in for a bumpy couple of years exemplary raingardens, open areas could somehow get the City Manager with construction and infrastructure with tall native grasses and trees that and other Fort Lauderdale officials, changes ranging from pipes being are the proper heights to create a to allow a Coral Ridge Association buried to the long awaited and rumored beautiful canopy and to block the Community advisory board that discussion of FPL burying the power view of whatever utility lines might reviews and approves all landscaping lines. In the end, we will end up remain above. design. That we attract landscape with a nice thoroughfare with side- Imagine – afternoons with butter- architect’s involvement to assist, as walks on both sides and notorious flies all around; feeding, growing and this could be a legacy project? This round-abouts in the project. flourishing amongst the native plants could be a defining moment for our Here is the catch, each individual which also attract and shelter other neighborhood and city. Of course, project discussions kept mentioning forms of wildlife including a variety then I was challenged by a board budgets that did not include any of birds. Wouldn’t it be incredible to member to use this platform to write landscaping. While the purpose of stroll or jog along our streets listening an article about it. my invite was to discuss beautification to songbirds and seeing butterflies Let’s challenge all of our officials and possibly what could be done fluttering through an array of lush to put action behind their words and about the tree canopy loss due to the plants? remind them that not only is Florida power lines; I was hearing repeated Oh, and this would provide an Friendly Landscaping™(FFL) built mentions of two years of tearing-up additional benefit: traffic calming. into the state legislature, the county the roadway and associated landscaping; Study after study has indicated that government, and the city statutes, but but no mention of any budgeting well landscaped streetscapes slow that we as a community want these included for landscaping. In my mind, down traffic. landscaping principles followed this means that we will potentially What if Bayview developed the along one of our city’s most visible loose even more established trees, reputation as being a “must see” thoroughfares. In addition, we would and since many homes on Bayview drive? An example to our neighbors like to have the Coral Ridge Community Drive have landscaping out to the much like river walks, and garden Association board have a final street edge, they will lose privacy parkways in other major cities. approval authority of all landscaping along with their plantings. Our future is coming; are we willing and if possible, hold release of payment If the projects proceed as discussed, to be bold enough to embrace and from the City, County, State agencies we will have a great new infrastructure, shape it? Are we all vigilant enough until the landscaping has been officially but will be sacrificing numerous to write letters to commissioners, city certified as a FFL landscape by the established plantings. Because many management, and state representatives? University of Florida/IFAS Extension of the homes on Bayview have their Or will we be complacent as Broward county, as is done with landscaping encroaching onto the a neighborhood and watch the Florida Housing Authority projects public right of way, these plans as construction, complain about the and other programs. presented mean all of these plantings delays and detoured traffic, and in Even though I have written about will be removed the end have something that is new, FFL before, let’s review different As the conversation with our association but with no plan to make it exemplary areas where the program is discussed. leaders continued, the idea of “what to our community? As it is, the if” began to take hold in my mind. association meeting conversation (Continued on page 11)
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(Garden Project Continued from page 10) Documents/ planning, and designing of transportation First the University of Florida BrowardCountyCodeFunctional- facilities (UF); here is the home page for the LandscapingAndXeriscaping.pdf * Rely on interdisciplinary planning program. More information can be found at and design processes https://ffl.ifas.ufl.edu/ Broward NatureScape via their * Engage in public outreach and The Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ homepage; communicate with local governments (FFL) program operates under https://www.broward.org/ and communities to form strong the Center for Landscape Conservation NatureScape/Pages/Default.aspx partnerships & Ecology (CLCE), and is part of Since Florida Power and Light * Accommodate existing and proposed the Environmental Horticulture (FPL) is responsible for the landscapes Department. CLCE faculty and affiliated “V”shape of our trees; FFL principle * Utilize a diverse mix of context faculty provide science-based landscape “right plant, right place” is reiterated appropriate, resilient, Florida Friendly, information on numerous disciplines in the utility company brochures and primarily native plants that reflect to FFL programs statewide. programs. Of course, they refer to it the regional identity While the program is administered as “right tree, right place”. * Implement design and construction throughout the state from Gainesville, https://www.fpl.com/reliability/ solutions to streamline landscape it is locally implemented, and taught trees/tree-location.html maintenance activities via our UF/IFAS Extension Broward Note the new rules FPL has established; * Promote awareness of the many County offices. large trees such as our beloved oak benefits of transportation landscapes https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/broward/ trees have to be 50 feet from the enjoyed by the public and within urban-horticulture-and-natural- lines. This means that our street canopy resources/fflresources/ will have to be small to medium size The landscape design manual of While you will see FFL in many trees if they do not bury the lines. the FDOT section 228 and updated in websites, the Extension Broward FPL has a table at every City of Fort January 2018 specifically discusses County offices are the local authority Lauderdale tree giveaway, I encourage the Florida Friendly Landscape™ and implementor of the program. you to stop by to talk to them. design criteria, it can be found here; It is also reinforced by Fort FFL is written into 28 different https:// Lauderdale in various departments state statutes. Visit: fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/ and on the city web pages. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/ sitefinity/docs/default-source/ Let’s start our review with Green index.cfm?Mode=Search Stat- roadway/ Your Routine (GYR), a city sustainability utes&Appmode=Display_Results& fdm/2018/2018fdm228landscape.p division. It is well known by many Search_String=florida+friendly&S df?sfvrsn=29256399_4 residents and has become the tart=11&NumPerPage=10&Subme The South Florida Water Management primary sustainability resource for nu=2&Tab=statutes District has certified their office our residents. GYR is also where If you are searching the primary location landscapes: most of the FLL rules and regulations statute often cited is 373.185. https://www.sfwmd.gov/sites/ are mentioned. Here is the link to the As such, the FFL principles are default/files/documents/ main introduction to FFL page. adopted and used by the Florida nr_2011_0517_florida_friendly.pdf https://gyr.fortlauderdale.gov/ Department of Transportation: This is because FFL is a water greener-government/natural- https://www.fdot.gov/ conserving landscape method. In resources-preservation/florida- designsupport/ addition, swales and other methods friendly-landscaping highwaybeautification/ of stormwater collection assist us in Here is the link to the pages that usefullinks.shtm replenishing our natural aquifer and incorporate the FFL principles into click on the link within the useful our fight against saltwater intrusion. the cities unified land development links section to beautification. This So, what does all of this mean? As regulations. will create a downloadable document a resident what can I do? https://gyr.fortlauderdale.gov/ titled “Landscape” and effective If you could take a few minutes to greener-government/natural- January 29th, 2020 as signed by our review some of the websites listed, resources-preservation/florida- current Governor Ron DeSantis. and begin to ask the questions, if friendly-landscaping/ffl-ordinance Florida Friendly Landscaping™ is FFL is supported by the county In carrying out this policy, the adopted and mentioned in so many government written into the county Department will: State and local laws and ordinances codes and can be researched by this * Develop and commit to aesthetics, wouldn’t it make sense that the link; landscape opportunities, and land- beautification project for Bayview https://www.broward.org/ scape conservation and protection GoGreen/Municipalities/ concepts early in programming, (Continued on page 12)
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From Our State Representative to District 93 Chip LaMarca
Reflecting upon 2019, I am proud inland structures. I look forward to Marion County, $9 million for citrus to say our great state of Florida was all the many things we can accomplish growers impacted by Hurricane Irma, under strong leadership with Governor by working together this session. and more than $2.8 million for Lee Ron DeSantis’ first year in office. Governor DeSantis announced County Schools has been awarded. Florida crime has dropped 6.1% , Florida’s high school graduation rate Finally, the FEMA Public Assistance with around 17,100 fewer reported from the 2018-2019 school year has Grant Program, awarded $19.5 million incidents in the state. Florida’s economy climbed to 86.9%. This is a monumental in the first week of 2020, providing continues to grow, and has an increase from 2006, when it was under important federal funding to communities unemployment rate of 3.3%. From 60%. These results show the positive in need across the state. Through this Everglades restoration and protecting progress of Florida’s educators and grant program, FEMA provides Florida’s water resources, to expanding students, with a 0.8% increase from assistance to state, tribal, local the previous year. According to our school choice for students and families, governments and private non-profit Educational Commissioner Richard 2019 was a great year for Florida. organizations in efforts to help Corcoran, more students than ever As the 2020 legislative session begins, are stressing the importance of a high communities quickly respond and the Florida House of Representatives school education in order to succeed recover from major disasters or will continue working hard for the after they graduate. I applaud the emergencies. This program also people of Florida and District 93 in hard work of our students and teachers provides supplemental federal disaster Tallahassee. Under the leadership of as Florida continues to strive for grant assistance for debris removal Speaker of the House Jose Oliva of educational excellence. and emergency protective measures. Miami, we will continue tackling The Governor also announced that As always, it is a tremendous honor environmental issues such as Everglades $28.9 Million will be spread out to to serve you as your State Representative restoration and sea level rise. A major communities in Florida who are still in Tallahassee. issue, especially for coastal Broward, recovering from the last hurricanes. will be the rising tide and raising sea- In 2019, more than $1.4 billion was Representative Chip LaMarca walls. Sea level rise is not right or awarded in hurricane recovery dollars. Florida House District 93 wrong, Democrat or Republican, but In 2020, we will continue to work rather a scientific fact we must deal alongside FEMA and FDEM in order with. We need to be prepared with to move quickly with this year’s real solutions to keep salt water from hurricane recovery efforts. So far, intruding into our drinking water and $11 million has been appropriated to
(Garden Project Continued from page 11) this would be a great program for her community. I hope that each of you Drive be mandated to adopt the to support. reading this helps to send that message principles? While the vision is large, if we can by sending a message to our leaders If your answer is yes, then contact get all the different agencies, and as mentioned above. one of the association board members contractors to understand that we listed at the front of this publication would like for Bayview Drive to become Your Neighbor, to let them know you support this a unique streetscape that is unlike idea and ask how you can help. anything found anywhere else in the Anthony Gross state and even globally. We can send [email protected] In addition, write to Commissioner the message that would become a Heather Moraitis stating that you statement for our neighborhood, the want all the contractors to be city and all of our tourists that Coral required to have final sign off Ridge and Bayview Drive support approval by the Coral Ridge Association Florida Friendly Landscaping™ and Community Board members. We our future through sustainable land- need to establish the right to approve scape and water savings practices. what goes into our community. I also What a message that would send, would remind her that as a UF graduate, and the pride we would feel as a
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Replica Phoenician Ship Club also made Captain Makes Landfall at Coral Beale an honorary member of the club. Ridge Yacht Club after For more information Unprecedented 6,000-Mile or media inquiries, Atlantic Voyage contact:
The Coral Ridge Yacht Club is Madison Bracken, Paid for March honored to have hosted a replica of a Coral Ridge Yacht Phoenician ship for its first U.S. Club landing after a five-month voyage of Phone: 954-566-7888 over 6,000 miles. The voyage was Email: part of the “Phoenicians Before [email protected] plastic levels and raising awareness Columbus Expedition,” designed to Boyd J. Tuttle, Crew Member & about plastic pollution in the ocean. show that Phoenician ships could Ship Historian A wide international following has have crossed the Atlantic over 2,000 Phone: 585-703-8760 already grown for this unusual and years before Christopher Columbus Email: [email protected] inspired endeavor. Some believe the “discovered” the American continent. Phoenicians made it to the Americas The Phoenicia began its voyage from Additional Information about the and look for genealogy and archaeological Carthage, Tunisia on September 28, Expedition: evidence there. Beale is focused on 2019. After sailing from Carthage to The Phoenicia is a traditionally- highlighting their engineering and Cadiz, Spain, Essaouira, Morocco built replica of a Phoenician merchant maritime skills and hopes that one and Tenerife in the Canary Islands, vessel, based on a 600 BC design. day his work will contribute to wider the ship left the Old World on According to Greek geographer and archaeological findings to inform a November 23, 2019 and safely historian, Strabo, the Phoenicians bigger Phoenician story. Phoenicians reached port in the Dominican Republic traded and settled along the East Atlantic Before Columbus is approved by the on December 31, 2019, having coast, prompting Beale’s belief in the UK’s Scientific Exploration Society crossed the Atlantic Ocean using likelihood that the Phoenicians and the expedition is the proud nothing but wind, current, sail and would have attempted to sail West in recipient of the 2019 Captain Scott compass. The ship landed at Coral the hope of discovering more lands. Society’s ‘Spirit of Adventure’ Ridge Yacht Club on February 4, to Beale commissioned the building of Award. much fanfare as city officials, club the Phoenicia ship 12 years ago. It members and the public cheered was traditionally built in Syria and its them on. design was based on the wreckage of “We are honored to be part of this the Jules Vernes 7, discovered in the exciting moment in history,” said Pru Mediterranean in the early 1990’s. Lewis, Commodore of Coral Ridge The Phoenicia is believed to be the Yacht Club. only replica of its kind in the world. Dignitaries and speakers at the Having already circumnavigated Africa landing event on February 4 included in the First Phoenician Ship expedition Dr. Walid Phares, author and (2008-10), Beale was once again Secretary General, Trans-Atlantic at the helm for the cross Atlantic Parliamentary Group; Nabil Bahri, challenge; reiterating his passion for Incoming Honorary Council of the seafaring Phoenicians. Lebanon in Jacksonville, Florida; The Expedition has been endorsed Habib Chaumoun Nicolas, author, by the Ministries of Information and professor and Honorary President & Tourism of the Republic of Lebanon Founder of Phoenician International and received support, expedition Research Center; and Boyd J. Tuttle, supplies and services from numerous crew member & ship historian. organizations in the Republic of On Sunday, February 9, Fort Tunisia, prior to the launch of the Lauderdale Commissioner Heather Expedition from Carthage, Tunisia in Moraitis presented an official September 2019. The Expedition is proclamation to Captain Philip Beale part of the United Nations Environment and his crew during the ship’s Sail ‘Clean Seas Campaign’, taking daily Away Brunch. Coral Ridge Yacht water samples to measure micro Phoenicia as it approached the CRYC Page 14 March 2020
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Recycle In Coral Ridge
Simple Things to Help the Planet Every day brings more news of poisoned oceans, melting glaciers, and endangered species. Here are simple steps you can take to help reduce your carbon footprint. 1. Buy recycled, not just recyclable. Paper products are the most common recycled products available on the consumer market. These include printer paper, paper towels, and, yes, toilet paper. If every American family bought a roll of recycled toilet paper just once, we could save 400,000 trees. 2. Shop with reusable grocery bags, many of which are made of recycled plastic. Four trillion plastic bags are used worldwide per year and only 1% of these are recycled. Several major retailers give a bag credit for each reusable bag that you use. 3. Avoid plastic straws, single-use plastic drink cups and water bottles. Use your own ceramic coffee mug at work. Americans buy 50 billion water bottles per year and less than a quarter are recycled. Using a reusable bottle can save 156 bottles per year. 4. Designate one, or more, meals a week as "meatless." A vegetarian diet puts a lot less burden on the environment, and is better for your health. Meat production produces significantly more greenhouse gases than vegetable production and a hamburger requires 660 gallons of water to produce while a salad uses just 21 gallons. 5. Don't waste food. Use those perishable groceries before they go bad. In the U.S., 40 percent of edible food is wasted. Food accounts for 3 billion tons of carbon emis- Recyclable materials are picked up by sions and uneaten food is the single largest source of recycling trucks curbside. trash in landfills. Once at the recycling facility, the 6. Program your air-conditioner thermostat to a higher trucks are weighed and their contents temperature when you're not at home. are dumped onto what is called a 7. Unplug electronics that you rarely use. Also, unplug "tipping floor," where materials are checked for the AC adapters that power small electronics when not in contamination. Employees monitor and remove non-recyclables as use. 75% of appliance energy use comes from when the materials travel on conveyers. appliance is turned off. LED light bulbs can cut energy A powerful magnet pulls out steel, tin and ferrous use by 80% and use only 12 watts to produce as much metals and sends them out for compacting and light as a 60-watt incandescent bulb. shipping to steel mills. 8. Go paperless. Request bills and statements by email. Plastic and aluminum are separated and shipped to Request to be removed from marketing mailing lists. end markets. Glass is shipped out for remanufacturing. 9. Inflate your tires to the recommended pressure. This Cardboard, magazines and other paper products are could save as much as a gallon of gas on every fill-up. separated from newspaper and shipped out. Newspaper 10. Spread the word. Encourage your network to adopt and other paper products are baled and sent to various these and other best practices. recycling markets. New products are created from recycled materials, purchased by consumers and recycled again, creating a "loop."
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The 2020 Honor Roll!
Howard & Grace Abel Abbe Cohn William & Beth Gibbs Michael & Tiffany Amrich William Cole Arlen & Elizabeth Gilbert Doug & Karin Anderson Marisa Collett Allison Gilman Nick & Pam Arfaras Todd & Joy Coningsby Mark & Vickie Gilman Richard & Karen Arkin Charles & Konnie K. Coolman Patricia Gladding Gumersindo Arriola Fernandez Cesar & Veronica Coral Richard & Susan Goldman John & Doris Aurelius Dr. Brandon and Jackie Cornish Jorge & Michelle Gonzalez Cindy Banks Paul & Helen Cwalinski Edward S. Goodman Aaron & Janet L. Baron Owen & Nancy Cylke Alan Goostray Hans Barth & Laura Tarvainen Barth Damon & Debra Dagostino Michael Gordon Jack & Heather Bascome Jane & Steve Davis John Gray Virginia Becart Ron & Madeline Denaro Carolyn Greenlaw Ilene Berliner Andy & Lynn Denka Mike & Carla Greenlaw Marc Bloom Lee Dettor James Greer Larry & Barbara Bohannon Shelley & Michael DiCondina Otto & Inge Grossmann Paul & Valerie Bohlander David Meixelsperger & David Dixon Andy & Kathy Guerke Lesleen Bolt Silvia Gualdvon Tony Docal Vincent & Caroline Guida Gayle Borden Barbara Doerner Jon Erik & Kristin Gundlach Steve & Sally Botkin Domenic & Diane Faro Sharron & Julian Hadley Terry Baxter & Karen Bowman Betsy & Alex Dow Michael Wilcox & Vincent Handall Carolyn & Ken Bradley Matt Dyas Bob & Laura Hardison Thomas Bradley Doug & Jane Eagon Robert White & Phillip Harris Patrcia A. Brennan John & Kathie Easterling Charlos Cortinas & Charles Heffron Mike & Heather Brinkworth Felipe & Patty Echarte Robert & Margie Helmholdt Michael & Joan Brochu Felipe & Jackie Echarte Jr. Thomas E. & Brenda Henz Donna & Steve Bromfield Gail Edwards Sabine Hesse Ellen Brown Kevin & Heather Elgrim Christine Hodges Jim & Chris Burggraf Leon & Elaine Ellman Patrick Gnehm & Edwin Huerta Lee J. & Linda Mannix Burt Susan Elsea Jack Hurley Gale Butler Robert & Linda Euler Carrie Burckhartt & Carla Infante Bryan & Julie Butzow Judy Farfaro Ann Marshall & Fred Ingham Melanie Camp Ronald Alose & Brian Farley Tim Ingham & Julie Pabst George Mastroianni & Robert J. Capece Kimberly Kisslan & George Farrell III Mark & Wanda Irwin Dave & Zamara Carmichael David & Terry Fee Tatiana Jamroz Carolyn Davis Seth & Bonnie Feldman Barbara & Eric Johnson Karon Carpenter & Lisa Noon Omar & Maritza Fernandez Susan Johnson Efrain Casanova & Nathan Hickman Christine Fingado Ken Sternberg & Paula Jones Gloria Cashin Frank & Leah Finlon Michael & Jan Joyce Stephanie Catalano Brad & Roslyn Fitzgerald Robert B. Judd George Catzavelos Peter & Deborah Phillip Kah & Andrea Olivos-Kah Bob & Satoshi Cauley Steve & Trish Ford Michelle Kanner Mark & Shari Cedar Fred Nicely & Doug Forker Brian and Sarah Karpf Bill & Veronika Charland Collins & Jennifer Forman Jonathan & Tracey Keith Anthony Christe Ann Fostock Leo & Shirley Kerp Bill & Elayna Ciani Jon & Siobhan Frey Clay & Linda King Chris Ambs & Scott Clearwater Henry Frieder Richard & Karen Kinzer Shannon Vezina & Chris Clyke Warren & Betty Gage Randy & Joanna Kires Reid & Kim Cocalis Michel & Gisele Gagne Chris & Heidi Knapik
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Scott Henricks & Gregory Kooyumjian Leone & Teresa Padula Robert & Deborah Spring Michael & Deanna LaCasse Charles & Laura Palmer Bill & Mary Diane Stefan Ron Laffey Gil & Stephanie Pasarin Joel & Rosa Stein Robert & Judith Lally Paul & Sharon Dooley Jeff & Sandi Stemler Tommy & Tiffany Lamberson Dorothy & Mark Peck Scott & Jaclyn Strauss Robert & Abby Laughlin Robert & Mary Peloquin Edward & Elizabeth Sullivan Brian & Thana Leary Amy Peters Bob & Cindy Talley Linda & Larry Leffel Christian & Ramona Petersen Jay & Kacee Tannenbaum Jack & Theresa Levy Paul Pfadenhauer & Willaim Sibberns Erin & Doug Thieme Rhonda Lewis Seth & Suzann Platt Gary & Patricia Torian Robert Lewis Rich & Linda Pratt Robert J. Trate Doug & Jennie Macke Claudia & Kevin Prine Angel & Gloria Trujillo Greg & Catherine Martin Ivan & Kristi Puente Gregory Trusivich Keith & Terri Martin Frank Rambusch Richard & Tika Van Den Hurk Albert P. Massey, III Heidi Steiger & Charles Ranson Vasan & Barbara Venkataraman Thomas Barness & Nancy McCarty Christopher & Eleny Ratel Joseph & Josie Vidal Jennifer McCausland Larry & Robin Revier David & Jeanne Villari Jim & Marge McClain Sam & Helen Ribbler Alan & Sandy Vordermeirer Ryan & Eve McDermott Chris Ricci Tim & Suzanne Waterhouse John & Dolores McDiarmid Gabrielle Rinaldi Beth Watts Fernando Arrojas & Ronald McDowell Laline Rivero Ted & Marguerite Welding Thomas & Donna McGinty Wilmer Roehrich James & Kim Wenig James & Cindy McKee Mike & Kathleen M. Rolfes Thomas & Cindy Jo White Shelly McNaughton Oana Romasan Thomas L. White & Scott V. Watkins, M.D. Carlos & Ximena Mendez Maureen & Bill Rotella Chris & Connie Williams Lincoln Mendez Gregory Roth George Willias Joel Greenbaum & Mari Mennel-Bell Paul Rubenstein Mike & Erika Wilson Richard Meyerson Howard & Carol Rubinson Lynne Wines Janet Mianowski Jose Ruggero Amber Witzel Joan Van Ness & Lorraine Michels Ruthie & Rich Ryan Garfield & Christine Wray Zen & Sue Mierzwa Walter Boyd & David Santee David Yannessa Malcolm & Jennifer Miller Drew & Angela Scarbrough Chun & Lai Ying Yeung Fanny Bashoor Millstein Chris Hooper & Robert Schmidt Raymond & Deborah Young David & Vicki Minard Ellen & Laz Schneider Suzanne Zarrillo Matt & Julie Morrall Kevin Schoeler Judy Zimmer Chuck Murawski & Jorge Leon Marc & Sylvia Scholey George Zimmerman Michael Murphy & Roni Costa David & Melanie Schrand Jason Natt Stacey Schweiger To change how your name appears in Mary Negrey Peter Schweitzer the Honor Roll, please email your Mark Turner & Charles A. Nicholls Frank & Rosemarie Sequin change to: Bob & Kathryn Nichols Cindy Sessoms [email protected]. Carol O'Brien Julie & Craig Shapiro Pat & Courtney O'Loughlin Chip & Julie Shealy If you are interested in Tom & Amanda O'Loughlin Thomas Shelton Carol Lee Ortman John & Gerri Shook advertising in this Patricia Shub newsletter, please send an Deborah Sigler email message to: Dr. Loren & Judy Simkowitz [email protected] Roman & Ashley Siryk We will get back to you Jim Cunningham & Mark Snapp within 24hours. Diane Sobo Or you can call and leave a Pete & Stephanie Sorrentino Oscar & Angela Soto voice message at: Suzanne Southwell 954-661-1502 Helene Spivack
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Dollars and Sense in Coral Ridge by Thomas Balcom, CFP®, CAIA, MBA
What is ESG investing? The acronym the screens related to environment, for a price decline of 46.2%. Many ESG stands for environmental, social, social and governance. If you desire to folks are calling for a divestment from and governance. The term originated at add ESG or SRI focused investments fossil fuel companies, so this ETF, the Who Cares Wins conference held into your portfolio, a quick Google which contains such notable names as in Zurich, Switzerland in August 2005. search will contain names of mutual Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, The conference was hosted by the UN funds, exchange traded funds, hedged and other corporations has seen its Global Compact, International Finance funds and other companies who offer share price decline over the past few Corporation and the Federal Department the opportunity to invest in these areas. years. Under the title of “full disclosure”, of Foreign Affairs Switzerland. Is ESG investing just a temporary our firm has hedged exposure to XLE In order to fully understand ESG fad or something that should be taken via customized market linked notes investing, we must take a deeper dive seriously? For those of you with high and they have certainly not been our into an explanation of each letter school or college aged children, it’s best investment over the past few within the acronym. The letter “E” a rhetorical question. Your children years. For those of you who may want stands for environmental and concerns and grandchildren are taking a keen to invest in XLE as a value play, I a company is a good steward in relation interest in how climate change and would caution you that it may be akin to its impact on the Earth. This could ESG investing will impact them and to catching a falling knife, so do so at include a low carbon footprint, recycling their future offspring. You may not be your own discretion. The bottom line efforts and limiting greenhouse gas aware that climate change is becoming is that ESG investing is becoming emissions. The letter “S” relates to a an en vogue topic these days as illustrated more and more mainstream and for corporation’s social impact on society. by the fact that a Democratic Presidential those of us who have seen increase in Corporate culture, equal pay, diversity Candidate, Tom Steyer, has made the strength and frequency of hurricanes and inclusion are all important components climate change the main focus of his over the past few years, it is a topic of a company’s social impact. The letter campaign. In addition, the annual that deserves some attention. “G” relates to corporate governance. Harvard-Yale football game was The topic of ESG investing is timely This topic is broad and includes executive delayed by almost an hour at halftime since it is likely to be addressed to compensation, board diversification, as protestors from both schools called some degree in the upcoming presidential transparency with shareholders and for their universities to divest their election. If there are other topics that history of lawsuits initiated by either multi-billion dollar endowments from you would like to see profiled in the the regulatory bodies, shareholders, or fossil fuel companies. I would submit future, please feel free to email me at: other individuals. to you that this is an area that you [email protected] Is ESG investing different than SRI should become familiar with over the or call me directly at: (954) 903-0009. (Socially Responsible Investing)? ESG coming months and years.
investing is different in that it does not As a further example of the impact exclude companies which are involved of ESG investing, you should take a in industries such as alcohol, tobacco, look at oil stocks, in particular the Energy firearms, etc. that some individuals Select SPDR exchanged traded fund. may find undesirable due to religious You will notice that the price has or moral convictions. ESG investors dropped from a multi-year high of may include these companies within $101.52 on June 23, 2014 to a closing their portfolios as long as they meet price of $54.58 on February 14, 2020
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Photo Reflections of India By Chuck Murawski
Out of all my travels around the talking with the students. shade the cars parked in this area. world, the one place that never ceases You see in the midst of all this street Even along a country road you will see to amaze me is INDIA. It is the land of contrast. You see poverty beyond description, with adults and their children living on the streets. Yet there is this unbelievable layer of art and architecture, as well as people working hard to feed, house and educate their family. Despite the poverty, the people keep them- selves very clean and together. It is difficult, but necessary to see past this poverty and look into their shopping several people chatting away history and creativity. on their cell phones. structures that took great time and Check out this fantastic detailed A vast majority of street advertisement talent to create while bringing the love structure built in the middle of this of art to the country folks. You can stroll around a corner and
tends to only use the whitest skinned slum and the details someone had to models. That surprised me. look up to see some of the most design and then apply to this wall that I stumbled into this street stall that beautiful architecture in the midst surrounds this countryside farm stall. of this economically challenged INDIAN life. If you ever get a chance to visit
was selling elephant statues and was The people here tend to show happy beside myself since I happen to collect loving faces smiling as you pass by these artifacts from all over the them. world. I had to control myself. I spent a morning in this village school, Here is a shot of a very clever way to INDIA, jump at it. One suggestion, don’t go on your own. Travel with a tour guide like Overseas Adventure Travel (www.oattravel.com) You would never find some of these adventures on your own.
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