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36 MILLENNIALS IN THE WORKPLACE by Alexandra Roland

42 PAYING IT FORWARD by Pete Stevenson

46 FUTURISTIC WAYS TO MOVE by Pete Stevenson

50 VOLUNTEER VET by Clarissa Buch

54 CIRCLE OF WISE WOMEN by Clarissa Buch

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36 MILLENNIALS IN THE WORKPLACE by Alexandra Roland 42 PAYING IT FORWARD No matter how you say it, JM Lexus wants to say by Pete Stevenson

46 FUTURISTIC WAYS TO MOVE by Pete Stevenson THANK YOU 50 VOLUNTEER VET by Clarissa Buch for making us the #1 Volume Lexus Dealer in the World for 24 Consecutive Years.

54 CIRCLE OF WISE WOMEN by Clarissa Buch

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18 8 22 56 FORT LAUDERDALE'S CITY MAGAZINE DOWNTOWN RW EXCLUSIVES THE TEAM DINING A PUBLICATION OF RIVERWALK FORT LAUDERDALE VOL.12 NO.12 JANUARY 2016 Riverwalk Fall Get GO RIVERWALK Board of Directors, LOWDOWN DESTINATION Downtown staff, and partners by Chris Wren Boatyard Open Streets Fort by Alexandra Roland 9 24 Lauderdale and Winterfest RIVERWALK SUSTAINABLE Family Fun Day 60 MISSION DEVELOPMENT #BITES + SIPS 66 STATEMENT by Jenni Morejon by Renée Quinn EVENTS CONNECTION 10 26 A Publication of Listing of upcoming Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale #RIVERWALKFTL TRANSPORTATION activities Social media AND MOBILITY Mosaic poles situated Compiled by Gabrielle Roland by Diana Alarcon on the south side of the river and decorated by 12 78 students at the direction FROM 28 SNAPPED@ of local art teacher THE BOARD DOWNTOWN Social scene photos Carrie Bennett by Barbra Stern COUNCIL Photo by Jason Leidy by Genia Duncan Ellis Correction: The 14 company name Sailo ALONG 30 was mistakenly spelled CULTURALLY incorrectly on pages 44 THE WALK and 46 of our October by Genia Duncan Ellis SPEAKING issue. We regret the by Samantha Rojas ANNOUNCING error. 16 MEMBERSHIP 32 a city-wide event calendar LOCAL ECONOMICS at www.goriverwalk.com/ events/greater-fort- by Dan Lindblade lauderdale-event-calendar

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FORT LAUDERDALE’S CITY MAGAZINE

Editor-in-Chief RIVERWALK FORT LAUDERDALE

Editorial Board Chair GENIA DUNCAN ELLIS

Executive Editor ALEXANDRA ROLAND Publisher JAMIE E. MCDONNELL IV [email protected] Associate Publisher MARLA HORN LAZARUS (954) 468-1541, ext. 204 Associate Publisher REBECCA MCDONNELL

Creative Director BIANCA SÁNCHEZ ADVERTISING & MARKETING Creative Director ALEX I. GERSON Riverwalk Ad Group, Inc. Production Manager MATTY LUONGO (954) 332-1002 [email protected] Director of Business Development Director of Photography JASON LEIDY NANCY PORTO Middle River Arts Photography [email protected] [email protected] Regional Sales Director Calendar Editor GABRIELLE ROLAND GAIL SPIER [email protected] [email protected]

Savor Editor RENÉE K. QUINN [email protected] DISTRIBUTION (954) 332-1002 Proofreader PAUL SORENSEN

Webmaster MIKE QUINN CONTRIBUTORS Diana Alarcon, Clarissa Buch, Genia Duncan Ellis, Dan Lindblade, Jenni Morejon, Renée K. Quinn, Samantha Rojas, Gabrielle Roland, Barbra Stern, Pete Stevenson, and Chris Wren

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FROM THE BOARD

Terry Stiles and Jane and Doug Eagon

2016 RIVERWALK TRIBUTE HONOREE DOUG EAGON

Real estate development and management company Stiles Corporation was in the midst of planning a business Get Fit park on Cypress Creek Road, and Eagon, then with the City appy New Year! Now that the holidays are over, it is time Planning Department, was to focus on your resolutions. If becoming more fit is one tasked with assisting. “I got to H of your goals, the Riverwalk is here to help! At two and a BY BARBRA STERN work with them on planning half miles long, the Riverwalk is a great place to come and jog along Riverwalk the property and laying out the New River. Through charitable donations, we have been able Fort Lauderdale Chair the subdivision and working to install a 10-unit exercise station on the north side of the New through all the rules with River behind Huizenga Plaza and a similar exercise station on the them to get approvals," he south side in Smoker Park. These exercise stations were installed to says. activate the Riverwalk and to help our residents and visitors become When he moved to the happier and healthier. Broward County Planning To keep you motivated throughout the year, Riverwalk Fort Division, Eagon worked with Lauderdale invites you to Find Your Fitness on Feb. 6 at Esplanade the Stiles Corporation again. Park. The family friendly event will take place from noon to 3 "After several months they p.m. Come and learn about different sports and the diverse ways said, 'You know just as much for people of all ages to live a healthy and active lifestyle. Gain the about this property as we do know-how to make healthy life choices. and we need help. Would you Fitness on the Riverwalk is not just limited to this event. There consider coming to work with are activities all week long to keep you going. Through Riverwalk us?'" Thirty-five years ago, Recreation programming, you can enjoy a cardio class, pilates, Eagon accepted the offer. segway tours, paddle boarding, and more. You can find more This article is part of information at www.goriverwalk.com or check out the events an ongoing series. Check calendar inside the magazine. archived and future issues for Riverwalk is also here to help you with unique gift ideas for past and subsequent articles upcoming holidays such as Valentine’s Day or special occasions. You respectively. The Riverwalk can show your appreciation for your loved one and the Riverwalk Tribute event will take place through a purchase of a brick on the Riverwalk or a tile on one of Thursday, Mar. 31. Call the four sculptures for Art in Public places. With each purchase, you (954) 468-1541 for more too can become part of the gem of downtown Fort Lauderdale – our information. Riverwalk!

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Terry Stiles and Jane and Doug Eagon

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A rendering of the future Shippey House

Open Streets, recently held in downtown, was Enhancement Planning twice the event of the previous year and is proposed to grow larger as we move forward. I can assure you that even with the dismal weather, a large number anuary marks the removal of the holiday of people enjoyed walking, biking, and experiencing festive lights and believe us, lighting the great food, games, displays, and art. The weather J Riverwalk is no minor feat. Thanks to our curtailed the event early in the day but didn’t partners in making this annual event successful. dampen the spirits of those that came. High season is upon us and the calendars are Shippey House is moving forward toward full of great events and happenings in downtown, BY GENIA completion with construction having commenced on the beach, and in the surrounding Greater Fort DUNCAN ELLIS and materials arriving daily for the rehabilitation. Lauderdale area. Options abound for our residents President/CEO, We will keep you informed as to our estimated and tourists and Fort Lauderdale is quickly Riverwalk completion date. Look for a grand opening ribbon Fort Lauderdale becoming a multi-model community with a variety cutting. Thank you to our partners, sponsors, and of ways to take advantage of the options offered. donors for saving this property and making it viable The completion of the Riverwalk on the north in our community. side of the river continues through permitting and Our Master Plan and Projects Committee is very we are hoping to be in hard construction during active in identifying new opportunities to enhance this quarter. It is a brief construction period and we the linear park and to source new activations hope to have you strolling Riverwalk by spring. that will accommodate our growing downtown Installation of the additional lights on the north community, businesses, and tourists. side is complete along with the changeover to LED Be sure to make your plans for the upcoming lighting – a vast improvement. Be sure to take a Riverwalk Stone Crab & Seafood Festival and the stroll some evening and enjoy the fantastic weather. Annual Chili Cook-off!

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MEMBERS OF RIVERWALK FORT LAUDERDALE EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT AND JOIN US IN OUR MISSION OF TRUSTEE MEMBER BUILDING A VIBRANT COMMUNITY. RIVERWALK SUPPORTS DOWNTOWN’S DIVERSE, MIXED-USE COMMUNITY Dana Cahn Welcome OF ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS AND BUSINESS, RESIDENTIAL, JUDICIAL, EDUCATIONAL, NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS AND MARINE INTERESTS. TO JOIN, VISIT WWW.GORIVERWALK.COM/MEMBERSHIP. MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

TRUSTEE MEMBER TRUSTEE MEMBER Originally from Potomac, Greg Romanelli Carey Maryland, I first moved CORPORATE MIAMI HERALD MEDIA COMPANY to Florida to attend the Villeneuve John and Nadine Floyd BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & University of South Florida in 1990. I graduated with a The Media Lab, Inc. Professionally, I am fortunate ROONEY Bachelor’s degree in social work, then made my way to Miami to attend Barry University, where I earned my to manage the Real Estate EXECUTIVE Master’s degree in social work. Since earning my LCSW Advertising Team for the Miami I am an attorney at Steve Hudson (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) credentials, I have Herald Media Company where Buchanan Ingersoll & Hudson Capital Group always worked in the mental health field, primarily in we leverage digital, print, and event marketing platforms Rooney where I practice commercial litigation and the areas of mental illness and substance abuse. to support sales for realtors and developers. Our content appeals. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, I Over the course of my career, I repeatedly witnessed TRUSTEE portfolio consists of our Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper, moved to Fort Lauderdale in 2010 because it is the the needs of children in our community, especially Mark Budwig and Nick Scalzo Mark Peterson MiamiHerald.com, INDULGE Magazine, Miami.com, only major city in Florida where people can live, S. Mark Graphics Fifth Third Bank when the parents of those children were divorced. ElNuevoHerald.com, the LGBTQ lifestyle quarterly work, and play downtown, and still be within biking The program of Co-Parenting: Raising Happy Kids Patience Cohn Judith Stern magazine Palette, and an expansive email database. distance to the beach. Marine Industries Association Judith Stern Consulting after Divorce or Separation involves working with My connection to the area began in 1974, when I called I live with my wife and two children in Victoria both parents to teach them the skills needed to co- Michael Faerber Michael Wild Fort Lauderdale home for a week or so each February with Park. As a frequent user of the Riverwalk, for both D’Angelo Realty Wild Felice & Partners parent successfully. These cooperative parenting my family as we sought refuge from the chill of suburban recreation and exercise, and as someone who is skills ensure the children’s best interests are addressed, Joseph Mustipher Dan Young New York City. In 1987, we made South Florida our home very passionate about the future development of USA Benefits Group B2B CFO prevent harmful effects, and keep the children from full-time and, for many of the years since then, I have lived Downtown Fort Lauderdale, I joined the Riverwalk being caught in the crossfire with one parent against in Fort Lauderdale, close to the same beach resort that Board in 2015, and I serve on Riverwalk’s Master the other. My passion for co-parenting has led me DOUBLE helped shape many adventurous childhood memories. Planning and Projects Committee. to partner with the Mental Health Association of April Kirk After graduating from Blair Academy in New Jersey In other matters of civic engagement, I formerly Stranahan House Southeast Florida where I work closely with attorneys, and Rollins College in Winter Park, FL, my professional served on the Fort Lauderdale Education Advisory judges, and the courts, to help parents, who are no footsteps followed those of my father's – working with Board, and currently sit on the Fort Lauderdale longer together, co-parent successfully and create INDIVIDUAL leading advertising agencies and also globally-recognized Board of Adjustment. I am a member of Leadership loving, productive environments for their children. Christopher Brown Jenni Morejon websites, newspapers, and magazines. Fort Lauderdale’s Class XXII. I also serve as the When I am not actively working to expand the Ken Caruana Kenneth Ortner Personal pursuits include acting as a board member chairperson of the Victoria Park Civic Association’s Anita Fried Lori Rabinowitz program, I care for three children of my own. I joined Cheryl Halliday Linda Stark with a community arts nonprofit, cohabitating with an Crime Watch Committee, and I am a member Riverwalk so I can meet more professionals in the Jill Horowitz Judie Stern 11-year-old English Bulldog named "Vegas," and enjoying of Gilda’s Club South Florida’s Young Leadership Martha Kenyon Jessica Vones downtown area, and to support the ongoing efforts of Robert McGlotten William Ward life on the beach close to my family. Steering Committee. an area I frequently visit and enjoy. I am excited to be a new member of Riverwalk Fort During whatever free time I can manage, I play Lauderdale as the area continues to grow through tennis and beach volleyball and cheer on the Florida technological innovation and leadership, which I hope to Gators. contribute to professionally and personally.

ith a new year comes going consistently for years. make Fort Lauderdale a better place for as Get Downtown. First time Trustee Resolve promises of new beginnings. However, there is one resolution everyone. members also receive a feature here to Join! W Many people make a New you can make and feel proud of every In addition to fulfilling your in the magazine, a complimentary Year’s resolution to go to the gym more day and that is to become a member of New Year’s resolution, there are brick on the Riverwalk, and tickets to often, lose weight, stop smoking or Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale. Whether many benefits to being a Riverwalk Riverwalk Tribute. make a behavior change for the better. you join as a onetime member or as a member. Depending on your level So include a Riverwalk Fort Unfortunately, many people with the best monthly sustaining member, you will of membership, not only will you Lauderdale membership in your New

STAFF PATRICK HARRIS of intentions fail in their attempts to start be able to proudly say all year long receive this magazine delivered to Year’s resolutions and you will be able RIVERWALK FORT LAUDERDALE anew and the gyms of the world soon that you have fulfilled your New Year’s your home or work every month, you to proudly say you accomplished what BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST revert back to the regulars who have been resolution and are doing your part to will also receive tickets to events such you set out to do!

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In honor of Open Streets Fort Lauderdale and Open Streets the Winterfest Family Fun Day, Las Olas Blvd. Fort Lauderdale and transformed into a pedestrian playground on Nov. 22, 2015. Attendees biked, walked, Winterfest Family Fun Day and skated down the boulevard, taking advantage of the various activities and PHOTOS BY JASON LEIDY performances during the day.

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In honor of Open Streets Fort Lauderdale and Open Streets the Winterfest Family Fun Day, Las Olas Blvd. Fort Lauderdale and transformed into a pedestrian playground Cherry Roofing on Nov. 22, 2015. Attendees biked, walked, Winterfest Family Fun Day and skated down the boulevard, taking advantage of the various activities and PHOTOS BY JASON LEIDY performances during the day. DOWNTOWN LOWDOWN

navigating our beautiful city easier for visitors – no smart phone required. Some of the other plans that the DDA has in store include the expansion of the popular Ambassador program and the completion of the Riverwalk connection. Here’s what some of our Downtown partners are looking forward to in 2016: At the Museum of Discovery and Science, Marlene Janetos, Vice President of Visitor Services, Marketing and Communications says, “We are looking forward to offering three new traveling exhibit experiences to our guests. In the spring guests will be able to explore Mind Benders Mansion, Wildlife Great Expectations Rescue in the summer, and Drugs: Costs and Consequences in the fall. Also, starting in October 2016, the AutoNation IMAX 3D appy New Year Downtown Fort Lauderdale! Theatre will illuminate its six-story screen by If 2015 is any indication, we’re in for another lasers with the installation of IMAX’s laser digital H fantastic year full of exciting milestones. BY CHRIS WREN projection system. This new technology offers Last year we saw the addition of more than one Executive Director, brighter images, intense colors, and incredible thousand completed residential units and we ended Downtown detail that will leave you in awe.” Development the year with 861 under construction. This year Authority Jessica Savage, Media Relations Director of will be another busy construction year since 4,712 the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and residential units, 162,934 square feet of retail, 405,555 Visitors Bureau says, “We are excited about 2016 square feet of office space, and 1,024 hotel rooms were because we forecast 500,000 new visitors to under review or approved at the time of publication. Greater Fort Lauderdale next year! Imagine how At this rate, 2016’s development activity could eclipse great it will be to show them who we are and that of last year. what we have become! Our county's residents Two thousand sixteen will also be a momentous will have more to enjoy and more to share with year for our two new transit systems, the Wave our guests." Streetcar and All Aboard Florida. The latter’s Fort Over at Broward College, Jonathan Schwartz, Lauderdale station is slated for completion late this Assistant Vice President of Operations Planning, year in anticipation of the system’s planned 2017 Real Estate says, “In 2016, Broward College looks start date. As for the Wave Streetcar, the Project forward to planning the redevelopment of our Management Consultant (PMC) anticipates the final downtown campus in the heart of Downtown design to be completed by May of this year, which will Fort Lauderdale. The ongoing growth of our then be discussed with partners and the community. city has created an exciting opportunity for Thereafter, we look forward to breaking ground on the college to provide a unique urban campus the project this September! environment for our students.” Part of the Wave Streetcar system is the Intelligent As always, expect to see many new businesses Transportation System (ITS), which launched online and activities pop up in downtown this year. last November. This year, we’ll see the physical With each new year the place gets better and component of the project realized. Ten interactive better. Downtown is certainly poised for kiosks will be built throughout downtown and along great things in 2016 and I wish you the same,

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navigating our beautiful city easier for visitors – no smart phone required. Some of the other plans that the DDA has in store include the expansion of the popular Ambassador program and the completion of the Riverwalk connection. Here’s what some of our Downtown partners are looking forward to in 2016: At the Museum of Discovery and Science, Marlene Janetos, Vice President of Visitor Services, Marketing and Communications says, “We are looking forward to offering three new traveling exhibit experiences to our guests. In the spring guests will be able to explore Mind Benders Mansion, Wildlife Great Expectations Rescue in the summer, and Drugs: Costs and Consequences in the fall. Also, starting in October 2016, the AutoNation IMAX 3D appy New Year Downtown Fort Lauderdale! Theatre will illuminate its six-story screen by SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2016 If 2015 is any indication, we’re in for another lasers with the installation of IMAX’s laser digital H fantastic year full of exciting milestones. BY CHRIS WREN projection system. This new technology offers Last year we saw the addition of more than one Executive Director, brighter images, intense colors, and incredible ESPLANADE PARK thousand completed residential units and we ended Downtown detail that will leave you in awe.” Development the year with 861 under construction. This year Authority Jessica Savage, Media Relations Director of 12 - 4 PM will be another busy construction year since 4,712 the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and residential units, 162,934 square feet of retail, 405,555 Visitors Bureau says, “We are excited about 2016 square feet of office space, and 1,024 hotel rooms were because we forecast 500,000 new visitors to under review or approved at the time of publication. Greater Fort Lauderdale next year! Imagine how At this rate, 2016’s development activity could eclipse great it will be to show them who we are and that of last year. what we have become! Our county's residents FREE Family-Friendly Event Two thousand sixteen will also be a momentous will have more to enjoy and more to share with year for our two new transit systems, the Wave our guests." A Chili Cook Off where YOU are the judge Streetcar and All Aboard Florida. The latter’s Fort Over at Broward College, Jonathan Schwartz, Lauderdale station is slated for completion late this Assistant Vice President of Operations Planning, year in anticipation of the system’s planned 2017 Real Estate says, “In 2016, Broward College looks start date. As for the Wave Streetcar, the Project forward to planning the redevelopment of our Live Music by Management Consultant (PMC) anticipates the final downtown campus in the heart of Downtown design to be completed by May of this year, which will Fort Lauderdale. The ongoing growth of our then be discussed with partners and the community. city has created an exciting opportunity for Thereafter, we look forward to breaking ground on the college to provide a unique urban campus the project this September! environment for our students.” Part of the Wave Streetcar system is the Intelligent As always, expect to see many new businesses Transportation System (ITS), which launched online and activities pop up in downtown this year. last November. This year, we’ll see the physical With each new year the place gets better and FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SPONSORSHIP OR PARTICIPATION component of the project realized. Ten interactive better. Downtown is certainly poised for kiosks will be built throughout downtown and along great things in 2016 and I wish you the same, CONTACT RIVERWALK FORT LAUDERDALE 954.468.1541

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It Takes a Village Flagler Village, Progresso Village, and Historic Sistrunk Village ALL HANDS ON DECK TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THE CRA

ort Lauderdale’s newest hot area isn’t new at all. In fact, it’s rich in history. And now, F it’s rich in opportunity. Twenty years ago, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission created the Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment Area (NPF CRA). The NPF CRA was created to provide the City with the ability to use tax increment financing (TIF) to make investments in public infrastructure such as streetscapes, parks, and parking to spur and support private development. The NPF area is made up of nearly 1,400 acres from Broward Blvd. to Sunrise Blvd., Federal Hwy. to the western city limits. A Community Redevelopment Plan was produced in 1995, and amended in 2001, to outline the community’s desired public and private improvements along with a spending program for the TIF funds. Over the past 10 years, the NPF CRA has invested more than $20 million dollars into infrastructure, lighting, sidewalks, and buildings to ensure that the goals of the organization are met. The NPF CRA is projected to generate approximately $89 million in tax increment revenue before the agency expires in 2025. The Fort Lauderdale City Commission serves as the Community Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors. The CRA Advisory Board is appointed up to 80 percent of the improvement costs, not to by the City Commission and made up of dedicated exceed $15,000. neighbors, business owners, and those with a stake The NPF CRA is a place for people to live, work, in the area, who serve to promote redevelopment play, and raise a family without having to travel activities and implement the Redevelopment Plan far distances from the city center. It is a place for objectives. the up-and-coming business owner or developer BY JENNI MOREJON In an effort to create a vibrant, sustainable Director, Department to bring ideas to the table about new sustainable, community, the CRA offers various development of Sustainable economic development projects. It is a place for Development, City incentive programs to stimulate positive development of Fort Lauderdale. the young college graduate to be able to return and economic growth. The Property and Business home and work in his or her community because Investment Program (PBIB) provides a forgivable a place for positive growth and development has loan over a maximum seven-year period. Under the been created. program guidelines, applicants in the Primary Area We have invested in the future of the Northwest- may apply for funding in an amount not to exceed Progresso-Flagler Village CRA, and we invite $200,000 or 40 percent of the eligible construction you to invest with us. From new commercial and project expenses. Projects in the Secondary Area mixed-use projects to single family developments, may apply for funding for an amount not to exceed possibilities abound in the NPF CRA. To learn $100,000 or 20 percent of the cost, whichever is less. more about our current incentive programs, or The Façade Improvement Program is an incentive to discuss investing in the area, please contact the tool available to businesses located in the NPF CRA Economic & Community Reinvestment Division to assist with improvements to the exterior of a in the Department of Sustainable Development at commercial building and site, providing a grant for (954) 828-6985.

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It Takes a Village Flagler Village, Progresso Village, and Historic Sistrunk Village ALL HANDS ON DECK TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THE CRA ort Lauderdale’s newest hot area isn’t new at all. In fact, it’s rich in history. And now, F it’s rich in opportunity. Twenty years ago, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission created the Northwest-Progresso-Flagler Heights Community Redevelopment Area (NPF CRA). The NPF CRA was created to provide the City with the ability to use tax increment financing (TIF) to make investments in public infrastructure such as streetscapes, parks, and parking to spur and support private development. The NPF area is made up of nearly 1,400 acres from Broward Blvd. to Sunrise Blvd., Federal Hwy. to the western city limits. A Community Redevelopment Plan was produced in 1995, and amended in 2001, to outline the community’s desired public and private improvements along with a spending program for the TIF funds. Over the past 10 years, the NPF CRA has invested more than $20 million dollars into infrastructure, lighting, sidewalks, and buildings to ensure that the goals of the organization are met. The NPF CRA is projected to generate approximately $89 million in tax increment revenue before the agency expires in 2025. The Fort Lauderdale City Commission serves as the Community Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors. The CRA Advisory Board is appointed up to 80 percent of the improvement costs, not to by the City Commission and made up of dedicated exceed $15,000. neighbors, business owners, and those with a stake The NPF CRA is a place for people to live, work, in the area, who serve to promote redevelopment play, and raise a family without having to travel activities and implement the Redevelopment Plan far distances from the city center. It is a place for objectives. the up-and-coming business owner or developer BY JENNI MOREJON In an effort to create a vibrant, sustainable Director, Department to bring ideas to the table about new sustainable, community, the CRA offers various development of Sustainable economic development projects. It is a place for Development, City incentive programs to stimulate positive development of Fort Lauderdale. the young college graduate to be able to return and economic growth. The Property and Business home and work in his or her community because Investment Program (PBIB) provides a forgivable a place for positive growth and development has loan over a maximum seven-year period. Under the been created. program guidelines, applicants in the Primary Area We have invested in the future of the Northwest- may apply for funding in an amount not to exceed Progresso-Flagler Village CRA, and we invite $200,000 or 40 percent of the eligible construction you to invest with us. From new commercial and project expenses. Projects in the Secondary Area mixed-use projects to single family developments, may apply for funding for an amount not to exceed possibilities abound in the NPF CRA. To learn $100,000 or 20 percent of the cost, whichever is less. more about our current incentive programs, or The Façade Improvement Program is an incentive to discuss investing in the area, please contact the tool available to businesses located in the NPF CRA Economic & Community Reinvestment Division to assist with improvements to the exterior of a in the Department of Sustainable Development at commercial building and site, providing a grant for (954) 828-6985. ESPLANADE PARK - FORT LAUDERDALE FEBRUARY 26 -28 2016 www.riverwalkblues.com TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY

Looking Both Ways 2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

A TRANSPORTATION PARADIGM SHIFT

s we embark on the new year, it's a good time to pause and reflect on progress A made and to take a glance at what's on the horizon to make Fort Lauderdale "The city you never want to leave.” From a transportation perspective this means BY DIANA ALARCON moving from a reliance on cars for every trip Director, to a more balanced network of comfortable Transportation and Mobility Department, and convenient alternatives. This shift of trips City of Fort will relieve congestion on our roadways and Lauderdale contribute to live, work, play communities where key destinations allow for walking, biking, and transit trips, including streetcars in the near future. "Fixes,” which include infrastructure projects as well as appropriate land uses and intensities, require methodical, measured, and coordinated moves with many partners including the county, state, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the Broward County Planning Council, to name a few. Many of the solutions are heavy lifts that not only take time to put in place, but also require time to begin to see evidence of their effects in our daily lives. This is the case with any significant paradigm shift. An example is seeing the impact of compact and transit oriented development on changing the way people move. Another area where effort and results are not visible to the eye is the work being done to adapt to climate change impacts such as sea level rise and changes to the frequency and intensity of rain events in • Launch the Traffic Calming Toolbox our community. This issue is on our radar and is Program to provide guidance to a consideration of transportation planning and neighborhoods for strategies to reduce project management. speeding and cut throughs and enhance The following is a glance at what's on the safe routes for pedestrians and bicyclists horizon for 2016: • Advance Vision Zero: Fort Lauderdale - • Advance Commission Annual Action Plan the City's comprehensive plan to reduce priorities to develop a 17th Street Mobility pedestrian and bicycle fatalities through and Beach Traffic Management Plan the five E's: Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, and • Advance Community Investment Program Evaluation projects including: 13th Street Complete Street Project, Henry E. Kinney Tunnel • Develop Neighborhood Mobility Master Pedestrian Plaza/Intersection Improvement Plans for Shady Banks and Tarpon River Project, Downtown Walkability Project, Civic Associations and wayfinding projects on Riverwalk, in • Launch the City Employee Bike Share downtown, and on the beach Program at three locations

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Looking Both Ways 2015 ACCOMPLISHMENTS A TRANSPORTATION PARADIGM SHIFT Jazz: Hot, Cold, s we embark on the new year, it's a good and always original time to pause and reflect on progress A made and to take a glance at what's on the horizon to make Fort Lauderdale "The city you never want to leave.” From a transportation perspective this means BY DIANA ALARCON moving from a reliance on cars for every trip Director, to a more balanced network of comfortable Transportation and Mobility Department, and convenient alternatives. This shift of trips City of Fort will relieve congestion on our roadways and Lauderdale contribute to live, work, play communities where key destinations allow for walking, biking, and transit trips, including streetcars in the near future. "Fixes,” which include infrastructure projects as well as appropriate land uses and intensities, JANUARY 15 FEBRUAY 10 MARCH 9 require methodical, measured, and coordinated John Pizzarelli Quartet Delfeayo Marsalis Ed Callé Big Band moves with many partners including the county, “reinvigorating the Quartet Latin with a Jazz Twist state, the Broward Metropolitan Planning Great American Songbook Last Southern Gentlemen Tour Organization, and the Broward County Planning and re-popularizing jazz.” Council, to name a few. The Toronto Star Many of the solutions are heavy lifts that not only take time to put in place, but also require time to begin to see evidence of their effects in our daily lives. This is the case with any significant paradigm shift. An example is seeing the impact of compact and transit oriented development on changing the way people move. Another area where effort and results are not visible to the eye is the work being done to adapt to climate change impacts such as sea level rise and changes to the frequency and intensity of rain events in • Launch the Traffic Calming Toolbox our community. This issue is on our radar and is Program to provide guidance to neighborhoods for strategies to reduce a consideration of transportation planning and APRIL13 MAY 11 project management. speeding and cut throughs and enhance The following is a glance at what's on the safe routes for pedestrians and bicyclists Bria Skonberg Quartet Giacomo Gates & Gold Coast horizon for 2016: • Advance Vision Zero: Fort Lauderdale - Brass and Velvet... Jazz Society Band Trio Music of Louis Armstrong, • Advance Commission Annual Action Plan the City's comprehensive plan to reduce Music, Lyrics, Stories and Fun priorities to develop a 17th Street Mobility pedestrian and bicycle fatalities through Anita O’Day and More and Beach Traffic Management Plan the five E's: Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, and • Advance Community Investment Program Evaluation projects including: 13th Street Complete All shows at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts Street Project, Henry E. Kinney Tunnel • Develop Neighborhood Mobility Master Performances start at 7:45pm • Tickets: 954.462.0222 Plans for Shady Banks and Tarpon River Pedestrian Plaza/Intersection Improvement BrowardCenter.org | goldcoastjazz.org Project, Downtown Walkability Project, Civic Associations and wayfinding projects on Riverwalk, in • Launch the City Employee Bike Share downtown, and on the beach Program at three locations DOWNTOWN COUNCIL

A rendering of the Wave Streetcar, Broward B Cycle shared bikes, and a rendering of the All Aboard Florida Fort Lauderdale station

of Sustainable Development continues to Transport Diversity implement the vision of our commission, steering growth to the appropriate locations. PROMOTING DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET AROUND THE CITY The City of Fort Lauderdale along with many partners hosted Open Streets last November encouraging our public to walk, n continuing to make Fort Lauderdale a ride a bike, and use alternate, non-vehicular destination, the connectivity between the means of transportation. We are a progressive I beach and downtown becomes more vital than city seeking better means of transportation, ever before. The Downtown Council and the Beach improvement of our roadway structure, and Council have held some collaborative meetings and community engagement in making those changes and additions. We are a city of there is a plan to host more of them in the early part BY GENIA of this year as we continue to coordinate marketing, DUNCAN ELLIS transportation options. transportation, and available services to enhance President/CEO, The Downtown Council, in conjunction the premise that Fort Lauderdale is the city you Riverwalk with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber Fort Lauderdale never want to leave. of Commerce, works hard to encourage the With a convenient airport, seaport, varied ground transformation of our city into the destination transportation as well as water transportation, it should be. Collectively, they work through we are poised to be a transportation hub for the Government Affairs Committee to address South Florida. With All Aboard Florida and the legislative or administrative needs and concerns Wave Streetcar headed our way and the great and lobby in Tallahassee and Washington for service the Sun Trolley and Broward County the needs of this community. The Chamber Transit provide, our local MPO works hard to of Commerce Board of Directors follows the assure ease in movement. The Fort Lauderdale trending issues of our community, county, and Transportation and Mobility Department is cutting state and remains vigilant with a finger on the edge with options to assure pedestrian safety local pulse. We look forward to a productive and the movement of traffic. The Department and progressive 2016. STREETCAR PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; ALL ABOARD FLORIDA EQROY / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM; WAVE

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One East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 • nsuartmuseum.org

REVOLUTION OF THE EYE: P MODERN ART Presented by

AND THE BIRTH A rendering of the Wave Streetcar, Broward B Cycle shared bikes, and a rendering of the All Aboard Florida Fort Lauderdale station The exhibition is made possible by the Andy Warhol OF AMERICAN Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Skirball Fund for American Jewish Life Exhibitions, and other generous donors. TELEVISION Additional support at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is provided by VANITY FAIR and by the Lynn and Louis

Wolfson II Family Foundation. Media Partner: CBS4 THROUGH JANUARY 10, 2016

Andy Warhol with Sonny Liston in a

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THE INDESTRUCTIBLE of Sustainable Development continues to LEE MILLER Transport Diversity implement the vision of our commission, steering growth to the appropriate locations. THROUGH FEBRUARY 14, 2016 The Indestructible Lee Miller PROMOTING DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET AROUND THE CITY The City of Fort Lauderdale along with was organized in association with The Albertina Museum, Vienna many partners hosted Open Streets last (as the exhibition Lee Miller). November encouraging our public to walk,

n continuing to make Fort Lauderdale a ride a bike, and use alternate, non-vehicular destination, the connectivity between the means of transportation. We are a progressive Lee Miller (1907-1977; American) beach and downtown becomes more vital than city seeking better means of transportation, Fire Masks, London, 1941 I Modern exhibition digital print ever before. The Downtown Council and the Beach improvement of our roadway structure, and ©Lee Miller Archives, England 2015. All rights reserved. Council have held some collaborative meetings and community engagement in making those there is a plan to host more of them in the early part changes and additions. We are a city of BY GENIA of this year as we continue to coordinate marketing, DUNCAN ELLIS transportation options. BELLISSIMA: transportation, and available services to enhance President/CEO, The Downtown Council, in conjunction ITALY AND the premise that Fort Lauderdale is the city you Riverwalk with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber Presented by Fort Lauderdale HIGH FASHION never want to leave. of Commerce, works hard to encourage the  With a convenient airport, seaport, varied ground transformation of our city into the destination 1945-1968 transportation as well as water transportation, it should be. Collectively, they work through Bellissima Gala on February 5, 2016 we are poised to be a transportation hub for the Government Affairs Committee to address FEBRUARY 7 – JUNE 5, 2016 Bellissima: ItalyItaly andand HighHigh FashionFashion 19451945 –– 1968,1968, aa projectproject byby MAXXI: National South Florida. With All Aboard Florida and the legislative or administrative needs and concerns NationalMuseum Museumof the XXI of Century the XXI ArtsCentury in Rome, Arts in is Rome,curated is bycurated Maria byLuisa Maria Frisa, Luisa Frisa, Anna Mattirolo and Stefano Tonchi.. Wave Streetcar headed our way and the great and lobby in Tallahassee and Washington for Additional support for this exhibition is provided by the ConsulateItalian Trade General Commission, of Italy service the Sun Trolley and Broward County the needs of this community. The Chamber inthe Miami, Consulate Italian General Trade Commission, of Italy in Miami, Vontobel Vontobel Swiss Swiss Wealth Wealth Advisors Advisors AG, FundingAG, ArtsFunding Broward, Arts BrowardLa Rosa Mannequinsand Condé Nast. and Condé Nast. Transit provide, our local MPO works hard to of Commerce Board of Directors follows the SorelleSorelle BottiBotti designdesign atat thethe galleriagalleria assure ease in movement. The Fort Lauderdale trending issues of our community, county, and Borghese,Borghese, RomeRome,, 1947.1947. PhotographPhotograph byby PasqualePasquale DeDe AntonisAntonis Transportation and Mobility Department is cutting state and remains vigilant with a finger on the edge with options to assure pedestrian safety local pulse. We look forward to a productive

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CULTURALLY SPEAKING

A Night to Remember

CHILLOUNGE NIGHT COMES TO FORT LAUDERDALE

n Feb. 6, Fort Lauderdale’s inaugural Chillounge Night Owill premiere in Huizenga Plaza. It’s chill, it’s Florida, and it’s all ours, thanks to Rainer Scheer II, who brainstormed the Florida outdoors event more than eight years ago. Now it’s coming to Fort Lauderdale. "I am always looking to create a magical evening that is elegant and stylish,” says Scheer. "Huizenga Plaza and the neighboring Las Olas Blvd. and waterfront communities provide a majestic atmosphere to create a night own experience with it at a shopping center in Sarasota. that everyone will remember." It's like nothing Fort Lauderdale has ever seen before,” says What many may not realize is that Marketing Consultant Andrew Martineau. “I knew then we Chillounge is part of a larger initiative in should bring it to Huizenga Plaza.” the ultimate outdoor lounge experience Broward Cultural Division is proud to be a sponsor. "We arena. The idea has interested the likes BY SAMANTHA jumped at the opportunity to be involved in this obviously of more than 90,000 attendees in seven ROJAS unique event that has already had so much success in other Florida cities since 2008 and has raised Florida cities, and we feel it is a perfect fit for Fort Lauderdale Public Relations hundreds of thousands of dollars for Writer, Broward and Broward County," says Earl Bosworth, Broward Cultural charities along the way. The goal of the Cultural Division. She Division Director. "Opening doors for local artists to perform can be reached at founder is to offer a transformation of [email protected]. in great venues is part of our expanded vision going forward." simple outdoor space into a magnificent Broward chalk artist Carrie Bennett, painter Mabel If you would like natural living room. A fantastic concept. to receive the Cultural Vittini, and live Japanese musician Yoshiko Carlton (Friends of The combination of great Quarterly online fine Koto) have been contracted through the Division to perform arts magazine, entertainment, subtle lighting, and visit the website at in addition to other artists, who will dazzle with a fashion show chic furniture creates the “ultimate broward.org/arts and a captivating daybed parade. The colorful and sensual and click on cool outdoor lounge experience.” Add Cultural Quarterly Phoebe Vecchioni Samba Troupe will perform, and, as featured to that Fort Lauderdale’s own local to subscribe. on America's Got Talent, the graceful AeroSphere Aerial downtown park, the nearby water, Balloon performance from Nock Productions will be featured. plus a combination experience that Also performing will be Karina Iglesia and the Nu Thang and will transform the familiar into the the band Eloquence. unfamiliar in comfort and style with The event will be captured live and broadcasted onto a large romantic breezes and a night sky state of the art LED wall using HD video streaming, making backdrop, and boom! We’ve been the performances and the audience come alive no matter Chillounge-ed. where you are at this spectacular event. Additionally, to get the Delray Beach, Fort Meyers, Orlando, most out of the Chillounge experience, organizers invite the St. Petersburg, Tampa, Sarasota, and audience to record and share their own vibes on FRUIO, a free Treasure Island form the cluster so far mobile video app available in iOS and Android. It’s an online that Fort Lauderdale will now join. platform that showcases the hottest local happenings. "I heard about Chilllounge Night a Tickets are available at www.chilloungenight.com. A limited few years ago from some friends in number of VIP tickets, which include complimentary food, Tampa and coincidentally had my beverages, and deserts will be available.

30 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM CULTURALLY SPEAKING

A Night to Remember

CHILLOUNGE NIGHT COMES TO FORT LAUDERDALE n Feb. 6, Fort Lauderdale’s inaugural Chillounge Night Owill premiere in Huizenga Plaza. It’s chill, it’s Florida, and it’s all ours, thanks to Rainer Scheer II, who brainstormed the Florida outdoors event more than eight years ago. Now it’s coming to Fort Lauderdale. "I am always looking to create a magical evening that is elegant and stylish,” says Scheer. "Huizenga Plaza and the neighboring Las Olas Blvd. and waterfront communities provide a majestic atmosphere to create a night own experience with it at a shopping center in Sarasota. that everyone will remember." It's like nothing Fort Lauderdale has ever seen before,” says What many may not realize is that Marketing Consultant Andrew Martineau. “I knew then we Chillounge is part of a larger initiative in should bring it to Huizenga Plaza.” the ultimate outdoor lounge experience Broward Cultural Division is proud to be a sponsor. "We arena. The idea has interested the likes BY SAMANTHA jumped at the opportunity to be involved in this obviously of more than 90,000 attendees in seven ROJAS unique event that has already had so much success in other Florida cities since 2008 and has raised Florida cities, and we feel it is a perfect fit for Fort Lauderdale Public Relations hundreds of thousands of dollars for Writer, Broward and Broward County," says Earl Bosworth, Broward Cultural charities along the way. The goal of the Cultural Division. She Division Director. "Opening doors for local artists to perform can be reached at founder is to offer a transformation of [email protected]. in great venues is part of our expanded vision going forward." simple outdoor space into a magnificent Broward chalk artist Carrie Bennett, painter Mabel If you would like natural living room. A fantastic concept. to receive the Cultural Vittini, and live Japanese musician Yoshiko Carlton (Friends of The combination of great Quarterly online fine Koto) have been contracted through the Division to perform arts magazine, entertainment, subtle lighting, and visit the website at in addition to other artists, who will dazzle with a fashion show chic furniture creates the “ultimate broward.org/arts and a captivating daybed parade. The colorful and sensual and click on cool outdoor lounge experience.” Add Cultural Quarterly Phoebe Vecchioni Samba Troupe will perform, and, as featured to that Fort Lauderdale’s own local to subscribe. on America's Got Talent, the graceful AeroSphere Aerial downtown park, the nearby water, Balloon performance from Nock Productions will be featured. plus a combination experience that Also performing will be Karina Iglesia and the Nu Thang and will transform the familiar into the the band Eloquence. unfamiliar in comfort and style with The event will be captured live and broadcasted onto a large romantic breezes and a night sky state of the art LED wall using HD video streaming, making backdrop, and boom! We’ve been the performances and the audience come alive no matter Chillounge-ed. where you are at this spectacular event. Additionally, to get the Delray Beach, Fort Meyers, Orlando, most out of the Chillounge experience, organizers invite the St. Petersburg, Tampa, Sarasota, and audience to record and share their own vibes on FRUIO, a free Treasure Island form the cluster so far mobile video app available in iOS and Android. It’s an online that Fort Lauderdale will now join. platform that showcases the hottest local happenings. "I heard about Chilllounge Night a Tickets are available at www.chilloungenight.com. A limited few years ago from some friends in number of VIP tickets, which include complimentary food, Tampa and coincidentally had my beverages, and deserts will be available. LOCAL ECONOMICS

• Extending the sales tax exemption on college textbooks for another year – $46 million. • Ten day Back-to-School and nine day Disaster Preparedness sales tax holidays – $72.8 million in FY 2017. For economic development, the governor’s plan proposes a one-time $250 million “Florida Enterprise Fund,” to grow jobs through diversification of the sunshine state’s economy and support for small business. Governor Scott also included $122.5 million for economic development public- private partnerships –$80 million for VISIT FLORIDA, $17.5 million for Space Florida, and $25 million for Enterprise Florida. The budget also recommends funding other job-related training and export expansion programs, along with workforce investments including $229 million for Florida’s 24 regional CareerSource Boards. With respect to transportation, Governor A Piece of the Pie Scott recommends $9.2 billion for the Department of Transportation’s Work Program which, in part, includes the A REVIEW OF PROPOSED BUDGET CHANGES following: • $237.6 million for aviation programs he Florida Legislature plays a pivotal role in • $574 million for transit program the success of our region in any number of improvements Tareas – tourism, attracting new corporations, • $153.9 million in seaport Everglades and beach restoration, health care, education infrastructure improvements funding, and a host of other areas. • $159 million for safety initiatives In 2016, the legislature begins it session Jan. 12 and BY DAN LINDBLADE • $3.3 billion to expand transportation ends it on Mar. 11, however, committee meetings in President/CEO, system capacity, including 169 new both houses have been active in the fourth quarter of Greater Fort lane miles Lauderdale Chamber 2015 and Governor Rick Scott has presented his Fiscal of Commerce There is $50 million targeted for Year (FY) 2017 budget. water supply programs, $151 million for The Chamber partners with other organizations like Everglades restoration, $50 million to protect Broward Days, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and Florida’s springs, $63 million for targeted the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, and land acquisition, and $25 million for beach others, to have a grassroots presence on issues related to renourishment projects. our mission within the region. Lastly, an area we will be watching is Governor Scott’s Florida First Budget is a $79.3 billion $131.4 million for affordable housing spending plan, representing an increase of $1.3 billion programs, which includes $97.4 million (five percent) over the state’s current budget. Within his for the State Apartment Incentive Loan proposal are over $1 billion in tax cuts, including: (SAIL) program and $34 million for the • Permanently eliminating income tax on State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) manufacturing and retail businesses – program. $770 million annually. We are reviewing many pieces of • Permanently eliminating the tax on legislation as we push forward to protect manufacturing machinery and equipment – and energize the free enterprise system. You $76.9 million annually. can help by responding to our calls to action • One percent tax cut on commercial leases – and attending Broward Days on Feb. 17-18 $339 million over the next two fiscal years. (www.browarddays.com).

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MILLENNIALS FORM THE LARGEST GENERATION IN AMERICA AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE WORKPLACE HAVE BEEN DEBATED BY MANY.

WRITER ALEXANDRA ROLAND

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WRITER ALEXANDRA ROLAND

GORIVERWALK.COM • JANUARY 2016 37 A millennial’s view is contrary. They were best friends with their boss, but we do. perceive themselves as self-inventive and Millennials care about that. There’s just a innovative. According to Thielfoldt, they difference in what we value.” describe their generation as optimistic. “They Generally not shy about seeking to move want to make a better world. They want to up in a company, if they’re bored, they’ll leave make a big impact. They’re not singularly and may not have any qualms with doing money motivated and they don’t believe that so. Thielfoldt says, “They tend to be rather age should get in their way.” She adds, “They transparent and they expect transparency in tend to be very confident. They’re perhaps the workplace.” In Bernardoni's opinion, these more informal than other generations. They’re are generalizations. She has been with her very peer-team oriented.” company for only a few months and hopes for She continues that what is surprising to longevity. people, who are unfamiliar with millennial Renée Law is District Director of Career characteristics is that they want to be and Technical Education at Broward College. challenged. “What brings them to work every She assists with oversight of the programs single day is the challenge, stimulation, and that the college offers and its career centers, the variety. That idea of multi-tasking, having which help students find out what they want a couple things going on, or many things to do post graduation. Although it really going on at one time is very indicative.” depends on the actual student,” she says, “In a Katherine Bernardoni is Staffing Manager broad sense, millennials are looking for good for Accounting Principals, a staffing agency in opportunities and companies that are willing Fort Lauderdale, and works with candidates to work with them.” She adds, “The old way of in the accounting and finance industries. doing business – you’re there at 8, you leave Bernardoni is 25 and has her Master’s in at 5, you have to sit at your desk – I think that human resources. She says that employers are that has kind of been thrown out the window attracted to millennial candidates that they in that the millennials expect flexibility.” can mold. “Quite a few of our employers The focus on output rather than hours is are looking for characteristics that a lot of a popular argument amongst millennials millennials do have, [like being] a go-getter, and also the source of potential rifts in hardworking, very green, and moldable." multigenerational workspaces. Bernardoni Bernardoni and Thielfoldt agree – millennials says, “It’s unfortunate that a lot of people, tend to care about their boss’ managing when they think of hiring millennials or style and what it will mean for their work in research, they say that we’re not as hard environment. working because I think we work just as hard. Millennials can be hard to keep as I’d say we work smarter not harder.” compared to other generations. “I think Millennials argue that they don’t want to the biggest difference between us and other be relegated to taking care of life’s necessities generations – our parents and grandparents – on the weekends. As long as their work gets [is] they found a company they liked and they done, they want flextime. Robert Calamia, were with them their whole life,” Bernardoni owner of PrideStaff, a staffing services and says. “They didn’t care if the company made employment agency in Fort Lauderdale says, them feel all warm and fuzzy inside, if they “I’m generalizing here, but a job that used to

eople of a generation are products of their a pivotal cross section of years that highlights the reasons upbringing. They are classified by years and shaped behind general millennial characteristics. “The market GENERATIONAL by events. But characterizing an age group is not place was booming. It was the collapse of Communism P * an exact science. It’s a social science says Diane Thielfoldt, and then all of a sudden the fear of terror was on – in TIMELINE co-owner of the Learning Café, a boutique consulting their school yard, in parks. So their parents’ number one firm that specializes in generational differences in the concern was their health and safety." workplace. They were also raised during the “Self Esteem “It’s very typical to describe a generation as shaped Movement” – a time when children’s shelves were full of by what happened in the headlines around them,” says participation trophies. Everybody won and there were no Generation X Before 1946 1946- 1964 1965-1980 1980-2000 Thielfoldt. According to think tank Pew Research Center, losers. Millennials shoulder the opinion that they were Silent (GI) Baby Boomers Millennials Generation (Gen Yers those born between 1980 and 2000 belong to the millennial “cocooned, coddle, and chauffeured” because of parents’ Gen Nexters) • • • • category, coming after Generation X. Thielfoldt references fear of world conditions at the time, which has bred over- *Information sourced from the Pew Research Center the coming of age years, 17 or 18 to 23, or 1997 to 2003, as generalized stereotypes such as a sense of entitlement.

38 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM A millennial’s view is contrary. They were best friends with their boss, but we do. perceive themselves as self-inventive and Millennials care about that. There’s just a innovative. According to Thielfoldt, they difference in what we value.” describe their generation as optimistic. “They Generally not shy about seeking to move want to make a better world. They want to up in a company, if they’re bored, they’ll leave make a big impact. They’re not singularly and may not have any qualms with doing money motivated and they don’t believe that so. Thielfoldt says, “They tend to be rather age should get in their way.” She adds, “They transparent and they expect transparency in tend to be very confident. They’re perhaps the workplace.” In Bernardoni's opinion, these more informal than other generations. They’re are generalizations. She has been with her very peer-team oriented.” company for only a few months and hopes for She continues that what is surprising to longevity. people, who are unfamiliar with millennial Renée Law is District Director of Career characteristics is that they want to be and Technical Education at Broward College. challenged. “What brings them to work every She assists with oversight of the programs single day is the challenge, stimulation, and that the college offers and its career centers, the variety. That idea of multi-tasking, having which help students find out what they want a couple things going on, or many things to do post graduation. Although it really going on at one time is very indicative.” depends on the actual student,” she says, “In a Katherine Bernardoni is Staffing Manager broad sense, millennials are looking for good for Accounting Principals, a staffing agency in opportunities and companies that are willing Fort Lauderdale, and works with candidates to work with them.” She adds, “The old way of in the accounting and finance industries. doing business – you’re there at 8, you leave Bernardoni is 25 and has her Master’s in at 5, you have to sit at your desk – I think that human resources. She says that employers are that has kind of been thrown out the window attracted to millennial candidates that they in that the millennials expect flexibility.” can mold. “Quite a few of our employers The focus on output rather than hours is are looking for characteristics that a lot of a popular argument amongst millennials millennials do have, [like being] a go-getter, and also the source of potential rifts in hardworking, very green, and moldable." multigenerational workspaces. Bernardoni Bernardoni and Thielfoldt agree – millennials says, “It’s unfortunate that a lot of people, tend to care about their boss’ managing when they think of hiring millennials or style and what it will mean for their work in research, they say that we’re not as hard environment. working because I think we work just as hard. Millennials can be hard to keep as I’d say we work smarter not harder.” compared to other generations. “I think Millennials argue that they don’t want to the biggest difference between us and other be relegated to taking care of life’s necessities generations – our parents and grandparents – on the weekends. As long as their work gets [is] they found a company they liked and they done, they want flextime. Robert Calamia, were with them their whole life,” Bernardoni owner of PrideStaff, a staffing services and says. “They didn’t care if the company made employment agency in Fort Lauderdale says, them feel all warm and fuzzy inside, if they “I’m generalizing here, but a job that used to

GORIVERWALK.COM • JANUARY 2016 39 video is such a big part of our world nowadays. As a matter of fact, on June 30, 2013 I did a presentation at Mashable’s World Social Media MILLENNIAL about video marketing and how important * it is. You’ve seen it over the past two years. STATS Everything is going to video. Even corporate channels are having Snapchat, which is incredible.” Some companies have been taking • In the U.S., millennials notice of the integral role social media and make up 1/3 of the population technology play in their success and millennials like Ceballos are responding. and the country’s largest For him, output trumps scheduling and generation clocking in. Flexibility reigns. “Nobody comes here at nine o’clock. Nobody leaves at five o’clock ever. It’s just we have these projects • 75% of millennials have a on the table and we need to get them done. If social media account someone were to live a nine to five, which is probably something I haven’t done in five or six • 47% of millennials years, you don’t have time to go to the doctor or run to the dry cleaners unless it’s on a Saturday (25-34-year-olds) have a or Sunday. And who wants to live like that?” He postsecondary degree extends the same philosophy to his contractors. “When you try to be too strict, that’s when things snap.” *Information based on 2013 statistics from 15 Economic Facts About Millennials, The Council of Economic Advisers, Oct. 2014, www.whitehouse.gov Ceballos praises the number of creative millennials in South Florida and says that nowadays, they’re taught to be entrepreneurs instead of looking for employment – if the system doesn’t work, create your own job. He take eight hours, a millennial could probably do in whole in PrideStaffs across the country in order to compares traditional companies to his own, six, because they’re faster.” He adds, “They can do the appeal to that talent pool.” “They create within a box. Here, we have no box.” job and probably do it better if they have flextime. A Some millennials that don’t find that flexibility in The constructs of the workplace are moving lot of companies are going to have to start molding the workplace are drawn to starting a business on from traditional to malleable. Employees towards that in order to get the most production out their own – transparency, productivity, creativity, and employers are responding, making the of these millennials.” all in one. Owner of Intuit Media Group, a brand workplace ever more dynamic. According to Thielfoldt, millennials tend to development and advertising agency, John Paul be sharers. As compared to their generational Ceballos, 30, notices the aforementioned trend and predecessors, the divide between social life and work falls into the category. So do the people he works life may be slightly blurred. In some ways, social with – approximately five photographers, five media aids in bridging the gap between the two. videographers, and five web and graphics artists. The White House’s 15 Economic Facts About They share at least one thing in common – they’re all Millennials from The Council of Economic Advisers millennials, 30 and under. states that 75 percent of millennials have a social After returning from a two-week trip to Indonesia media account. It plays a significant role in a several years ago, Ceballos had an epiphany. “I millennial’s repertoire of capabilities, and Calamia figured I wanted to make a big change in my life says employers are attracted to that. “Employers are and from the moment I stepped on U.S. soil, I was looking for [millennials] to manage social media at it.” Ceballos officially started Intuit Media Group accounts. The thought is that the millennial is much last January out of his loft and by November had so RESEARCH more computer savvy and tech savvy, which they are. much business that he relocated to a 4,000 square To reach out to a millennial, you need a millennial.” foot space at NE Eighth Ave. and NE 13th St. near RESOURCES In lieu of the demand, Calamia says PrideStaff tries the Warsaw Coffee Company. It gives him the time to recruit with that in mind by advertising positions and space he needs to be creative and provides his • Pew Research Center where millennials might look – on social media. contractors with a place to do the same, which he www.pewresearch.org “More people are also using mobile devices. says attracts them to Intuit. The other factor is the Everything is from a mobile phone. They’ll apply for type of agency Intuit is. It incorporates multimedia • The Learning Café a job on a mobile phone verses filling out a physical marketing methods. www.thelearningcafe.net application. We’ve had to adapt our technology as a “One thing that draws them to the industry is that John Paul Ceballos of Intuit Media Group

40 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM video is such a big part of our world nowadays. As a matter of fact, on June 30, 2013 I did a presentation at Mashable’s World Social Media MILLENNIAL about video marketing and how important * it is. You’ve seen it over the past two years. STATS Everything is going to video. Even corporate channels are having Snapchat, which is incredible.” Some companies have been taking • In the U.S., millennials notice of the integral role social media and make up 1/3 of the population technology play in their success and millennials like Ceballos are responding. and the country’s largest For him, output trumps scheduling and generation clocking in. Flexibility reigns. “Nobody comes here at nine o’clock. Nobody leaves at five o’clock ever. It’s just we have these projects • 75% of millennials have a on the table and we need to get them done. If social media account someone were to live a nine to five, which is probably something I haven’t done in five or six • 47% of millennials years, you don’t have time to go to the doctor or run to the dry cleaners unless it’s on a Saturday (25-34-year-olds) have a or Sunday. And who wants to live like that?” He postsecondary degree extends the same philosophy to his contractors. “When you try to be too strict, that’s when things snap.” *Information based on 2013 statistics from 15 Economic Facts About Millennials, The Council of Economic Advisers, Oct. 2014, www.whitehouse.gov Ceballos praises the number of creative millennials in South Florida and says that nowadays, they’re taught to be entrepreneurs instead of looking for employment – if the system doesn’t work, create your own job. He take eight hours, a millennial could probably do in whole in PrideStaffs across the country in order to compares traditional companies to his own, six, because they’re faster.” He adds, “They can do the appeal to that talent pool.” “They create within a box. Here, we have no box.” job and probably do it better if they have flextime. A Some millennials that don’t find that flexibility in The constructs of the workplace are moving lot of companies are going to have to start molding the workplace are drawn to starting a business on from traditional to malleable. Employees towards that in order to get the most production out their own – transparency, productivity, creativity, and employers are responding, making the of these millennials.” all in one. Owner of Intuit Media Group, a brand workplace ever more dynamic. According to Thielfoldt, millennials tend to development and advertising agency, John Paul be sharers. As compared to their generational Ceballos, 30, notices the aforementioned trend and predecessors, the divide between social life and work falls into the category. So do the people he works life may be slightly blurred. In some ways, social with – approximately five photographers, five media aids in bridging the gap between the two. videographers, and five web and graphics artists. The White House’s 15 Economic Facts About They share at least one thing in common – they’re all Millennials from The Council of Economic Advisers millennials, 30 and under. states that 75 percent of millennials have a social After returning from a two-week trip to Indonesia media account. It plays a significant role in a several years ago, Ceballos had an epiphany. “I millennial’s repertoire of capabilities, and Calamia figured I wanted to make a big change in my life says employers are attracted to that. “Employers are and from the moment I stepped on U.S. soil, I was looking for [millennials] to manage social media at it.” Ceballos officially started Intuit Media Group accounts. The thought is that the millennial is much last January out of his loft and by November had so RESEARCH more computer savvy and tech savvy, which they are. much business that he relocated to a 4,000 square To reach out to a millennial, you need a millennial.” foot space at NE Eighth Ave. and NE 13th St. near RESOURCES In lieu of the demand, Calamia says PrideStaff tries the Warsaw Coffee Company. It gives him the time to recruit with that in mind by advertising positions and space he needs to be creative and provides his • Pew Research Center where millennials might look – on social media. contractors with a place to do the same, which he www.pewresearch.org “More people are also using mobile devices. says attracts them to Intuit. The other factor is the Everything is from a mobile phone. They’ll apply for type of agency Intuit is. It incorporates multimedia • The Learning Café a job on a mobile phone verses filling out a physical marketing methods. www.thelearningcafe.net application. We’ve had to adapt our technology as a “One thing that draws them to the industry is that John Paul Ceballos of Intuit Media Group

GORIVERWALK.COM • JANUARY 2016 41 PAYING IT FORWARD

A FRIENDSHIP WITH A POLICE OFFICER TRANSFORMS A MAN’S FUTURE

WRITER PETE STEVENSON | PHOTOGRAPHY JASON LEIDY Officer Jody Weymouth and Luis Calvo in Laura Ward Plaza

42 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM PAYING IT FORWARD

A FRIENDSHIP WITH A POLICE OFFICER TRANSFORMS A MAN’S FUTURE

WRITER PETE STEVENSON | PHOTOGRAPHY JASON LEIDY Officer Jody Weymouth and Luis Calvo in Laura Ward Plaza

GORIVERWALK.COM • JANUARY 2016 43 as he had no access to a phone for employers to contact him or a shower to clean up for an interview, Officer Weymouth knew he needed someone to lend him a hand. “I had a lot of connections in Fort Lauderdale, so I got Luis an interview with a downtown property company,” she says. He had to go through all the normal protocols of the employee hiring process. Officer Weymouth says that one of the signs of Calvo’s true character was when the president of the hiring company gave Calvo $25 to purchase a calling card so he could year ago, Fort Lauderdale police officer him a cup of coffee. They would talk and that is maintain contact during the hiring process. Jody Weymouth was interviewed by how she learned his story. Soon after purchasing the card, which only A Local 10 News about how she came Calvo had previously worked for a hotel in cost $22, Calvo retuned to the company to to meet and help a homeless man named Luis Miami, but had broken his leg and was soon give back the change. Calvo. laid off during hotel cutbacks. Unable to find Flash forward to today. Calvo was hired, She was working the Downtown Las Olas another job right away and with no family has passed his one-year anniversary, lives in District when she met him in Laura Ward in the area, he quickly found himself on the his own apartment within walking distance Plaza. “There was just something different streets. Miami was tough and soon after of work, and was recently named Employee about him from the first time I had any becoming homeless, he was attacked. This led of the Month. As for Officer Weymouth, she interaction with him,” Weymouth says. “He Calvo to think that maybe being homeless in was recently promoted to detective. With wasn’t looking for any handouts to buy his next Fort Lauderdale was a safer option while he her new position and Calvo working full- beer or whatever. He genuinely was asking tried to find work. time, they don’t see as much of each other, about ways he could get legitimate help.” In the “I tried to apply for jobs online, using the but they do stay in touch, their lives forever mornings she would look for Calvo and bring computers in the library,” Calvo says. However, intertwined by the act of paying it forward.

44 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM as he had no access to a phone for employers to contact him or a shower to clean up for an interview, Officer Weymouth knew he needed someone to lend him a hand. “I had a lot of connections in Fort Lauderdale, so I got Luis an interview with a downtown property company,” she says. He had to go through all the normal protocols of the employee hiring process. Officer Weymouth says that one of the signs of Calvo’s true character was when the president of the hiring company gave Calvo $25 to purchase a calling card so he could year ago, Fort Lauderdale police officer him a cup of coffee. They would talk and that is maintain contact during the hiring process. Jody Weymouth was interviewed by how she learned his story. Soon after purchasing the card, which only A Local 10 News about how she came Calvo had previously worked for a hotel in cost $22, Calvo retuned to the company to to meet and help a homeless man named Luis Miami, but had broken his leg and was soon give back the change. Calvo. laid off during hotel cutbacks. Unable to find Flash forward to today. Calvo was hired, She was working the Downtown Las Olas another job right away and with no family has passed his one-year anniversary, lives in District when she met him in Laura Ward in the area, he quickly found himself on the his own apartment within walking distance Plaza. “There was just something different streets. Miami was tough and soon after of work, and was recently named Employee about him from the first time I had any becoming homeless, he was attacked. This led of the Month. As for Officer Weymouth, she interaction with him,” Weymouth says. “He Calvo to think that maybe being homeless in was recently promoted to detective. With wasn’t looking for any handouts to buy his next Fort Lauderdale was a safer option while he her new position and Calvo working full- beer or whatever. He genuinely was asking tried to find work. time, they don’t see as much of each other, about ways he could get legitimate help.” In the “I tried to apply for jobs online, using the but they do stay in touch, their lives forever mornings she would look for Calvo and bring computers in the library,” Calvo says. However, intertwined by the act of paying it forward.

GORIVERWALK.COM • JANUARY 2016 45 THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE

SIX HIGH-TECH WAYS TO MOVE IN THE MODERN WORLD

WRITER PETE STEVENSON

46 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE

SIX HIGH-TECH WAYS TO MOVE IN THE MODERN WORLD

WRITER PETE STEVENSON

GORIVERWALK.COM • JANUARY 2016 47 JET PACK SKYTRAN If you prefer more of a Jetson’s experience you might SkyTran is a system of independent, pod-like cars want to opt for the Jet Pack, also used in a water setting. that hang below metallic tracks, floating along nearly The water-powered jet pack is powerful enough to friction-free using maglev technology (magnetic create a downward facing spray of water via a long hose levitation). Passengers will be able to use a smartphone attached to the base of a special backpack. The jet pack app to call a car to the nearest station. The pods can frame integrates the armrests, hand controls, and safety run independently and will take riders as close to their harness. For $200 you can rent a jet pack for 30 minutes. destination as tracks allow. According to SkyTran, a ride www.funcenterfl.com will cost between the price of a taxi and a bus or roughly the price of an Uber ride. SkyTran will be capable of speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, but it will probably run slower for shorter distances. Additionally, once solar panels are installed, the system will be energy neutral. SkyTran is a NASA Space Act Company based in California and expects to build its first commercial systems in Israel, France, and India. www.skytran.com

HOVERBOARD A hoverboard is a wakeboard with a powerful water SELF-DRIVING CAR jet at its rear. The hoverboard attaches to a personal We are moving closer to self-driving cars and Mercedes- watercraft (boat, jet ski, etc.) with a long hose, propelling Benz is just the latest corporation to announce and you up to 16 feet above the water, at speeds of up to demonstrate the F015, its self-driving vehicle concept. 16 miles per hour. Some people have become so good Its major innovation aim is to allow passengers to they can perform aerial tricks like flips, spins, and interact with the world beyond the car's interior with summersaults. There isn’t yet a version for land – we high-resolution, touch-screen display panels that allow will still have to wait until Back To The Future becomes a passengers to use touch, hand gestures, and even eye reality. But we are getting closer. To rent a hoverboard in movements to navigate. Inside the vehicle, passengers sit Fort Lauderdale it will run around $175 for 30 minutes. in big, lounge-like chairs that can rotate up to 30-degrees www.funcenterfl.com to allow access to all the on-board technology. That, or maybe to play a game of poker. www.mercedes-benz.com

SUPERCAVITATION Supercavitation is an effect formed when a layer of gas bubbles is created around the hull of a boat. The gas X2 SPORT UNDERWATER JET PACK reduces friction by up to 900 times, allowing the boat to There is a little James Bond in all of us and the X2 Sport travel much more quickly through the water, as if it was Underwater Jet Pack may be able to help play out some moving through air. In addition to its higher speeds and of that fantasy. The X2 Underwater Jet Pack consists of lower fuel use, the shape of the water dispersion makes propeller thrusters that you attach to and direct from it difficult for sonar to detect. It could even outrun your wrists. A fairly thin battery power pack is strapped torpedoes. Initially this technology is being developed to your back, with roughly an hour’s worth of runtime. for Naval Defense purposes by Juliet Marine Systems, The X2 can glide you through the water at over six miles Inc. But as we all know, many of our great advances in per hour. That may not seem that fast, but consider that military development make their way into commercial Michael Phelps tops out around 4.7 miles per hour. use. Thus, will Fort Lauderdale’s future yachting industry The X2 is already in production and is projected to be ever be using supercavitation technology? Maybe look available in March for roughly $2,100. for it at the 2026 Boat Show. www.supermarinovation.com www.julietmarine.com

48 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM JET PACK SKYTRAN If you prefer more of a Jetson’s experience you might SkyTran is a system of independent, pod-like cars want to opt for the Jet Pack, also used in a water setting. that hang below metallic tracks, floating along nearly The water-powered jet pack is powerful enough to friction-free using maglev technology (magnetic create a downward facing spray of water via a long hose levitation). Passengers will be able to use a smartphone attached to the base of a special backpack. The jet pack app to call a car to the nearest station. The pods can frame integrates the armrests, hand controls, and safety run independently and will take riders as close to their harness. For $200 you can rent a jet pack for 30 minutes. destination as tracks allow. According to SkyTran, a ride www.funcenterfl.com will cost between the price of a taxi and a bus or roughly the price of an Uber ride. SkyTran will be capable of speeds of up to 150 miles per hour, but it will probably run slower for shorter distances. Additionally, once solar panels are installed, the system will be energy neutral. SkyTran is a NASA Space Act Company based in California and expects to build its first commercial systems in Israel, France, and India. www.skytran.com

GORIVERWALK.COM • JANUARY 2016 49 Dr. Tocci reviews x-rays in the radiology suite VOLUNTEER VET DR. LYNEL TOCCI TRAVELS THE WORLD TO HELP ANIMALS IN NEED. NEXT STOP: THE ALASKAN IDITAROD SLED DOG RACE

WRITER CLARISSA BUCH • PHOTOGRAPHY JASON LEIDY

n a few months, Dr. Lynel Tocci, a local veterinarian veterinarians on site to make sure the sled dogs are in at Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists, will trade sun proper shape to continue the 900-mile trek. For two Iand warmth for snow and sub-zero temperatures weeks, Tocci will travel with the sled dogs as an advocate when she embarks on a journey through Alaska. Tocci for them. “If any dog is sick or injured, or just not up to was selected to assist as a veterinarian in the Alaskan running, I need to stand up for them,” she says. “I have to Iditarod sled dog race this March. be the one to say they shouldn’t continue.” “I’m nervous about the cold and sleeping in the middle Working as a volunteer veterinarian, Tocci has visited of nowhere,” Tocci laughs. “But I’m mostly excited. I’m more than 20 countries, including Cambodia, Colombia, excited for the challenge and just to participate.” Guatemala, Mexico, and Vietnam. Most of her volunteer Tocci, who is a board-certified specialist in veterinary work is done with World Vets International Aid for emergency and critical care, will be one of many Animals, through which she provides veterinary services

50 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM Dr. Tocci reviews x-rays in the radiology suite VOLUNTEER VET DR. LYNEL TOCCI TRAVELS THE WORLD TO HELP ANIMALS IN NEED. NEXT STOP: THE ALASKAN IDITAROD SLED DOG RACE

WRITER CLARISSA BUCH • PHOTOGRAPHY JASON LEIDY

GORIVERWALK.COM • JANUARY 2016 51 care a very fulfilling way to provide medical assistance.” Though she is working, she calls her experiences abroad a vacation. “Volunteering is what I spend my vacation on,” she says. “It’s a working vacation, but it’s truly great.” During her adventures, Tocci works 10 to 12 hour days, but gets days off too. “That’s part of the reason why I love doing this,” she says. “It takes me places that aren’t necessarily in the guidebook. I’ve been to places that most tourists would never hear about.” She estimates she spends about two months abroad each year and looks forward to where her future missions will lead her. “I try to get my hands in a lot of unique things,” she says. “And being able to use my clinical skills makes Top - Dr. Tocci runs Coco, a Chihuahua mix, through it worth it.” triage; bottom - she reviews blood samples in developing countries where veterinary care is often limited. She also teaches at the World Vets Latin American Surgical Training Center in Granada, Nicaragua, providing surgical and anesthesia instruction to Latin American veterinarians and veterinary students. “Two of my first World Vet experiences were in Honduras and Mexico,” she says. “It was so inspiring to see the gratefulness people bestowed upon us for providing veterinary services that they otherwise lack in their countries.” Tocci has practiced medicine for about 30 years. She began as a transfusion specialist, but decided to trade humans for animals and become a veterinarian midway through her career. She moved to Fort Lauderdale to continue practicing medicine at Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists in 2011, and says she’s very happy to be here. “I was interested in advancing my career in medicine,” she says. “I find veterinary

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CHAMPIONING A CAUSE THE CIRCLE OF WISE WOMEN ADVOCATES FOR BROWARD’S CHILDREN VIA JA WORLD UNCORKED VI

JA World Huizenga WRITER CLARISSA BUCH | PHOTOGRAPHY JASON LEIDY facility where JA World Uncorked VI will be held

ive years ago, a group of women interested in the group’s dedication and support. “We really just want education conceptualized a signature event to honor the group that puts this whole thing on,” she F with the aim of raising up to $100,000 annually says. “This year we want to draw attention to what we’ve for Junior Achievement of South Florida (JASF) and achieved and accomplished. It’s time we go back to our Broward County students. Using the education platform roots and celebrate The Circle.” from JASF, combined with the 60,000 square foot From the beginning, the vision of the Circle of facility known as JA World Huizenga Center, JA World Wise Women was to assist students in obtaining skills Uncorked was born. The event, a night filled with savory that meet the core values of the group: “Belief in the eats and drinks, is on Jan. 23. The ‘Fork & Cork’ affair boundless potential of young people; commitment will offer bites, premier wines and spirits, craft beers, to the principles of market-based economics and and desserts all in the name of raising funds to benefit entrepreneurship; passion for what we do and honesty, educational programs at Junior Achievement of South integrity, and excellence in how we do it; respect for Florida. the talents, creativity, perspectives, and backgrounds “When we first created this event five years ago, of all individuals; belief in the power of partnership we tried very hard to create a non-event type event,” and collaboration; and conviction in the education and CIRCLE OF WISE Circle of Wise Women group and JA Uncorked co-chairs Taylor and Lynne McGrath says Renée Quinn, Circle founding member and past motivational impact of relevant, hands-on learning.” WOMEN FACTS Uncorked chair. “We designed it so guests didn’t have to The circumstances that motivate someone to devote • Founded in 2010 is a signature event that helps ensure our local Uncorked partner. sit at tables or listen to people speak. There is no formal their time and energy to help others are individual as are students have an expanded view of “work Circle Member and JA World Uncorked • Raised $2,750,000 program, which is rare for a charity event.” people. life,” free enterprise, and all of the possibilities partner Rose Faraone says, “Children are our • 100 members “The money we raise directly affects a child in Broward “I joined the Circle of Wise Women in supporting available to them to be successful adults.” future and it is our responsibility to give them County,” Quinn adds. “We touch every single fifth and Junior Achievement because I wanted to continue to help “We believe that it is our legacy to assist the best foundation and education possible to eighth grader in the county. We definitely do what we say children be successful and this was my way of giving back the next generation by mentoring them assure their success. Funds raised through JA we’re doing.” after my children graduated from high school,” says Kit If you go: through exposure and engagement. This World Uncorked assist Junior Achievement of Quinn expects about 800 to attend this year, including Schulman, chair of JA Uncorked V in 2015. JA World Uncorked VI process will provide the foundation for South Florida in making that possible.” guests, sponsors, and staff. This event is about the “It is a true honor to be a part of The Circle of Wise Jan. 23 | 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. educated and prepared, good citizens and To date, through events, donations, experience, from gourmet bites to libations of all kinds – Women,” says Katie Donahue, Circle Member and JA JA World Huizenga Center unlimited opportunities for their future. A and sponsorships on behalf of Junior a mix and mingle affair. World Uncorked partner. “Having volunteered in JA at Broward College wise woman knows that opening a door for a Achievement of South Florida, the Circle This year, Quinn says she wants to shift the evening’s Finance Park, I have had the opportunity of seeing first- $150 per person young mind can change their life,” says Genia of Wise Women has raised more than focus back to The Circle of Wise Women as a tribute to hand how impactful Junior Achievement is. JA Uncorked www.jaworlduncorked.com Duncan Ellis, Circle member and JA World $2,750,000.

54 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM CHAMPIONING A CAUSE THE CIRCLE OF WISE WOMEN ADVOCATES FOR BROWARD’S CHILDREN VIA JA WORLD UNCORKED VI

JA World Huizenga WRITER CLARISSA BUCH | PHOTOGRAPHY JASON LEIDY facility where JA World Uncorked VI will be held ive years ago, a group of women interested in the group’s dedication and support. “We really just want education conceptualized a signature event to honor the group that puts this whole thing on,” she F with the aim of raising up to $100,000 annually says. “This year we want to draw attention to what we’ve for Junior Achievement of South Florida (JASF) and achieved and accomplished. It’s time we go back to our Broward County students. Using the education platform roots and celebrate The Circle.” from JASF, combined with the 60,000 square foot From the beginning, the vision of the Circle of facility known as JA World Huizenga Center, JA World Wise Women was to assist students in obtaining skills Uncorked was born. The event, a night filled with savory that meet the core values of the group: “Belief in the eats and drinks, is on Jan. 23. The ‘Fork & Cork’ affair boundless potential of young people; commitment will offer bites, premier wines and spirits, craft beers, to the principles of market-based economics and and desserts all in the name of raising funds to benefit entrepreneurship; passion for what we do and honesty, educational programs at Junior Achievement of South integrity, and excellence in how we do it; respect for Florida. the talents, creativity, perspectives, and backgrounds “When we first created this event five years ago, of all individuals; belief in the power of partnership we tried very hard to create a non-event type event,” and collaboration; and conviction in the education and CIRCLE OF WISE Circle of Wise Women group and JA Uncorked co-chairs Taylor and Lynne McGrath says Renée Quinn, Circle founding member and past motivational impact of relevant, hands-on learning.” WOMEN FACTS Uncorked chair. “We designed it so guests didn’t have to The circumstances that motivate someone to devote • Founded in 2010 is a signature event that helps ensure our local Uncorked partner. sit at tables or listen to people speak. There is no formal their time and energy to help others are individual as are students have an expanded view of “work Circle Member and JA World Uncorked • Raised $2,750,000 program, which is rare for a charity event.” people. life,” free enterprise, and all of the possibilities partner Rose Faraone says, “Children are our • 100 members “The money we raise directly affects a child in Broward “I joined the Circle of Wise Women in supporting available to them to be successful adults.” future and it is our responsibility to give them County,” Quinn adds. “We touch every single fifth and Junior Achievement because I wanted to continue to help “We believe that it is our legacy to assist the best foundation and education possible to eighth grader in the county. We definitely do what we say children be successful and this was my way of giving back the next generation by mentoring them assure their success. Funds raised through JA we’re doing.” after my children graduated from high school,” says Kit If you go: through exposure and engagement. This World Uncorked assist Junior Achievement of Quinn expects about 800 to attend this year, including Schulman, chair of JA Uncorked V in 2015. JA World Uncorked VI process will provide the foundation for South Florida in making that possible.” guests, sponsors, and staff. This event is about the “It is a true honor to be a part of The Circle of Wise Jan. 23 | 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. educated and prepared, good citizens and To date, through events, donations, experience, from gourmet bites to libations of all kinds – Women,” says Katie Donahue, Circle Member and JA JA World Huizenga Center unlimited opportunities for their future. A and sponsorships on behalf of Junior a mix and mingle affair. World Uncorked partner. “Having volunteered in JA at Broward College wise woman knows that opening a door for a Achievement of South Florida, the Circle This year, Quinn says she wants to shift the evening’s Finance Park, I have had the opportunity of seeing first- $150 per person young mind can change their life,” says Genia of Wise Women has raised more than focus back to The Circle of Wise Women as a tribute to hand how impactful Junior Achievement is. JA Uncorked www.jaworlduncorked.com Duncan Ellis, Circle member and JA World $2,750,000.

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Scottish salmon Down by

the Dock

BOATYARD TAKES OVER THE FORMER BIMINI BOATYARD SPACE, CELEBRATING FORT LAUDERDALE’S YACHTING CAPITAL STATUS WITH FRESH SEAFOOD, NAUTICAL DÉCOR, AND DOCKSIDE VIEWS

WRITER ALEXANDRA ROLAND A 35-foot Gumbo Limbo tree shades a portion of dockside seating

efore you enter the new Boatyard restaurant through The bones of the place are similar to that of its predecessor, If you go: its blue double doors, you can peek inside via the Bimini Boatyard, which occupied the spot for 25 years. After Boatyard B porthole-shaped windows. In front is the hostess The Restaurant People acquired the property, the facelift station, and as you walk towards it with your party quantity took three and a half months to complete in time for an 1555 SE 17th St. on the tip of your tongue, you see a red canoe hanging October 2015 opening. The Restaurant People co-founder (954) 525-7400 slightly above your head. and executive chef Peter Boulukos says, “We wanted this www.boatyard.restaurant Seating options at Boatyard are plentiful. To the right of to be a nod to the yachting capital of the world, which the hostess station is the main bar, introduced by black and Fort Lauderdale is.” He adds, “This spot was iconic, so the Don’t miss: white patterned tiles that travel from the floor up to the location, right off the bat is just prime. We have so many • 35-foot, 800-pound chandelier sides of the bar. Your gaze eventually lifts to the 800-pound different layers in this restaurant. It really can accommodate • Freshly baked Bimini Bread hanging chandelier with 70 suspended, orange oars circling whatever mood or experience you’re looking for.” the light fixtures. The boathouse-esque restaurant, previously dominated • 35-foot tall Gumbo Limbo Beyond the copper bar is the patio bar, which shares by white tones, received a new identity at the direction of tree by dockside seating the outside seating area with a fire pit. A mature Gumbo Boulukos’ partner and co-founder and president of The • Shellfish cart with daily Limbo, brought over from the west coast, shades a section of Restaurant People Tim Petrillo and Big Time Design group The main bar with the 800 pound chandelier hanging above

selections VENUE PHOTOS BY C&I STUDIOS • FOOD ALISSA DRAGUN dockside tables. out of Miami. Influenced by nautical vibes, Boatyard is

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Scottish salmon Down by

the Dock

BOATYARD TAKES OVER THE FORMER BIMINI BOATYARD SPACE, CELEBRATING FORT LAUDERDALE’S YACHTING CAPITAL STATUS WITH FRESH SEAFOOD, NAUTICAL DÉCOR, AND DOCKSIDE VIEWS

WRITER ALEXANDRA ROLAND A 35-foot Gumbo Limbo tree shades a portion of dockside seating

selections VENUE PHOTOS BY C&I STUDIOS • FOOD ALISSA DRAGUN dockside tables. out of Miami. Influenced by nautical vibes, Boatyard is

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The main dining room

GROUPER Boatyard Ingredients: Peanut butter and jelly dessert Grouper Piccata 4 grouper filets (7oz. each) SERVES FOUR Flour for dredging 1/4 cup clarified butter (can use olive oil as a substitute) accented with seaside fixtures, varying hues of brown, and SPINACH Salt and pepper texture, giving the space a warm richness. Ingredients: Keeping with the dockside theme, seafood populates 1/4 cup olive oil Method: Boatyard’s menu designed by Boulukos and Boatyard executive 2 tbsp. chopped shallots chef Doug Reiss. Boulukos says the charred octopus is an Season the grouper with salt and pepper. Dredge in flour, 2 tsp. chopped garlic appetizer favorite. Steeped in an adobo marinade, it’s sous-vide, shaking off the excess. Heat the clarified butter or oil. 2 lbs. cleaned spinach grilled over oak wood, and served with a wilt of Tuscan kale, When the butter or oil is hot, but not smoking, place the Salt and pepper fingerling potatoes, and homemade chorizo sauce. grouper in the pan and brown. When browned, carefully The grouper piccata is an Italian classic, served with cured turn over and place in the oven. Cook until the fish is just Method: tomatoes - yielding a delicate, flavorful texture - a soft wilt of done. Heat 1/4 cup of olive oil in a large high-sided pot. Add baby spinach, capers, and caper berries. Florida paella and chopped shallots and the chopped garlic. Cook until SAUCE Scottish salmon are also favored picks. Herb roasted chicken, the shallots and garlic are softened and fragrant, but not Ingredients: a grilled beef fillet, and wood fire steaks stand out amongst the browned. Add the cleaned spinach and season with salt mostly underwater offerings. A brisket short rib blend burger 2 tbsp. chopped shallots and pepper. Cook until slightly wilted and keep warm. and oak grilled chicken are offered for lunch. 1/2 cup white wine For indecisive diners, a cart of fresh seafood travels around 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice CURED TOMATOES the restaurant, housing options like squid, oysters, stone crab, 8 tbsp. cubed butter (unsalted) Ingredients: and Maine lobster on ice, which are available à la carte. 3 tsp. capers (rinsed) Bimini bread, which was a staple of the former restaurant, is 20 red grape tomatoes Salt and pepper baked fresh near the kitchen within eyesight of waiting diners at 1 cup of olive oil 12 caper berries the entrance and ones seated in the main dining room. 2 cloves of garlic Method: Some of the latter might sit at a table that overlooks outside 2 large basil leaves Chef Peter Boulukos After the grouper has been removed from the pan, add views or the open kitchen. “We want to be very honest and very Method: the chopped shallots to the pan and cook until softened, open. You can see everything that’s going on,” Boulukos says of CHEF EXCLUSIVE Place the grape tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, and basil in but not browned. Deglaze with the white wine and lemon the kitchen. “I think people love to see the action. When you’re a small pot. The oil should cover the tomatoes. Cover juice. With a wooden spoon, scrape up any browned bits What made you want to become a chef? having a dinner party at someone’s house, it always seems that with foil and place in a 250-degree oven for 2 to 2 1/2 from the pan. Reduce by 1/2 and remove from the heat. My family was in this business. This business was everybody congregates in the kitchen. People like to see what’s hours. The tomatoes should be soft but not to the point of Add in the butter and constantly whisk. As the butter always around me, so it just came very natural to me. happening.” In line with the open door policy, Boatyard lists splitting open. Remove from the oven and let cool in the melts, the sauce should thicken. Add the capers. Season the sources of the menu’s fresh seafood, down to the individual oil. This can be done in advance. with salt and pepper. What is your favorite type of cuisine? fisherman, his vessel, and location. That’s a tough one. It’s like almost saying I only like Boulukos hopes that this attention to detail will render some of my kids! I gravitate to seafood. Boatyard as an iconic establishment in future years. Come for PRESENTATION lunch or dinner, a private party, cocktail at the bar, or quiet On a large plate, place wilted spinach in the center. Position the grouper on top of the spinach. Evenly divide the sauce What is your go-to hobby during your free time? meal dockside and leave feeling like you’ve had a relaxing day over the grouper. With a slotted spoon, remove the cured tomatoes and place five around each grouper. Place three Fishing. on the water. caper berries around the grouper.

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The main dining room

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RENÉE K. QUINN - MIXING UP THE LATEST IN CULINARY EXPERIENCES, CRAFT COCKTAILS, AND CRAFT BEERS. CONNECTING WITH SPIRITED FRIENDS TO SHARE IDEAS, STORIES, AND LIFE! GET SOCIAL, TAG @MYMIXOLOGISTA IN YOUR TWEETS AND INSTAGRAM FINDS. A Gourmet Adventure MIXOLOGY SPOTLIGHT: JA WORLD UNCORKED VI ALLOWS GUESTS The New Piña Colada TO CREATE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE

WRITER RENÉE K. QUINN magine the tropical aromas of fresh coconut macaroon and buttercream infused with real coconut water. Our Piña Colada, a fixture in to create the evening’s I bites. Guests will enjoy more many tropical bars, gets amped up with an Asian than 150 wines plus spirits cooking staple. Chinese Five Spice Powder boasts the and intriguing craft beers, sweet tones of star anise (bajiao), cloves (dingxiang), while sampling bite-sized and cinnamon (rougui) with the bite of Szechwan gourmet treats. Chef chairs pepper (huajiao), all married together with ground Wes Bonner of Publix fennel seeds (xiaohuixiang). We asked Aprons Cooking School, our go-to mixologist Nick Nistico to Marc Gruverman of The Art of Capital Grille, and Jeff Rum create our New Year’s cocktail with a coconut rum. Vincent of Funky Buddha Craft Counter & Kitchen South Florida Distillers, Chinese 5 Spice Piña Colada lead the culinary brigade. producers of FWAYGO 3 oz. Rum Haven Coconut Rum Uncorked’s Dessert Rum, bring you the Art of 2 oz. fresh pineapple juice Bash hosted by A Whole Rum during the monthly 1 oz. Five Spice seasoned coco cream Heap of Goodness’ Chad FAT Village ArtWalk 1 tablespoon to 12 oz mixture Thilborger will feature on Saturday, Jan. 30. 1 oz. lime juice Cold Stone Creamery & Celebrating the fusion of Rocky Mountain Chocolate local art and mixology, Art Garnish with a cherry. Factory, CraveRum Cake, of Rum will feature over Hoffman's Chocolate, and 10 mixologists creating JOJI Yogurt. handcrafted FWAYGO Get Yours The Uncorked cocktails inspired by a local Stop by one of these downtown restaurants Experience will take artist’s work. and bars for a taste of coconut rum: unior Achievement’s Circle of place on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 from The event will take place from 7 to 11 p.m. and guests ATLANTIC SURF CLUB Wise Women hosts the Sixth 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the JA World 17 S. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd. JAnnual JA World Uncorked, Huizenga Center at Broward College. will have the opportunity to www.atlanticsurfclub.com presented by Premier Beverage Tickets are $150 and are available now taste each cocktail as they Q BAR Company, celebrating South Florida’s at www.jaworlduncorked.com/tickets- move through the event, 2376 N. Federal Hwy. www.qbarfl.com culinary scene with a selection of wines sponsorships. Complimentary valet is which will feature live and spirits. The 60,000-square-foot JA provided to all guests. UBER and Red art, cocktail demos, local CAPONES 310 Himmarshee St. World facility will transform into a Napa Cap drivers are available by appointment. musicians, and a meet and

PHOTO BY JASON LEIDY www.caponesnightclub.com and Sonoma styled indoor evening. All proceeds of JA World Uncorked greet with the makers of The Uncorked VI culinary team has benefit the educational programs and FWAYGO. gathered leading South Florida chefs, summer camp at Junior Achievement of Check out www.goriverwalk.com for more Join Renée’s #conSPIRITors by following her on Twitter and Instagram (@MyMixologista) and like her fast casual dining options, and caterers South Florida. spirited #BITES+SIPS and recipes. Facebook page Spirited South Florida. Remember to #DrinkResponsibly #GetSpiritedSouthFlorida

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SCIENCE For additional events, check the city-wide events calendar: Maple Bacon Coffee Porter Day www.goriverwalk.com/events/greater-fort-lauderdale-event-calendar Jan. 9 DANCE Funky Buddha Brewery www.funkybuddhabrewery.com Great Balls of Fire: Hubble 3D Pinion Passion Hour MUSIC Comets, Asteroids, and Through Feb. 11 Jan. 5 Museum of Discovery and Morton’s The Steakhouse John Sebastian Meteors THEATER Through Jan. 3 Science AutoNation IMAX (954) 614-6795 Jan. 9 Museum of Discovery Theater Broward Center for the Performing Arts andScience (954) 463-IMAX (4629) RIVERWALK (954) 467-6637 Diva Diaries www.browardcenter.org Jan. 6 – 31 Space Station 3D Broward Center for the CHARITY Revolution of the Eye: Through Feb. 11 Performing Arts Who’s Bad: The Ultimate Modern Art and the Birth Museum of Discovery and www.browardcenter.org Michael Jackson Tribute CULTURAL of American Television Science AutoNation IMAX Jan. 9 Through Jan. 10 Theater Parker Playhouse (954) 463-IMAX (4629) Watercolor in the www.browardcenter.org NSU Art Museum ART Fort Lauderdale Gardens - Session 1 (954) 262-0204 Jan. 6 - Feb. 10 International Gem Bonnet House Museum and LITERATURE and Jewelry Show Gardens Star Wars: The Force Jan. 1 – 3 (954) 703-2606 Awakens: An IMAX® 3D This event showcases exclusive www.bonnethouse.org MOVIES Experience jewelry in a variety of metals and stones. Through Jan. 28 EDUCATION A continuation of the saga War Memorial Auditorium Ruth Cohan Jewish created by George Lucas set 30 (954) 828-5380 Book Review Series www.fortlauderdale.gov/wma years after Star Wars: Episode Jan. 7 28th Annual Las Olas FESTIVAL VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). Broward County Main Library Art Fair I Museum of Discovery and (954) 357-7443 Jan. 9 and 10 Science AutoNation Forbidden Broadway: www.broward.org/library Art enthusiasts can expect OPERA IMAX Theater Comes Out Swinging to see many of their favorite (954) 463-IMAX (4629) Jan. 2 and 3 artists as well as first time Broward Center for the Holiday Hangover exhibitors with their finest FOOD Performing Arts Happy Hour work. The 28th Annual Las Exhibition – “Helhesten: www.browardcenter.org Jan. 7 Olas Art Fair will feature 150 SPORTS The Hell-horse: Danish Historic Stranahan House of the leading artists in the Cultural Resistance During Museum country. Birding Class Las Olas Boulevard from SE World War II” (954) 524-4736 FAMILY Through Feb. 7 Jan. 3 6th Avenue to SE 11th Avenue NSU Art Museum “Birding by Season” with birding (561) 746-6615 www.artfestival.com Fort Lauderdale expert Paddy Cunningham. Acrylic in the Gardens HOLIDAY www.nsuartmuseum.org Bonnet House Museum and Jan. 7 - Feb. 11 Gardens Bonnet House Museum and (954) 703-2606 Gardens ArtServe Presents HISTORY www.bonnethouse.org Wild Africa 3D (954) 703-2606 “ArtBRAVO!” a Juried Fine Through Feb. 11 www.bonnethouse.org Art Exhibition Museum of Discovery and Jan. 9 - 29 LECTURE Science SOJA with Collie Buddz Awards will be given based on Jan. 3 artistic distinction, concept, and (954) 467-6637 Fort Lauderdale Beach COMEDY Revolution Live Collector Car Show and mastery of technique. Media will (954) 449-1025 include digital/projection art, Auction www.jointherevolution.net Jan. 8 – 10 paintings, photography, mixed Humpback Whales 3D media, sculptures, ceramics, and HEALTH Through Feb. 11 War Memorial Auditorium glassworks. Museum of Discovery and (954) 828-5380 ArtServe $ Science AutoNation IMAX Tobacco Free www.fortlauderdale.gov/wma BUSINESS (954) 462-8190 Theater Partnership of Broward www.artserve.org (954) 463-IMAX (4629) County Exhibit Jan. 4 – Feb. 27 Shen Yun Performing KID’S THEATER Broward County Main Library Arts (954) 357-7443 “History of the Bonnet Tiny Giants 3D Jan. 9 TRADE SHOW Through Feb. 11 www.broward.org/library Broward Center for the House Beach” with Bonnet House Curator Denyse Museum of Discovery and Performing Arts Cunningham Science AutoNation IMAX www.browardcenter.org PETS Theater Jan. 11 (954) 463-IMAX (4629) Bonnet House Museum and Gardens WINTERFEST (954) 703-2606

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Governor Broward Broward College Bob Newhart and His Legacy Speaker Series Jan. 18 SCIENCE Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Parker Playhouse This lecture will explore the life Broward Center for the www.browardcenter.org DANCE and time of Broward County’s Performing Arts namesake. www.browardcenter.org History Museum Fort Lauderdale Star Trek: The Ultimate MUSIC (954) 463-4431 Voyage Kristin Chenoweth Jan. 19 Jan. 14 Broward Center for the THEATER Lecture Series Broward Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 11 - Feb. 8, Mondays Performing Arts Riverwalk Stone Crab www.browardcenter.org RIVERWALK Bonnet House Museum and www.browardcenter.org and Seafood Festival Gardens Jan. 16 (954) 703-2606 Jackson Browne The festival is a free CHARITY www.bonnethouse.org Just Add Water celebration of the local South Jan. 20 Jan. 14 Florida Seafood Industry Broward Center for the St. Thomas Aquinas Bienes and highlights some of Fort Performing Arts CULTURAL Seraphic Fire Center for the Arts Lauderdale’s favorite seafood www.browardcenter.org Jan. 12 (954) 513-2272 restaurants. Seafood lovers of St. Thomas Aquinas Bienes www.bca-sta.org all ages are welcome to come ART Center for the Arts out rain or shine and enjoy The Colleen and Josh (954) 513-2272 a day of great food, drinks, Show www.bca-sta.org 211 Broward-Nonprofit live music, games, prizes, Jan. 20 LITERATURE Academy Awards and more. Parker Playhouse Jan. 14 Esplanade Park www.browardcenter.org Zentangle with Shawn Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (954) 468-1541 MOVIES Ann Hayden www.211-broward.org www.goriverwalk.com

Jan. 12 - 26 Wynonna and the Big EDUCATION Workshop includes basic Noise Stories and Song principles of Zentangle, a way of John Pizzarelli Quartet Chopin for All Concert Jan. 21 creating beautiful images from Jan. 15 Series Parker Playhouse FESTIVAL repetitive patterns. Broward Center for the Jan. 16 www.browardcenter.org Bonnet House Museum and Performing Arts Broward County Main Library Gardens www.browardcenter.org (954) 357-7443 OPERA (954) 703-260 www.broward.org/library Concerts Under the Stars www.bonnethouse.org Jan. 21 FOOD Starry Night all in Concerts under the stars on the White Gala Rick Allen: Angels Bonnet House estate include Roberto Cani, Violin Jan. 15 and Icons wine, cookies, and coffee in SPORTS Jan. 12 Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Jan. 16 the ticket price. The evening’s Presented by Symphony of the (954) 522-8445 Wentworth Gallery: activities take place in and Americas www.fouthfloridasymphony.org Fort Lauderdale around the house with the FAMILY Broward Center for the (954) 468-0685 concert on the veranda beneath Performing Arts the moon and stars. www.browardcenter.org Delray String Quartet Bonnet House Museum and HOLIDAY Jan. 15 Marine Industry Cares Gardens RiverSounds – All Saints Foundation Chairman's Gala (954) 703-2614 Calligraphy with Tony Episcopal Church Jan. 16 www.bonnethouse.org HISTORY Pastucci (561) 213-4138 Gallery of Amazing Things Jan. 12 - Feb. 9 www.marineindustrycares.org LECTURE Bonnet House Museum and Salon Concert with Gardens The Great Pizza Contest Madison McIntosh (954) 703-2606 Jan. 15 Elephant and Piggie’s Jan. 21 COMEDY www.bonnethouse.org Broward Center for the “We are in a Play” Historic Fort Lauderdale Performing Arts Jan. 17 Woman’s Club www.browardcenter.org Broward Center for the (954) 709-7447 HEALTH Paul Anka Performing Arts Jan. 13 www.browardcenter.org $ Broward Center for the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Slow Burn Theatre BUSINESS Performing Arts Show Company: Violet www.browardcenter.org Jan. 21 - Feb. 7 Jan. 15 – 17 Vocalosity KID’S THEATER Broward Center for the Acres of beautiful blooms will Jan. 17 be on display for all to see and Parker Playhouse Performing Arts Florida Nonprofits purchase. www.browardcenter.org www.browardcenter.org TRADE SHOW Networking Event War Memorial Auditorium Jan. 13 (954) 828-5380 Chima Brazilian Steakhouse www.fortlauderdale.gov/wma Stranahan Stories Peppa Pig’s Big Splash PETS (305) 557-1764 Jan. 18 Jan. 22 Historic Stranahan House Broward Center for the Museum Performing Arts WINTERFEST

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Chippendales 18+ Beethoven’s Ninth Gaelic Storm Jan. 22 Symphony “The Chorale” Jan. 27 SCIENCE Revolution Live Jan. 23 Parker Playhouse (954) 449-1025 Parker Playhouse www.browardcenter.org (954) 462-0222 DANCE www.browardcenter.org

Seth Rudetsky’s Colin Hay MUSIC Broadway Concert Series: Jan. 29 Kelli O’Hara Suncoast Gun and Knife Parker Playhouse Riverwalk Chili Jan. 22 Show www.browardcenter.org Cook Off THEATER Parker Playhouse Jan. 23 and 24 Jan. 31 www.browardcenter.org War Memorial Auditorium Open to professionals, (954) 828-5380 Papadosio amateurs, and aspiring RIVERWALK www.fortlauderdale.gov/wma Jan. 29 cooks. There’s no need for MS Gala Luncheon professional judges. You can Revolution Live CHARITY Jan. 22 (954) 449-1025 be the judge! Enjoy good chili, Broward County Convention Mariana’s Trench with cold beer, live music, and Center Secret Someones activities for all ages. CULTURAL (954) 739-1398 Jan. 24 Frankie Valli and the Esplanade Park Revolution Live Four Seasons (954) 468-1541 (954) 449-1025 Jan. 29 www.goriverwalk.com ART Orchid Painting Hard Rock Live Watercolor Workshop seminolehardrockhollywood.com Jan. 22 and 23 French Fantasy “Blaze” The LITERATURE Bonnet House Museum and Jan. 24 International Dance Gardens Iris van Eck, cello and Kemal Mindbender Mansion Spectacular MOVIES (954) 703-2606 Gekic, piano. Jan. 29 - May 1 Jan. 31 www.bonnethouse.org Josephine S. Leiser Opera Center Parker Playhouse Math, science, and technology (954) 761-3435 content are woven into the www.browardcenter.org EDUCATION puzzles, videos, and group Galactic challenges found inside Jan. 23 In the Mood Mindbender Mansion. At the Pat McGee FESTIVAL Revolution Live Jan. 24 heart of the exhibit is the Jan. 31 (954) 449-1025 Parker Playhouse essential scientific task of Broward Center for the www.browardcenter.org problem solving and critical Performing Arts OPERA thinking. www.browardcenter.org The Temptations and Museum of Discovery and FOOD the Four Tops Will Hoge Science Jan. 23 (954) 467-6637 Jan. 25 Broward Center for the Broward Center for the Performing FEBRUARY SPORTS Performing Arts Arts www.browardcenter.org www.browardcenter.org The Glenn Miller Orchestra FAMILY Jan. 30 The Zukerman Trio Feb. 1 STEM Home School Parker Playhouse www.browardcenter.org Broward Center for the HOLIDAY Classes – Dive in for a Performing Arts Dissection www.browardcenter.org Jan. 25 Museum of Discovery and Dazzling Dances of HISTORY Science India and Spain Art Explosion by (954) 467-6637 Jan. 30 LECTURE www.mods.org Three dance companies will ArtsUnited perform traditional dances of Feb. 1 - 19 ArtServe India and Spain. COMEDY JA World Uncorked VI Broward County Main Library (954) 462-8190 Jan. 23 Broadway Across www.artserve.org www.apaiart.com The Circle of Wise Women's America: The Book of HEALTH multifaceted signature event Mormon Jan. 26 - Feb. 7 showcases food, wine, spirits, Europe craft beers with amazing Broward Center for the Performing Jim Jeffries $ Jan. 30 Feb. 2 BUSINESS desserts. This annual 21+ event Arts Hard Rock Live Revolution Live raises funds to benefit the www.browardcenter.org seminolehardrockhollywood.com (954) 449-1025 educational programs at Junior KID’S THEATER Achievement of South Florida. Pablo Ziegler and Lara The Circle, founded in 2010, Sixth Annual Holy St. John Art of Rum has raised more than $2.75 Cross Hospital Golf TRADE SHOW million for JASF educational Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Broward Center for the Performing Fat Village ArtWalk Classic programs and summer camp. Feb. 3 Junior Achievement of South Arts www.fatvillage.com PETS www.browardcenter.org Coral Ridge Country Club Florida (954) 229-8562 (954) 979-7120 www.jaworlduncorked.com WINTERFEST

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Under the Streetlamp Mardi Gras Event Gold Coast Jazz Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Society: Delfeayo Marsalis SCIENCE The voices of the four lead History Museum Fort Lauderdale Quartet “Last Southern singers of pop quartet Under the (954) 463-4431 Gentleman Tour” DANCE Streetlamp are poised to bring Feb. 10 the repertoire of The American Broward Center for the Radio Songbook of the ‘50s, Bellissima: Italy and Performing Arts MUSIC ‘60s and ‘70s to a whole new Chillounge Night High Fashion 1945–1968 www.browardcenter.org audience while simultaneously Feb. 7 – Jun. 5 reminding the original fans why Feb. 6 The rescheduled event This exhibition organized by THEATER they fell in love with the music MAXXI, Rome, underscores Noon Tunes Returns! in the first place. will showcase live band performances from local NSU Art Museum Fort Wednesdays Parker Playhouse Lauderdale’s special focus Feb. 10 RIVERWALK (954) 462-0222 artists, a dazzling fashion show along with a captivating on the years following World Huizenga Plaza www.browardcenter.org War II, and explores the fertile www.fortlauderdale.gov daybed parade, and a colorful CHARITY Brazilian Samba Troupe. period that saw the rapid rise of Italian high fashion. Chillounge Night will also bring Black Violin the graceful AeroSphere Aerial NSU Art Museum Concerts Under the Stars Feb. 5 CULTURAL Balloon Performance from Fort Lauderdale Feb. 11 Parker Playhouse Nock Productions to hover (954) 525-5500 Bonnet House Museum and www.browardcenter.org over the plaza. Gardens ART Huizenga Plaza (954) 703-2614 (941) 448-0995 Monet’s Waterlilies: www.bonnethouse.org LitLUNCH! An Artist’s Obsession LITERATURE Feb. 5 with Dr. Eric M. Zafran Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Feb. 8 Florida Grand Opera: (954) 357-7384 MOVIES Bonnet House Museum and Norma by Vincenzo Bellini Gardens Feb. 11 and 13

(954) 703-2606 This opera tells the story of a EDUCATION The Florida Initiative supposedly chaste Druid priestess for Suicide Prevention the who has convinced her followers Hope Gala How the Bryan and not to go to war with their Roman FESTIVAL Feb. 5 King Families Built Early captors. Signature Grand Fort Lauderdale with Keith Broward Center for the (954) 684-1788 OPERA Mitzner Performing Arts www.fisponline.org Feb. 8 (800) 741-1010 Find Your Fitness Bonnet House Museum and www.fgo.org FOOD Feb. 6 Gardens

“Casablanca” Performed Come and learn about different (954) 703-2606 as a Radio Plays sports and the diverse ways Romance/Romance SPORTS Feb. 5 and 6 for people of all ages to live Feb. 11 – Mar. 6 Broward Center for the a healthy and active lifestyle The Highwaymen: Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale. Gain the Performing Arts FAMILY www.browardcenter.org Florida’s African- knowledge necessary to American Landscape www.browardcenter.org make healthy life choices now Painters – Gary Monroe and forever. The event will Feb. 8 HOLIDAY Pinkalicious feature healthy food options, Masters of Illusion Feb. 5 and 6 History Museum Fort demonstrations, and vendors Lauderdale Feb. 12 Broward Center for the HISTORY to help you get on track to a www.flhc.org Parker Playhouse Performing Arts healthier you. www.browardcenter.org www.browardcenter.org Esplanade Park www.goriverwalk.com LECTURE At the Gates with Postsecret: Unheard Voices The Highwaymen Decapitated, the Haunted Feb. 9 Feb. 12 COMEDY Exhibit (African American Orchid Care Classes Revolution Live Parker Playhouse History Month) Feb. 6 (954) 449-1025 www.browardcenter.org Feb. 5 - March 31 Bonnet House Museum and HEALTH Exhibition of works created by the Gardens Highwaymen and owned by local (954) 703-2606 Symphony of the Covenant House Night $ collectors. This will be the first www.bonnethouse.org BUSINESS Americas: Opera to of Broadway Stars public viewing of several works. Feb. 13 History Museum Fort Lauderdale Broadway Feb. 9 and 14 Broward Center for the (954) 463-4431 Birding Class Performing Arts KID’S THEATER Feb. 7 Broward Center for the (954) 568-7914 “Warblers and Songbirds” Performing Arts Chess Tournament at with birding expert Paddy www.browardcenter.org TRADE SHOW the Museum Cunningham. Clyde Butcher to Feb. 6 Bonnet House Museum and Introduce National Parks PETS Museum of Discovery and Zentangle with Shawn Gardens Adventure 3D Science (954) 703-2606 Ann Hayden Feb. 9 - 23 Feb. 13 (954) 467-6637 www.bonnethouse.org Museum of Discovery and Science WINTERFEST www.mods.org Bonnet House Museum and Gardens (954) 467-6637 (954) 703-2606 www.mods.org www.bonnethouse.org 72 JANUARY 2016 • GORIVERWALK.COM Maserati & Alfa Romeo A 100 Year Tradition of Luxury & Performance

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the leading and important role Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway English Café Ranger Guided Walks Flagler Artwalk Glackens and his work played in Every Tuesday Fridays SCIENCE Last Saturday of the month • Photography Classes Concert Series: Lea DeLaria the formulation and growth of Feb. 13 Learn to speak English in a Bonnet House Museum FAT Village on the Riverwalk modern art in America. Parker Playhouse friendly environment. and Gardens (754) 800-1640 First Saturday of the month NSU Art Museum DANCE www.browardcenter.org Broward County Main Library (954) 546-4521 www.flaglerartwalk.com Join award winning Fort Lauderdale photographers Hank Henley and (954) 357-7439 www.nsuartmuseum.org www.broward.org/library Jason Leidy along the Riverwalk MUSIC in downtown Fort Lauderdale for iPhonography First Fridays: Book Docent Guided House a three hour workshop featuring Feb. 13 Event and Pickers Sale Reimbursement Tours lecture, hands-on, and extended Museum of Discovery and Science El Club First Friday of the month THEATER Ongoing (954) 467-6637 ONGOING Tuesdays Broward County Main Library Historic Stranahan House Museum online components. From this foundation, you can further www.mods.org Brush up on your Español. (954) 357-7443 (954) 524-4736 Broward County Main Library RIVERWALK www.stranahanhouse.org your skills via sessions that are Riverwalk Water (954) 357-7439 customized to your specific goals. Trolley (817) 266-2946 www.broward.org/library Food In Motion Orchid Care Classes Ongoing CHARITY Feb. 13 Seven days a week, from 11 a.m. Flagler Green Market RIVERWALK Bonnet House Museum and Gardens to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Second Friday of the month (954) 703-2606 Open Mic Tuesdays Feldman Park RECREATION • Cycle Party Tours The Riverwalk Water Trolley CULTURAL Everyday www.bonnethouse.org travels along the New River Fourth Tuesday of the month (754) 800-9765 ArtServe Adults $39, youths (5-15) $15 from the Broward Center for the • A Dog's Best Friend (954) 462-8190 Group Classes (954) 633-4665 Performing Arts to Stranahan ART www.cycleparty.com The James Hunter Six House. There are four stops www.artserve.org Historic Bike Tours Intermediate Dog Obedience Feb. 14 on the north side of the river Saturdays and Mondays Class Broward Center for the Performing A narrated exploration of Fort LITERATURE Thursdays, 7 p.m. and four on the south side. • Bicycle Tours Arts Passengers ride for free. Crossrooads Café Lauderdale’s Riverwalk, where Masters Dog Obedience Class www.browardcenter.org Wednesdays the city was born, including Thursdays, 8:15 p.m. Daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (954) 761-3543 MOVIES $49 for a two-hour www.riverwalkwatertrolley.com Broward County Main Library the Sailboat Bend historic Both are six week courses. If you (954) 357-7439 district. have already attended a Basic Las Olas/Himmarshee Loop. www.broward.org/library History Museum Fort Obedience Class, and you are (954) 562-5159 Stranahan Stories EDUCATION www.riverwalkrec.com Feb. 15 Lauderdale looking for a class to take your Moon Rock Display dog's training to the next level, this www.fortlauderdale.gov Historic Stranahan House Museum Ongoing (954) 463-4431 class is for you. (954) 524-4736 Broward County Main Library $ Broward Means www.flhc.org FESTIVAL Esplanade Park (954) 357-7443 Business www.adogsbestfriend.com • Kayak Rental www.broward.org/library Second Wednesday of the month Business networking event with Historic Segway OPERA New River Exploration Tour is The Indestructible Lee two-hours and starts at $59. presentations on local business Tours Miller Along the New River topics. Saturdays and Sundays Through Feb. 28 Full Moon Mangrove FOOD (954) 562-5159 This exhibition examines the life History Museum Fort Lauderdale With a local guide explore Tours (954) 463-4431 www.riverwalkrec.com and work of preeminent American The night of the full moon the history of the New River www.flhc.org and historic Francis Abreu photographer, Lee Miller (1907- Bonnet House Museum SPORTS 1977 ). and Gardens properties. History Museum NSU Art Museum (954) 564-4521 Fort Lauderdale Behind the Scenes — Fort Lauderdale FAMILY www.nsuartmuseum.org Private Living Quarters (954) 463-4431 Tours www.flhc.org Second and fourth Wednesday HOLIDAY • Cardio Mix of the month. Back to School with the with Josh Hecht Take a sneak peek inside New River Ferry: WPA Museum Extension 6:30 p.m. Mondays and normally closed areas of Evelyn Bridges, Boats & HISTORY Project Wednesdays and Frederic Bartlett’s private Through Mar. 31 Beginnings (Historic Times and dates subject to living quarters. Boat Tour) Broward County Main Library LECTURE change depending on weather • Ecoboats JM Lexus Sunday Bonnet House (954) 357-8243 Saturdays restrictions. Daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Reservation Jazz Brunch (954) 703-2606 The guide introduces required. First Sunday of the month Esplanade Park www.bonnethouse.org/hours-fees passengers to scalawags Monday–Thursday: $80/hour 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. COMEDY (954) 232-7737 and hers, native people, and Weekends and Holidays: $90/ Historic Walking Tour Riverwalk Park explorers. The tour continues at hour. Minimum 2 hours, Through May 1 on Fridays (954) 828-5363 Free First Thursday A leisurely walk along the the History Museum. HEALTH maximum 6 hours. Starry Nights History Museum Fort • Segway Fort New River, Fort Lauderdale’s First Thursday of the month Lauderdale 2525 Marina Bay Dr. W. Lauderdale $ (954) 5000-ECO first highway. Explore historic River Ghost Tours This is a free event. Everyday • 8 a.m.-6 p.m. buildings and hear tales of the (954) 463-4431 BUSINESS www.ecoboatsftl.com Sunday night NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale www.flhc.org Take a one- or two-hour segway many characters who built Fort Historic Stranahan House (954) 262-0245 tour in Fort Lauderdale on Lauderdale. Museum KID’S THEATER the Riverwalk. No experience, History Museum Fort Lauderdale (954) 524-4736 balance, or coordination needed. • Pilates Fort (954) 463-4431 www.stranahanhouse.org Yoga by Donation Training provided. One-hour tour: Lauderdale Live Animal Shows Third Saturday of the month www.flhc.org Fridays TRADE SHOW $59 per person; two-hour tour, Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. History Museum Fort Bonnet House Museum $89 per person. Esplanade Park Lauderdale and Gardens (954) 304-5746 (advanced Saturdays, 10 a.m. Las Olas Outdoor Green (954) 463-4431 William J. Glackens: A (954) 564-4521 PETS reservations) Lawn behind History Center Market www.flhc.org www.segwayfortlauderdale.com (954) 400-7184 Modernist in the Making Sundays • 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Through Aug. 31 www.pilatesftlauderdale.com Plaza at YOLO The museum is mounting a WINTERFEST (954) 462-4166 new exhibition to demonstrate

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John Bowen WRITER ALEXANDRA ROLAND

or John Bowen, artistic ability He graduated in 1959 and worked in advertising runs in the family. “My dad agencies for two years before entering the Air Force as an F was an artist. He was a painter,” illustrator. In 1969, after returning from Vietnam, Bowen he says. “He did it just as a hobby, but moved to South Florida for a job with the Miami Herald. I tried to emulate him when I was Now retired, he spends his time painting and promoting growing up.” In school, Bowen took as his book, which memorializes his time as a war illustrator. many art classes as he could and during his senior year, “The thing that stood out for me in regards to my art he decided he wanted to become a commercial artist. was the fact that it was such a passion. I felt strongly A teacher introduced him to watercolor, his favorite that that was what I wanted to do. I think when you find medium. whatever is your passion, you should stick with it.”

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