Concert planned for North Miami Beach
From David Volz
The 2022 Love-In Music Festival will be held on Sunday, October 16th at Greynolds Park, 18501 NE 122 Avenue in North Miami Beach. The annual family and music festival celebrating the music of the 60s, 70s and 80s is presented by the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department and Miami-Dade County District 4 Commissioner Sally A. Heyman.
The festival will highlight live musical performances by Fire Brigade, Yesterday: The Beatles Tribute Show, and Celebrating Queen. Patrons can also enjoy Octoberfest with German food and beer, food trucks, arts and crafts vendors, a 60s, 70s and 80s-themed costume contest, classic cars, and other festival favorites. In addition, the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Arsht Foundation Resilience Pod will return this year, giving away tree seedlings and discussing climate change, including food resilience and extreme heat in our area.
Admission is $20 per person. Now through October 14, the promo code LoveInEarlyBird can be used to receive one free ticket with the purchase of a regularly priced ticket. Every ticket purchased will help support conservation efforts at Miami-Dade Parks. Admission is free for children, ages 12 and under.
City of Oakland Park to receive prestigious award
From David Volz
The City of Oakland Park will be honored by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) as the recipient of the organization’s Community Health and Safety Award for its COVID-19 Vaccination Site for Vulnerable Seniors. ICMA, a global organization of more than 12,000 city, town, and county managers, bestows the annual Local Government Excellence Award to recognize programs that demonstrate innovation and success in the community’s safety, health and wellness, including enhancement in the quality of life for the disadvantaged.
As the recipient of ICMA’s Community Health & Safety Award, Oakland Park will be honored in various platforms, including ICMA’s Annual Conference, September 17-21, 2022. The Oakland Park COVID-19 vaccination site opened in January 2021 to serve vulnerable seniors who faced challenges making vaccine appointments and getting to distribution sites. The City partnered with the Department of Health to get access to a vaccine supply and worked with local organizations to identify and contact vulnerable seniors to schedule appointments. Oakland Park operated the vaccine distribution site and if needed, transported seniors to their appointments. As the first City-run vaccination site in Broward County, Oakland Park was able to provide more than 9,500 vaccines to seniors from ten south Florida cities and served as a model for other communities to operate additional distribution sites.
“Local government is the government closest and most responsive to the needs of the people,” said Oakland Park City Manger, David Hebert. “When the most vulnerable members of our society could not access the COVID vaccine, we took action. Oakland Park provided lifesaving care and comfort to our seniors when no other alternative was available to them and we provided the same service to vulnerable seniors from surrounding communities,” Hebert continued.
The ICMA Local Government Excellence Awards Program highlights creative contributions to professional local government management while demonstrating the difference that effective and committed management makes to the quality of life in our communities. ICMA’s program awards are presented to local governments and their chief administrators in recognition of their innovative and successful programs.
