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Arts Ballet Spring Gala: Don't Miss the Last Ballet of the 2007-2008 Season:


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Real Estate Seminar for Non-Profits:

See below this very interesting workshop that is offered for free to non profits on the subject of real estate purchase and leasing. I will be starting off the program with a short introduction on the key issues involved in “Planning and Completing Successful Capital Campaigns.” And David Galler will be speaking on "From Design to Reality: Process and Pitfalls." It’s a first for the two of us to speak on the same panel.


The Staubach Company's Non-Profit Practice Group has partnered with Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant, BEAME Architecture, The Galler Group, SFTG Associates and Hitt Contracting to bring the South Florida Non-Profit community its 1st Annual Real Estate Seminar for Non-Profits. This half day seminar will take place on Thursday, May 21st at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Registration fee is waived for Non-Profits (max. 2 representatives) $225 for For-Profits
Registration details attached. Deadline to Register: Thursday May, 15.

The program is as follows:

8:00 a.m. Breakfast & Networking
8:30 a.m. Capital Campaigns
8:55 a.m. Real Estate Strategic Planning
9:20 a.m. Commercial Real Estate Market Update
9:45 a.m. Break
9:50 a.m. The Lease & Purchase Process
10:15 a.m. Real Estate Ownership vs. Leasing
10:40 a.m. Real Estate Financing for Non-Profits
11:05 a.m. Break
11:10 a.m. Tax Benefits & Key Accounting Issues
11:35 a.m. From Design to Reality: Process & Pitfalls
12:00 p.m. Construction Pitfalls & "Green" Building
12:25 p.m. Questions & Answers
12:45 p.m. Lunch & Networking

Best Regards,

Catarina Jimenez
Non-Profit Practice Group
THE STAUBACH COMPANY - South Florida

Catarina Jimenez
The Staubach Company
Office Services Division - South Florida
1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Ste. 2210
Miami, Florida 33131

(305) 728-3700 Direct (305) 728-7396
Fax (305) 728 3699
catarina.jimenez@staubach.com


catarina.jimenez@staubach.com
www.staubach.com

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For Immediate Release
April 1st - 22nd, 2008
Contact: Karen Peterson (305) 298-5879

MIAMI’S MIXED-ABILITY DANCE TROUPE

PERFORMS IN MIAMI AND PODGORICA, MONTENEGRO
Peterson Dancers 18th Season in Miami

Karen Peterson’s Dance Troupe presents “Future Memories” at the Excello dance space in April and then travel to Montenegro in May to perform at the Montenegrin National Theatre and teach at the youth disability center in the capital, Podgorica. This is the second part on a Miami / Montenegro Cultural Exchange Project that began with performances by the Ballo Dance Company in Miami in October 2007.

Ms. Peterson’s three wheelchair and four non- wheelchair dancers will premier “Future Memories”, a multi-media work that finds an intimate connection between her dancers and Ms. Peterson’s immediate family. Through the inspiration of home videos, sing-a-long songs, family arguments and finger painting, Ms. Peterson finds the struggles, passion and support of the family similar to that of her dance company.

The four performances will take place on:
Friday, April 25th at 8 PM
Saturday, April 26th at 4PM and at 8 PM
Sunday April 27th at 4 PM
Dance Artists include: John Beauregard, Shawn Buller, Marjorie Burnett, Enid Harum - Alvarez, Erin St. John, Carol Kaminsky, Jennifer Smallwood, Jessica Pusceddu

During the first week of May, Peterson will produce “the 5th Emerging Choreographers Showcase” a venue for local and national young choreographers. Now in its fifth year, the series has provided 30 talented dance makers with an intimate venue to display their work.

The four performances take place
Friday, May 2nd at 8PM
Saturday May 3rd at 4PM and 8PM
Sunday April 27th at 4 PM

Tickets are $15 general admission, $10. for students, seniors. .
All eight performances take place at the Excello Dance Space, 8700 SW 129th Terrace, Miami, Fl. 33176 in the Falls Industrial Warehouse area (for map see) http://www.karenpetersondancers.org/
For more information please call Karen Peterson at 305-298-5879