Miami-Dade Business Community Breaks Bread Together to Support Local Restaurants with Dine Out! Program
November 9, 2009Category: Uncategorized — Tags: Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, Coral Gables PR, Dine Out, Miami PR Agencies, Miami PR Firms, Public Relations Miami, Restaurant Public Relations, South Florida Public Relations — admin @ 3:30 pm
Designed as a collaborative effort supported by the leadership of numerous local Chambers of Commerce under the Coalition umbrella, including Chamber South, Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, North Dade Chamber, as well as the Miami-Dade Beacon Council, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Aventura Marketing Council, the community-wide Dine Out! Program supports our local restaurants by coming together as a business community and dining out!
The leadership and members of the various organizations will fan out across their neighborhoods and patronize their favorite local restaurants on Tuesday, September 29th for dinner. We are encouraging business leaders to postpone lunch meetings until dinner on Tuesday, move date-nights up to Tuesday evening, switch their plans to eat out with friends, and bring their family, colleagues and co-workers to the Dine Out! Program.
“Our restaurants are an important part of the small business community across Miami-Dade County and many are hurting right now as people eat out less in an effort to save money,” said Mark A. Trowbridge, president & CEO of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. “We need to create our own stimulus program to get our residents and visitors focused on how we can begin to aid our own recovery.”
A similar program was done after 9/11 when tourism was dramatically affected by the tragedies of that day. In this iteration of the program, our economy is more challenged by the recession we are experiencing and the leaders of our business community need to take action.
“Just as we came together after 9/11 to support our local restaurants and hotels, we feel it’s important for the community to join together once again and support these local businesses which are such an important part of our economy. As we emerge from this recession, the worst since the 1930’s, we need to do all we can to help this industry sustain itself and there is no easier way to do it than having a fun night out at one of our great dining establishments in Miami-Dade County,”
stated Frank Nero, president & CEO of The Beacon Council.
Wayne Eldred, General Manager of Tarpon Bend in Coral Gables offered his reason for participating. “Great dining experiences are the fiber that’s brings family, friends and colleagues together. It allows us to enjoy great times you can taste. This program is an act of simple genius and we are looking forward to serving up great memories.”
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