{"id":13343,"date":"2016-12-07T10:40:39","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T17:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?p=13343"},"modified":"2016-12-15T08:57:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T15:57:46","slug":"publishers-readers-comments-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/publishers-readers-comments-12\/","title":{"rendered":"PUBLISHERS \u2013 READERS COMMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/a>

A toast to you, and wishing\u00a0our friends, readers and\u00a0advertisers all the best\u00a0for this holiday season.
\n<\/i>May you enjoy\u00a0the companionship of\u00a0family and friends as you\u00a0celebrate the season.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2018TIS THE SEASON\u2026<\/b><\/h2>\n

Season\u2019s Greetings!\u00a0 If you have a moment, pour yourself a cup of coffee and let me spend a few minutes with you as you thumb\u00a0through our latest issue.<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving fittingly ushers in the holiday season.\u00a0 It provides us a\u00a0good time to reflect and express gratitude before the hustle and\u00a0bustle otherwise distracts us.<\/p>\n

Over the past several issues, we\u2019ve taken our readers to visit some of Miami\u2019s fine cultural and community institutions: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, History Miami, the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Barnacle, Villa Vizcaya and the National Park Service, both of which are celebrating their centenary this year. Many readers have favorably commented on this special series exclusively published in \u201cSOMI.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 I appreciate hearing\u00a0from you, thanks.<\/p>\n

In this issue we return close to home as we celebrate our \u201chometown.\u201d We have many great family-oriented events happening in our hometown: our two art festivals, Santa\u2019s Parade of the Elves, Safe Streets Halloween, the Twilight 5K, car shows and more, are part of the fabric of what makes SOMI so special.<\/p>\n

Community events shape who we are, and whether you dress in a Halloween costume with your kids, put on a pair of running shoes for the 5K run, stroll through the artist tents on Sunset Drive for our annual art shows and car shows, the experience of coming together is a refreshing and exhilarating experience.<\/p>\n

In this issue, we\u2019ve got some new businesses in town to introduce you to in our What\u2019s New in Town<\/i> feature, and some which are planning to open, and which you\u2019ll be reading about in our February\/March issue.\u00a0 In the category of \u201cWhat\u2019s New,<\/i>\u201d obviously the most significant for our community is the one being planned for the redevelopment of The Shops at Sunset Place.\u00a0 Now locally owned and managed, the team is in the process of making improvements, signing new leases and presenting a long-term plan. You can read more about what\u2019s on the horizon\u00a0on page 35.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the City of South Miami will be observing its 90th Anniversary.\u00a0 This would be a good time to develop a strategic plan that will lead us\u00a0to our centenary in 2027.<\/p>\n

I must commend the City of South Miami administration for their attention to the beautification needs in our retail and restaurant district with new street signs, sidewalk repairs, tree plantings, attending to the flower planters and more.<\/p>\n

And on my New Year\u2019s Resolution List is to continue to push for more pedestrian and bicycle safety concerns. We definitely need a landscaped pedestrian crosswalk across Red Road at 73rd Street \u2013 that\u2019s something that simply has to get done with the cooperation of the county.\u00a0 The need has been apparent for years \u2013 let\u2019s get it going.<\/p>\n

The building of our town center is a significant \u201cbranding\u201d effort that requires a sustainable marketing campaign and other infra-structure improvements that will require support from our municipal, county and state elected officials, commercial property owners, our area merchants and professional businesses, the chamber of commerce – and you, our shoppers and diners, who walk the tree-lined streets in our \u201chometown.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so after Black Friday, Shop Small Saturday and Cyber Monday,\u00a0I hope you can enjoy the pleasant presence of family and friends in this joyous holiday season.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the SOMI experience in 2017 and remember to SHOP SMALL\u00a0IN SOMI all year round!<\/p>\n

All the best,
\n\"JES<\/p>\n

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\"Shout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A toast to you, and wishing\u00a0our friends, readers and\u00a0advertisers all the best\u00a0for this holiday season. May you enjoy\u00a0the companionship of\u00a0family and friends as you\u00a0celebrate the season. \u2018TIS THE SEASON\u2026 Season\u2019s Greetings!\u00a0 If you have a moment, pour yourself a cup of coffee and let me spend a few minutes with you as you thumb\u00a0through our<\/p>\n

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