{"id":3346,"date":"2013-08-03T05:17:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3346"},"modified":"2013-08-05T08:13:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T15:13:17","slug":"county-economic-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/county-economic-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"COUNTY ECONOMIC ENGINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<a id=\"county-economic-engine\"><\/a><p>At the most recent <b>Chamber South General Membership Breakfast<\/b> meeting held at the Dadeland Marriott on July 24, the Chamber welcomed <b>PortMIami Director\u00a0Bill Johnson<\/b> and his staff to present a report on the Port of Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Olafson (Port Manager of Intergovernmental Affairs and Cargo Development) presented PortMiami\u2019s plans for becoming big ship ready by 2015 to coincide with the opening of the expanded Panama Canal.\u00a0 These include deepening the Miami Channel, the installation of the new tunnel,\u00a0a 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