Miami, March 3, 2017- Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed School of Business will kick off the annual Small Business Education Program/Grow Miami, at 6 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, with keynote speaker Bill Fuller, co-founder of Barlington Group, a South Florida real estate and private equity investment firm that focuses on the redevelopment of Miami’s urban core.
For the past ten years, Small Business Education Program/Grow Miami has offered free workshops to business owners and entrepreneurs from low and moderate income areas in Miami-Dade County.
As a pioneer in the revitalization of Little Havana, Fuller has restored numerous commercial and residential projects on Calle Ocho and the surrounding neighborhoods. Barlington Group currently owns and manages over 500,000 square feet of commercial property in South Florida.
Special guests also include City of Miami Commissioner Wilfredo Gort, and Barbara Romani, South Florida Marketplace Manager for Citi Community Development.
For more information about free business workshops, contact Josie Lorenzo at 305-237-3822, smallbusinessprogram@mdc.edu or visit the program’s website: mdc.edu/smallbusiness (English) or http://www.mdc.edu/smallbusiness/esp/(Spanish).