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Miami Lakes committee sets 2026 networking events to every-other-month schedule
Summary
The committee approved a 2026 schedule of business networking socials to occur every other month (January, March, May, July, September) with a $3,000 annual allocation and $500 support per host restaurant; locations will be confirmed at upcoming meetings.
The Miami Lakes Economic Development/Cultural Affairs committee voted to schedule business networking socials every other month in 2026 and allocated the committee’s networking budget accordingly.
Members agreed on a pattern of January, March, May, July and September events and to continue offering $500 to host restaurants as sponsorship for each networking social. The committee noted the $3,000 pool available for networking socials and agreed venues and hosting details would be decided at future meetings.
A committee member who runs marketing-related events proposed integrating targeted, industry-focused 'YAP' networking mixers and suggested the committee could title‑sponsor or co-sponsor those events to increase value. Members agreed that combining committee sponsorship with member-hosted programming could deepen turnout and stretched the committee’s resources.
The motion to approve every-other-month networking events passed unanimously; committee staff were directed to place venue confirmations on the next agenda and to coordinate sponsor invoicing and receipts from host restaurants.
