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TEDc Celebrates 40th Years building Affordable Housing In the Communities

The Florida-based nonprofit affordable housing developer, TEDC is celebrating 40years of building strong communities with the launch of two of its newest housing communities in Miami’s Liberty City the event was hosted by NBC 6 News Co-Anchor Jawan Strader and attended by City of Miami mayor Francis Suarez and Miami-Dade County mayor Daniella Levine Cava. The construction underway for Edison Towers was the background for the groundbreaking ceremony. When the rehab is completed, 115 units of amenities-abundant affordable housing will be home for seniors. The celebration continued with the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the newly-constructed Edison Place, featuring 200 sustainably designed workforce housing units. One of the first nonprofit developers in Miami to use Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) to finance affordable housing, TEDc’s commitment, partnerships, and progress in buildingcommunities for people of modest means were highlighted during the commemoration.
Carol Gardner, president of the woman and minority-led TEDc, remarked, “We are honored to celebrate 40 years of being a member of this community. We have struggled together, and we have succeeded together. And working together, we are building more housing that improves the quality of life for more people and fuels more investment to benefit the entire community. TEDc is privileged to work with you to help solve the affordable housing crisis. Edison Towers and Edison Place are reminders of what we can and will accomplish together.”

Elected and government officials, community leaders, and representatives of TEDc’s co-development partnerships recognized the Company’s work and its expansion to development in other states, including The Honorable Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor of Miami-Dade County, The Honorable Francis Suarez, Mayor of the City of Miami, State Representative James Bush III, State Representative-Elect Ashley Gantt, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson’s Chief of Staff, Alexis Snyder, Jorge Pérez, CEO, Related Group, Jake Zunamon, Senior Vice President of Development, Smith & Henzy, Jeff Hovis, Chair, Wilmington, NC Housing Authority Board of Directors, Luce Lohier, TEDc Board Chair and Eric Knowles, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce President.
The commemoration event also highlighted TEDc’s growth with the announcement that the Wilmington, North Carolina Housing Authority selected TEDc and its co-development partner, Related Urban Group, to transform a 26-acre public housing project into a mixed-income, mixed-use community. The Fort Walton Beach Housing Authority of Florida had also awarded TEDc the multi-phased 19-acre redevelopment of existing public housing. A $400,000 appropriation and award from the State of Florida funding TEDc’s new social services initiative to provide financial training, GED certification, and vocational education to its communities’ residents. As part of the Initiatives, TEDc also announced the program will work directly with faith-based leadership, colleges, universities and other institutions to develop underutilized land to provide affordable housing.

Gardner closed the celebration with a call to action, ” Many say that the affordable housing crisis can’t be fixed. Some say that TEDc has big dreams. What we have is a solution, and it’s simple… We will work with our partners to deliver the highest and best housing and services to the people who need it most and to the communities they call home.”

Tafia Hosts “Mention My Name” Album Release Party

Meek Mill’s Dream Chasers/Roc Nation recording artist Tafia celebrated his debut album ‘Mention My Name’ at fanfare, firing non stop red carpet Release Party with friend and celebrities on March 17, 2022 in Miami, Florida. ( Photo by Johnny Louis / jlnphotography.com )

The Amazing Race season 33 finale watch party hosted by CSE and Lulu y Lala at DAER Nightclub in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

The cast of season 33 ‘The Amazing Race’ celebrating Penn Holderness and Kim Holderness Win during The Amazing Race season 33 finale watch party presented by CSE at DAER Nightclub/Dayclub in the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on March 2, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida. ( Photo by Johnny Louis / jlnphotography.com )

The 94th Academy Awards Nomination

Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees

Javier Bardem

Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch

The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield

tick, tick…BOOM!

Will Smith

King Richard

Denzel Washington

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees

Ciarán Hinds

Belfast

Troy Kotsur

CODA

Jesse Plemons

The Power of the Dog

J.K. Simmons

Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee

The Power of the Dog

Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees

Jessica Chastain

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman

The Lost Daughter

Penélope Cruz

Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman

Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart

Spencer

Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees

Jessie Buckley

The Lost Daughter

Ariana DeBose

West Side Story

Judi Dench

Belfast

Kirsten Dunst

The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis

King Richard

Animated Feature Film

Nominees

Encanto

Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer

Flee

Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

Luca

Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht

Raya and the Last Dragon

Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho

Cinematography

Nominees

Dune

Greig Fraser

Nightmare Alley

Dan Laustsen

The Power of the Dog

Ari Wegner

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Bruno Delbonnel

West Side Story

Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

Nominees

Cruella

Jenny Beavan

Cyrano

Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran

Dune

Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan

Nightmare Alley

Luis Sequeira

West Side Story

Paul Tazewell

Directing

Nominees

Belfast

Kenneth Branagh

Drive My Car

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Licorice Pizza

Paul Thomas Anderson

The Power of the Dog

Jane Campion

West Side Story

Steven Spielberg

Documentary (Feature)

Nominees

Ascension

Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell

Attica

Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry

Flee

Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein

Writing with Fire

Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

Documentary (Short Subject)

Nominees

Audible

Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean

Lead Me Home

Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk

The Queen of Basketball

Ben Proudfoot

Three Songs for Benazir

Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei

When We Were Bullies

Jay Rosenblatt

Film Editing

Nominees

Don’t Look Up

Hank Corwin

Dune

Joe Walker

King Richard

Pamela Martin

The Power of the Dog

Peter Sciberras

tick, tick…BOOM!

Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

International Feature Film

Nominees

Drive My Car

Japan

Flee

Denmark

The Hand of God

Italy

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Bhutan

The Worst Person in the World

Norway

Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominees

Coming 2 America

Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer

Cruella

Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon

Dune

Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh

House of Gucci

Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

Music (Original Score)

Nominees

Don’t Look Up

Nicholas Britell

Dune

Hans Zimmer

Encanto

Germaine Franco

Parallel Mothers

Alberto Iglesias

The Power of the Dog

Jonny Greenwood

Music (Original Song)

Nominees

Be Alive

from King Richard; Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

Dos Oruguitas

from Encanto; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Down To Joy

from Belfast; Music and Lyric by Van Morrison

No Time To Die

from No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

Somehow You Do

from Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

Best Picture

Nominees

Belfast

Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers

CODA

Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

Don’t Look Up

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

Drive My Car

Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer

Dune

Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers

King Richard

Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers

Licorice Pizza

Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

Nightmare Alley

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers

The Power of the Dog

Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers

West Side Story

Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

Production Design

Nominees

Dune

Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos

Nightmare Alley

Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

The Power of the Dog

Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

West Side Story

Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

Short Film (Animated)

Nominees

Affairs of the Art

Joanna Quinn and Les Mills

Bestia

Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz

Boxballet

Anton Dyakov

Robin Robin

Dan Ojari and Mikey Please

The Windshield Wiper

Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

Short Film (Live Action)

Nominees

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run

Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger

The Dress

Tadeusz ?ysiak and Maciej ?lesicki

The Long Goodbye

Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed

On My Mind

Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson

Please Hold

K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

Sound

Nominees

Belfast

Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri

Dune

Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett

No Time to Die

Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor

The Power of the Dog

Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb

West Side Story

Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

Visual Effects

Nominees

Dune

Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer

Free Guy

Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick

No Time to Die

Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Nominees

CODA

Screenplay by Siân Heder

Drive My Car

Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

Dune

Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

The Lost Daughter

Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal

The Power of the Dog

Written by Jane Campion

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Nominees

Belfast

Written by Kenneth Branagh

Don’t Look Up

Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota

King Richard

Written by Zach Baylin

Licorice Pizza

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

The Worst Person in the World

Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

The 94th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center on Sunday, March 27, 2022

The Week That WAS! Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs Logan “Maverick” Paul THE eight-round exhibition for bragging wright fight!

The week that was Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs Logan “Maverick” Paul The eight-round exhibition bragging wright boxing match at Hard Rock Stadium, was a weekend long event. Here’s a recap by our award winning photo editor Johnny Louis

 

Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs Logan "Maverick" Paul at Hard Rock Stadium

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MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - JUNE 06: Former world welterweight Floyd "Money" Mayweather exchanges blows with YouTube personality Logan "Maverick" Paul (yellow shorts) during their contracted eight-round exhibition boxing match at Hard Rock Stadium on June 06, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. ( Photo by Johnny Louis / jlnphotography.com )

P.Pole Pizza 3rd anniversary feature Singer AYASH

( Photo by Johnny Louis / jlnphotography.com )

( Photo by Johnny Louis / jlnphotography.com )

AYASH at P. Pole Pizza 3rd Anniversary Celebration

AYASH ( Photo by Johnny Louis / jlnphotography.com )

AYASH at P. Pole Pizza 3rd Anniversary Celebration

Nino, AYASH and Stefanie Carniato ( Photo by Johnny Louis / jlnphotography.com )

CORAL GABLES, FL – MAY 25: Singer AYASH performs live at P.Pole Pizza 3rd anniversary on May 25, 2021 in Coral Gables, Florida P.Pole pizza owner, Stefanie Carniato also donate a check to the winner of ‘creative people pizza from the art’ winner to Artist Nino.

Gospel AM 1490 WMBM and Visionary Bishop Victor T. Curry Kick-Off Announcement of the 25th Anniversary Celebration

During a festive and inspirational service on Sunday, November 17th Gospel AM 1490 WMBM unveiled its 2020 Vision to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its station, announcing the company’s new name – WMBM Media Group, Inc. – and launching a new nonprofit – WMBM Cares, Inc.

Miami attorney Larry Handfield, Esq. was named the 25th Anniversary Chair and veteran media executive Oscar Joyner, co-chair. Handfield and Joyner outlined the exciting new direction as part of the overall campaign to rebrand the radio station, a stalwart of the community. The official 25th anniversary will be celebrated on March 8, 2020, and will continue to embrace change throughout 2020.

Gospel AM 1490 WMBM and Bishop Victor T. Curry Kick Off of 25th Anniversary Celebration

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MIAMI, FL - NOVEMBER 11: General view during the Gospel AM 1490 WMBM and Visionary Bishop Victor T. Curry Kick Off Announcement of 25th Anniversary Celebration at New Birth Baptist Church on November 11, 2019 in Miami, Florida. ( Photo by Johnny Louis / jlnphotography.com )

The new direction will feature the renaming of New Birth Broadcasting Company, led by visionary Bishop Victor T. Curry, the station’s president and general manager, to WMBM Media Group, Inc., to expand its broadcasting and communication services. WMBM Cares, Inc., will offer a wide range of programs and services to the South Florida community.

“I’m so blessed to have spent more than two and half decades serving the community through my church and this radio station,” Curry said. “This 25th anniversary celebration is going to be very special and I’m excited about the events we’re planning over the next year. This is truly going to be a year of ‘new birth’.”

Sunday’s service at the New Birth Baptist Church featured an inspirational message by Elder Kenneth A. Duke, WMBM Media Group’s interim board chair. WMBM Media Group’s board vice chair, Rev. Dr. Nelson Adams and its secretary, Lorraine Jones attended along with board members of the newly formed nonprofit -. WMBM Cares, Teretha Lundy Thomas and Olivia Henry, which will be led under the direction of Rev. Dr. Alphonso Jackson Sr., chairman, and Julie Curry-Reid, executive director. Among the other guests attending the celebration were: Fedrick “Fed” Ingram, President, Florida Education Association (FEA), the Honorable Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall, Miami-Dade School Board Member, District 2 and a WMBM 25th Anniversary Honorary Co-chair, the Honorable Jean Monestime, Commissioner, District 2, Miami-Dade County Commission and a WMBM 25th Anniversary Honorary Co-chair, the Honorable Mayor and First Lady Philippe Bien-Aime, City of North Miami, the Honorable Matthew A. Pigatt, Mayor, City of Opa-locka, Karla Matts, President United Teachers of Dade (UTD), Antonio “Tony” White, First Vice President(UTD), Mindy Grimes-Festge, Secretary/Treasurer (UTD), Emily Diane Gunter, development director, Urgent, Inc., Cory Witherspoon, Vice President for the University Advancement, Florida Memorial University, Sheila Powell Cohen, Director of Major Gifts and Faith-Based Relations, Florida Memorial University, Rachel Tourgeman, Community Relations Director, Florida National University, Magareth “Maggie” Ambroise, Senior Manager, Florida Blue, Readus Smith, Elite Health Medical Center and Eric S. George, Owner Eric S. George Funeral Home.

Icon Gloria Gaynor performs during the Design District Performance Series

Lengendary singer Gloria Gaynor performs onstage during the Miami Design District Performance Series at Miami Design District Palm Court to a full on court people with outdoor live music, dining and luxury shopping

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