youths would speak about their experience at a future City Commission meeting
• On February 27, she would be heading to Washington, D.C., as she received
an invitation from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to
attend their Black Health Summit; representatives from the White House would
be there, so the City’s delegation of Niah Washington and she would be
attending the meeting in person with the hope of establishing meaningful
relationships, and getting access to some federal dollars; they had meetings
scheduled in the afternoon after the summit, where they would meet with the
HHS team, as well as the Youth Excel team; they were invited to participate in a
national webinar on which they wished to highlight the City of Lauderhill for its
work around the procurement project, as well as its work in the Youth Excel
Program; this would result in
a conflict in her attending the Solid Waste
Authority meeting, for which she emailed Ms. Giles-Smith and Mr. Hobbs in the
hope they could attend in her place
• Friday, March 1, 2024, was the first Dine In Lauderhill event for the spring
season, at which the special guest would be Mayor Thurston; anyone wishing to
spend quality time with Mayor Thurston should go to the City’s website:
lauderhill-fl.gov/lunchmeetup to register to have lunch with the Mayor
• The elected officials would soon head to the National League of Cities (NLC)
Congressional City Conference; attending would be Mayor Thurston, Vice Mayor
L. Martin, and she; the intent was to bring back resources to the City;
specifically, they would be lobbying the federal government to bring back dollars
to Lauderhill.
Commissioner S. Martin mentioned the funday Community Barbeque at St.
George went well; the next one would be held on March 9, 2024, 3:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m. at Cassa, Georgetown; he said his colleagues were all welcome to
attend.
It would be a funday with free food, a bounce house, music, and
community engagement.
Commissioner Dunn wished to inform her colleagues, and the homeowners’
association presidents in the Chambers that there would be filming for the
Peace365 communications campaign throughout the present week.
They
would be filming on Thursday at the Food Truck Roll location, and she invited
her colleagues and the community to come out, and stand with them for peace
in Lauderhill. She invited everyone to attend the Food Truck Roll at 5:00 p.m.,
where they could eat, and have a chance to appear in the video; she had
Lauderhill Peace365 T-shirts for anyone present at the Thursday evening
filming, so they could stand arm-in-arm for peace.
City Manager Giles-Smith said Lauderhill was one of only two cities in the
County that had Broadway performances at its theater, something the City was
very proud of. The Lauderhill Performing Arts Center (LPAC) recently finished
showing Chorus Line,
a
hugely successful show with great singing and
dancing. She said, however, patrons had a great opportunity to see Memphis,
another Broadway performance about Memphis in the 1950s, and the music of
that time, at the LPAC; it was a show about a lady who wanted to become a
singer, and the man who loved her. Patrons would be treated to performers
with beautiful voices, and great dancing. A commercial trailer video was shown,
and there would be shows for Memphis until the end of the week, and after the
show, people could enjoy the offerings of the Lauderhill’s arts and entertainment
district, such as Yeasty Brews, Bliss Bar, Liquid Paradise, etc. She mentioned
Jazzin’ in West Ken Lark would take place the coming Saturday, March 2, 2024;
it was a free event at West Ken Lark Park, so everyone was invited to come out
