/tags/local-businesses local businesses en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:00:00 GMT /business/2026-02-20/miami-beach-spring-break-south-beach-sobe Miami Beach businesses aren’t looking to rekindle things with spring break’s wild past — they just want a healthier relationship. After last year’s tough crackdown, many South Beach businesses say this season’s lighter touch will strike a better balance between safety and sales. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:00:00 GMT /business/2026-02-20/miami-beach-spring-break-south-beach-sobe Sofia Baltodano /arts-culture/2025-10-29/casa-de-los-trucos-halloween-miami For more than 50 years, mom-and-pop store Casa De Los Trucos in Miami has sold a wide range of costumes, decorations, theatrical makeup and pranks. It has established itself as a staple in Calle Ocho and a go-to shop for customers across generations. Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2025-10-29/casa-de-los-trucos-halloween-miami Valentina Sandoval, Alyssa Ramos /development/2025-10-03/west-palm-beach-greenmarket The award-winning West Palm Beach GreenMarket returns in a few weeks, now bigger than ever with 150 vendors, 45 of them new. It continues to help small businesses grow into brick-and-mortar success. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT /development/2025-10-03/west-palm-beach-greenmarket Wilkine Brutus /business/2025-07-09/spot-pet-insurance-miami When Trey Ferro compared pet-insurance adoption in 2019, the gap jolted him: nearly 40% of UK pet owners were covered, yet only about 2% of Americans were. That insight pushed the Chicago-born economist to launch Sport Pet Insurance in Miami at the start of 2020. Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:23:26 GMT /business/2025-07-09/spot-pet-insurance-miami Riley Kaminer | Refresh Miami /2022-04-27/mayors-urge-the-governor-for-a-veto-broward-9-1-1-is-leaving-calls-unanswered-and-craig-baggs-remembers-his-dad Some South Florida mayors want Governor DeSantis to put local government before business, asking him to veto Senate Bill 620. Also, Broward County is having a lot of trouble hiring and retaining workers for its 9-1-1 call center. Plus, Craig Baggs offered insight into his father, one of Miami’s most important journalists, and the center of discussion for this month’s Sundial Book Club. Wed, 27 Apr 2022 19:33:12 GMT /2022-04-27/mayors-urge-the-governor-for-a-veto-broward-9-1-1-is-leaving-calls-unanswered-and-craig-baggs-remembers-his-dad Caitie Muñoz, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /news/2021-08-04/pompanos-ice-cream-float-boat-delivers-summer-joy-one-dock-at-a-time The McGills in Pompano Beach spend their weekends going around the Lake Santa Barbara area and the surrounding canals on a pontoon boat full of nostalgic frozen treats. They call it: the ice cream float, boat. Wed, 04 Aug 2021 11:00:59 GMT /news/2021-08-04/pompanos-ice-cream-float-boat-delivers-summer-joy-one-dock-at-a-time Caitie Muñoz /news/2021-07-08/surfside-businesses-struggling-after-they-rushed-to-help-in-wake-of-condo-collapse In the hours and days after the sudden collapse of a condo in Surfside, neighboring business owners didn’t immediately think about their rent and the sudden end to their income. They moved to help their neighbors. But now, two weeks after the Champlain Towers South fell, a different kind of reality is starting to take hold of the businesses in the two-block Surfside downtown. Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:41:11 GMT /news/2021-07-08/surfside-businesses-struggling-after-they-rushed-to-help-in-wake-of-condo-collapse Carlos Frías - Miami Herald /news/2021-05-18/as-mask-mandates-disappear-business-owners-left-to-make-and-enforce-their-own-rules The CDC's new guidance that it's safe for fully vaccinated people to go without masks, even indoors, has led to a confusing situation for businesses, which now have to decide what to do on their own. Tue, 18 May 2021 11:02:03 GMT /news/2021-05-18/as-mask-mandates-disappear-business-owners-left-to-make-and-enforce-their-own-rules Andrea Hsu /news/2021-02-11/broward-covid-business-complaint-dashboard-still-receiving-complaints Jo Sesodia, the director of the county's planning and development management division, says Broward has received more than 17,000 complaints against businesses since last June. Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:10:25 GMT /news/2021-02-11/broward-covid-business-complaint-dashboard-still-receiving-complaints Amber Amortegui /news/2021-01-14/covid-19-business-liability-protection-bill-passes-first-stop-in-house A House bill created to protect businesses from frivolous COVID-19 lawsuits started moving Wednesday, clearing its first committee stop on a party-line vote. It’s a priority for business groups and Gov. Ron DeSantis. Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:52:17 GMT /news/2021-01-14/covid-19-business-liability-protection-bill-passes-first-stop-in-house Blaise Gainey