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| 12/2/2019

› Art Basel 2019 and Miami Art Week: How to navigate (or avoid) the traffic nightmare
Despite the expected cold front, you may steam a bit in related traffic tie-ups as the art events take over Miami Beach and Miami-Wynwood neighborhoods. Thousands of arts patrons will clog the streets to get to the myriad events as this year’s 2019 edition of Basel begins Thursday and runs through Dec. 8.

› Orlando’s Audubon Park celebrates Small Business Saturday
This Small Business Saturday, the boutiques in Audubon Park’s Garden District were busy with shoppers looking to tick items off their holiday shopping list, escape the long lines at the mall and support local entrepreneurs in the neighborhood.

› Port Everglades had no control over employee spending sprees, audit says
Port Everglades’ purchasing, operating and finances have been grossly mismanaged in recent years, Broward County auditors say. Public works employees at the world’s third busiest cruise port used county-issued purchasing cards to spend millions of dollars on items that there’s no proof the port ever received, auditors said.

› Coworking space Industrious to take over former Ybor AMC theater
Centro Ybor’s former movie theater will become the second in-town Industrious coworking space, the company announced Tuesday. Industrious, which has 90 locations nationwide, and investment firm Third Lake Capital’s advisory arm — Third Lake Partners — will together convert the former AMC theater into a 45,000-square-feet flexible working space.

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