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FOLLOW THE NEWS ON FACEBOOK! ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2012/02/unity_event_aims_to_bridge_cul.html http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2012/02/unity_event_aims_to_bridge_cul.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:48:55 -0500 Fresh entrepreneurs looking to expand Zona Fresca, a fresh, quick-service style restaurant that features the type of Mexican cuisine it's co-owners grew up eating in Southern California, recently opened a new location in Pompano in the Beachway Shopping Plaza, 800 N. Federal Highway. “We picked this spot because it was renovated and a highly visible location,” said co-owner Tim Dobravolskis. “We’ve had a great response so far.” The restaurant uses fresh ingredients, Dobravolskis said, a trained chef. “We’re kind of a hip 'taqueria,'” joked Dobravolskis, who stressed that all items on the menu must be healthy and made to order. While he’s been in the restaurant business for nearly 12 years, co-owner Oscar de Armas said he had absolutely no background in food service before opening the first Zona Fresca location. He had the idea to open a Mexican eatery, de Armas said, because he and his wife — fresh from Glendale, California — couldn’t find a Mexican place in South Florida they liked. “We would try restaurants here and it just wasn’t the Mexican food, it wasn’t the light fare we were used to,” said de Armas, who moonlights as a financial advisor. http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2012/01/fresh_entrepreneurs_looking_to.html http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2012/01/fresh_entrepreneurs_looking_to.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:11:31 -0500 Nonprofits get needed boost As part of its grand reopening last week, Office Depot in Pompano Beach handed out packs filled with school supplies and made donations to three local nonprofits as part of an effort to give back to the community. About 200 packs filled with essential school supplies were distributed to each of the three charities, and each received a check for $200 as well, according to Mary Wong, president of the Office Depot Foundation. “In this day and age, when there are so many companies and so many foundations that are pulling back because of the economy, this is one of the programs we have expanded,” said Wong, who called the sack-pack giveaway a “keystone” program for the Office Depot Foundation. Giselle Reid, executive director of the Broward Children’s Center Foundation, said she was delighted to be on-hand for the festivities. The Office Depot Foundation has been supportive of her nonprofit agency, which serves special-needs children from newborns to age 21, in the past as well. “Office Depot has been very good to us for a while,” said Reid, who said the foundation made the same donation when it first opened the store on McNab Road, as well as when another store opened in Pompano Citi Centre. “Eighty-nine percent of the children that we serve are low-income, so whenever possible we try to make sure we get whatever we need donated … it was wonderful.” http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2012/01/nonprofits_get_needed_boost.html http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2012/01/nonprofits_get_needed_boost.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:04:55 -0500 Tentative thumbs up for 6 percent rate hike FOLLOW THE NEWS ON FACEBOOK! ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/09/tentative_thumbs_up_for_6_perc.html http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/09/tentative_thumbs_up_for_6_perc.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:40:50 -0500 Fellowship winner first in family to college FOLLOW THE NEWS ON FACEBOOK! ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/09/fellowship_winner_first_in_fam.html http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/09/fellowship_winner_first_in_fam.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:37:28 -0500 Community gives centenarian one more say at sea FOLLOW THE NEWS ON FACEBOOK! ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/09/community_gives_centenarian_on.html http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/09/community_gives_centenarian_on.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:33:34 -0500 New library OK'd near City Hall FOLLOW THE NEWS ON FACEBOOK! ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/08/new_library_okd_near_city_hall.html http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/08/new_library_okd_near_city_hall.html Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:23:57 -0500 Local vets prepare for emotional trip to D.C. memorial FOLLOW FPG NEWS ON FACEBOOK! ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/06/local_vets_prepare_for_emotion.html http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/06/local_vets_prepare_for_emotion.html Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:54:41 -0500 Pompano looking into alleged gambling on youth football FOLLOW THE NEWS ON FACEBOOK! ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/05/pompano_looking_into_alleged_g.html http://blogs.trb.com/community/news/pompano_beach/forum/2011/05/pompano_looking_into_alleged_g.html Wed, 25 May 2011 16:39:44 -0500 'Arts hub' next step in downtown Pompano? 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