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Miami-Dade Youth Fair The Youth Fair dispatches Delegates on Fact-finding Missions
Condo horticulture, back-yard gar- den techniques and social activism were among numerous ideas gleaned by Miami -Dade County Youth Fair & Exposition employees sent on fact finding missions across the United States and Canada over the summer to observe the way other fairs do things. “Even while we have a highly success-
ful county fair in Miami-Dade, our desire to excel demands that we always seek out other and better ways. Our employees were tasked with bringing back innovative and sustainable ideas that might fit into the nature of The Youth Fair and our youth and adult education programs,” said Robert Hohenstein, president and CEO. In June, Carol Douglass and Ismael Ra-
mos, who oversee The Youth Fair’s com- petitive exhibits department as director and manager respectively, visited the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar, Calif. “Our focus was dedicated to the fair’s
flower and garden show, which was beau- tiful and educational. We hope to mirror their work in our new garden exhibit, which is designed to display all things grown in the ground. It’s another way to showcase youth achievement at the Youth Fair,” Douglass said. Sira Camilo, director of sales and busi-
ness development, and her sales managers Ceciah Torres and Diana Nelson, headed to the New York State Fair in Syracuse. There, Camilo was impressed by the fair’s work to bring about social change by adopting a homeless family. Camilo and her team then headed to the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto in August, which Douglass also visited in the company of Rosa Madruga, director of operations, and Patty Dee, di- rector of concessions. Dee was intrigued by how the fair adapted society’s life- styles to its programming. “The Canadian National Exhibition is
truly an urban fair. Many of the Toronto guests, who arrived by public transporta- tion, lived in condominiums. The CNE recognized the urban nature of the guests and exhibited vertical gardening and gave
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tips for horticulture designs for balconies in condominiums,” Dee said. In addition, Dee said that Cana-
da’s largest annual communi- ty event served as several hun- dred thousand square feet of re- tail shopping and vast food courts offering international food. Local musicians played on stages throughout the fairgrounds. Other assignments included the Erie
Patty Dee, Carol Douglass and Rosa Madruga scout around the Canadian National Exposition for ideas to take home to the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair.
County Fair in Hamburg, N.Y., where Claudia Hernandez-Maltes, director of marketing and entertain- ment, and Julie Blanco, director of administration and compliance, were sent. Al- bert Montes, chief financial officer, attended the Minnesota State Fair.
Miami-Dade County Youth Fair’s Sira Camilo,
second from left, Ceciah Torres, third from left, and Diana Nelson, second from right, learn
tips from New York State Fair staff members Joan Kerr, far left, and Todd Dupell, far right.
Miami-Dade County Youth Fair’s Claudia Hernandes-Maltes, far right, and Julie Blanco, second from right, with new
friends Jessica Underberg and Dennis R. Lang, from the Erie County Fair in Hamburg, N.Y.
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