Vertical Festival 2026 is Sun., Nov. 22 at Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale: microdrama screenings, panels, awards and networking from 1 p.m. What to know.
AI & Tech
AI Fort Lauderdale guide: local AI firms like Apolo and Cybraics, hiring signals, the free CareerSource Broward AI Playbook and Broward College training.
Business & Policy
Phocuswright 2026 runs Nov. 17 to 19 in Fort Lauderdale. The standard ticket is now $4,199 after Oct. 30; startup, group and media rates explained.
Events & Deadlines
Three no ticket price AI sessions for South Florida owners ran this fall: FIU Oct. 6, TechFluence Oct. 15, Miami AI Women Oct. 21. What each covered.
AI & Tech
Evoke Strategy's Florida AI Visibility 2026 index found 94% of 28,488 studied businesses absent from AI search. What Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach owners should measure next.
Film & Media
Popcorn Frights Pre-Early Bird hits Wed Sep 30 — live FilmFreeway fees for Florida premiere genre shorts/features at Savor Cinema, Best Florida Film jury door, Aug 5–15 2027 fest map.
Grants & Money
NW Broward owners who think PIP is closed have the wrong door: MCRA PIP is open with live CivicPlus apply; arterial commercial 50% up to $750k; residential up to $10k. City PIP ≠ MCRA PIP.
Film & Media
Fort Lauderdale's studio chapter with Buffalo FilmWorks, the federal film incentive study and coalition, and a record of the Sept. 18 to Oct. 2 owner deadlines, plus what is still ahead: Hallandale Beach CRA FY2026-27 appointments and Delray Chamber's Oct. 16 AI session.
Business & Policy
Wed Sep 23 6:30pm OP finals—millage 5.6799 track, CRA $969,929, CIP $28.8M; verify Sep 14 assessments.
Business & Policy
Fort Lauderdale’s City Commission held its final FY2027 budget hearing on Sept. 14, 2026 and adopted the 4.1193 city millage, the 0.2216 debt millage and the stormwater and fire assessment resolutions. What a flat rate beside higher assessments means for owners.
Events & Deadlines
Broward County Library’s free four-week AI For Small Business course at AARLCC (Sept. 9 to 30) and SCORE Broward’s free Sept. 9 AI webinar have both passed. Here is what each offered, what free programs can and cannot promise, and where to find upcoming South Florida AI events.
Business & Policy
At 825 Progresso Drive, a CRA-backed container venue aims for fall 2026. Operators, documents, and what Broward owners can do now.
