Charter Communications' Internet Street Fair Comes to the Internet Coast.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001 Charter Communications' Internet Street Fair is coming to South Miami South Miami, city (1990 pop. 10,404), Dade co., SE Fla., a suburb of Miami; settled 1899, inc. 1926. It is a commercial and retail center for neighboring Coral Gables. Beach, on Saturday, May 5th. The Internet Street Fair provides an opportunity for technology related companies of all sizes to showcase their products and services to potential customers, investors, strategic partners, employees and the community at large in a festival type setting. "Miami Beach Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. is excited to host Charter Communications' Internet Street Fair. Events such as this serve to keep the spotlight on Miami Beach and the InternetCoast as a global center for technology and innovation," says Miami Beach Mayor Neisen Kasdin. Charter Communications' Internet Street Fair is a festive fes·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival. 2. Merry; joyous: a festive party. , informal venue where technologists can network face-to-face with other industry leaders, while allowing interested consumers to experiment with products first hand. Along with the latest technological developments, the Internet Street Fair showcases local food, drink and entertainment, providing a unique opportunity for companies to feature their products right in their end-users' backyards. Musical entertainment will be provided by MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. 2 featuring a major label recording artist, which will be announced at a later date. "The idea behind Internet Street Fair is to give as many technology companies in the area, from the smallest to the largest, opportunities to showcase their business, products and ideas to the rest of the Internet community as well as to the public at large," said Robert Baum, Director of Internet Street Fair. "It will be a tremendous opportunity to raise the profile of the New Economy in South Florida. The format will be similar to a traditional street fair but with an added twist: there will be booths available with high-speed Internet See broadband. access for each company to demonstrate its products and ideas. Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. will be sponsoring and showcasing their high-speed Internet access capabilities by providing connectivity to every vendor booth. With more than 6.3 million customers, Charter Communications, a Wired World(TM) company, is among the nation's largest broadband communications companies Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. . The Miami Beach Internet Street Fair promises to attract nearly 100 of the area's top technology based companies and thousands of technology industry professionals and consumers. Booth prices range from $200 to $1250 and a number of sponsorship opportunities are available. Additionally, the area's leading technology associations: Tuesday Network, Miami Internet Alliance (Internet Alliance, Washington, DC, www.internetalliance.org) A membership association dedicated to promoting the Internet as the global marketplace for the 21st century. Its goal is to provide a consistent message to state and federal government that enables the Internet to benefit the , Association of Internet Professionals, South Florida Telecom Forum, Internet Coast, Enterprise Development Corporation, Women in Technology, IT Florida, The Technology Forum of South Florida and the Minority E-Commerce Association have all endorsed the event. In addition, the Miami Beach Department of Special Events, the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, the Lincoln Road Lincoln Road runs east and west between 16th Street and 17th Street on Miami Beach. Once open to vehicular traffic, Lincoln Road is now closed to traffic between Washington Avenue and Lenox Avenue. Marketing Association and the Miami Beach Production and Industry Commission have provided strong support for the event, which will further showcase Miami's strength in the technology realm. The Internet Street Fair will be from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Lincoln Road, between Pennsylvania and Washington Avenues Washington Avenue can refer to:
For more information, visit www.internetstreetfair.com or call Robert Baum at 305/342-0168. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion