Miami-Dade County is Forcing Small Businesses to Close
In this time of economic uncertainty Miami-Dade county has chosen to side with do-nothing developers and force a dozen profitable family owned small businesses to close their doors. Small businesses should be protect and allowed to flourish. The original FAA airport lease to the county specifically stipulates that no undo discrimination can be leveled against small business at Opa Locka Airport (KOPF).
The county has taken the brazen step of leasing the airport in mass as a monopoly to Michael Adler’s AA Acquisitions. They in turn quadrupled the rent of current tenants and promptly forced eviction procedures even though most of these business were in good standing, and up-to-date with their rents. Some businesses have been in Opa Locka Airport serving South Florida customers for more than 30 years. Alca Avionics is the sole independent repair station on the field, without which aviation customer simply won’t come to KOPF. Wayman Pilot Supplies is the largest pilot shop in Miami, a regular stop for international pilots that brings much needed foot traffic to the airport. They have been doing all they can to keep the airport alive during Miami-Dade Aviation’s decades long neglect. Causing what was once the country’s busiest airport in the 1970s to sputter into a ghost town in only one generation.
Opa Locka is already a depressed neighborhood. Why is Miami-Dade allowing the only economic engine available to it be dismantled and sold off?
February 8th, 2009 at 10:30 am
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