Alex Marrero Miami

Entrepreneur & Photography

Archives for April 2021

Make it a Miami Mother’s Day!

Give mom some Miami magic this year on Mother’s day… and support small businesses in the process!

Alex Marrero Miami Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is on Sunday, May 9, 2021.  In all the hustle and bustle, you wouldn’t be the worst son/daughter to have let the thought slip your mind.  But have no fear, Alex Marrero is here to offer up his small business suggestions!  Now’s your chance to get ahead of the game, and plan out how you can shop small for Mother’s Day this year.

The past year has been quite the wild ride!  From quarantine to vaccine and everything in between, 2020 and 2021 have blended together into the longest year ever.  At least, that’s how it feels for entrepreneurs whose usual routines have been shaken up, smashed down and spun all around.  Entrepreneurs and even longtime local business owners have had to remap their journeys in ways they’d never imagined…

Although things are starting to look up again, Miami’s small businesses still need your support to keep the Miami magic sparkling bright. Here are some gift ideas and local businesses Alex Marrero recommends supporting this Mother’s Day:

Buy her flowers at…

You just can’t go wrong with a big, beautiful bouquet on Mother’s Day!

  • Flowers by Pouparina
  • The Flower Studio
  • Petal Productions

Take her out for brunch at…

Moms love brunch.  Score some delicious brownie points — maybe even literally!

  • B Bistro + Bakery
  • Balan’s
  • Morgans Restaurant

And, of course, if you’re not local to the Magic City, Alex Marrero recommends planning a ‘Miami mama’ getaway.  Best son/daughter rights for a year — guaranteed!  Stay tuned for more of Alex Marrero’s Miami Small Business Showcase.

Positive news on the horizon for Miami small businesses

Miami Re-Investing in the Small Business Economy (RISE) will provide support to struggling local entrepreneurs and small businesses. Immediately, RISE will disburse $18 million in low-interest loans — but Alex Marrero believes that the initiative has the long term in mind, too.

Alex Marrero Miami Small Businesses
Check out more photos of Miami small businesses, culture and real estate from Alex Marrero.

It has now been more than a year since small businesses in Miami received unprecedented news.  Before long, mom and pop shops, without the chance to make tourists feel at home, closed their doors.  Lively weekend hotspots went cold;  happening music venues went silent.  Would this be temporary?  It all seemed so uncertain.

For small businesses in Miami, restrictions posed by the pandemic have caused a plethora of problems.  Sales have dipped down for many ventures, particularly those that virtually rely on tourism.  Some small businesses who closed last year will never reopen.  For so many, the burden has been too much to bear…

As a Real Estate Investor in Miami, Alex Marrero had no idea what to expect when the pandemic first began to reshape our day to day lives.  Would the pandemic, quarantine culture and social-distancing alter the real estate market in an irreparable way?  Or would the layout thrive?  Marrero, like so many other entrepreneurs, simply could not anticipate what was ahead…

For small businesses struggling in Miami, there is hope.  Miami Re-Investing in the Small Business Economy (RISE) is currently providing nearly 1,000 small businesses in Miami with critical pandemic relief in the form of low-interest loans.  The initiative also intends on planning more ways to support the local restaurants, shops and entertainment venues that give Miami its glimmer of hometown Magic.  Alex Marrero looks forward to how RISE will help Miami rise above the pandemic — in health and in small business.