Melreese Golf Training Center Groundbreaking at the Melreese Golf Course
Commission Chairman Wifredo “Willy” Gort at the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Melreese Golf Training Center, a 5,000 sq. ft. facility, which will be the permanent home of the First Tee Youth Outreach Program, a program designed for train youth in the game of golf.
Stadium Apartments Back to School Event
Commissioner Willy Gort helps youngsters get ready for school during the School Supply Giveaway at Stadium Apartments.
Allapatah Duarte Park Back to School Backpack Celebration
Over 2,000 kids and their families participated in the Back to School Giveaway at Duarte Park, where Commissioner Gort distributed backpacks and school supplies to help families during these hard economic times get students ready for that important first day of school.
Commissioner Gort & PAL Car Wash
Commissioner Gort shares a moment at the Police Athletic League car wash with over 25 inner city youth, representing PAL Track & Field who traveled to New Orleans, to compete at the 2011 Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games.
Small Business Conference CAMACOL
Commissioner Wifredo “Willy” Gort addresses the audience at the “Getting Back to Business” Small Business Procurement Industry Fair at CAMACOL (Latin Chamber of Commerce) informing small businesses how to access Federal Government resources.
Commissioner
Wifredo (Willy) Gort
Commission Chairman Wifredo “Willy” Gort along with fellow City
Commissioners worked until the early hours of Wednesday,
September 28, to balance the city’s budget.
Commissioner Gort and members of his staff assisted in this process by fostering reductions in excess of $4 million to the city’s General Fund and recommended adjusting the Community Development year by six months in order to receive funds in a timelier manner. The shortened year resulted in a $5 million gain for the City.
Commissioner Willy Gort participated in several Back to School
events distributing backpacks and school supplies.
Knowing the hardships many families are facing in these tough economic times, Commissioner Willy Gort participated in several Back to School events distributing backpacks and school supplies to school kids to get them ready for the start of classes. Thousands of youngsters came to the events at Duarte Park, Stadium Apartments and Grapeland Park for a day filled with entertainment, food, career information, youth programs and mentoring.
Commissioner Willy Gort rolled his sleeves in a fundraising Car Wash event.
Making sure 25 inner city kids from the Police Athletic League (PAL) Track and Field travelled to New Orleans to compete in the Junior Olympics Games, Commissioner Willy Gort rolled his sleeves in a fundraising Car Wash event to help make this group of youngsters dreams come true.
Commissioner Willy Gort and kids from the First Tee Youth
Outreach Program.
Commissioner Willy Gort and kids from the First Tee Youth Outreach Program broke ground at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Melreese Golf Course Training Center the future home of the golf training program especially designed for youth. A firm believer in all the benefits that participating in sports brings, Commissioner Gort looks forward to the day young people in Miami take full advantage of this wonderful facility.
Long before Wifredo (Willy) Gort started his career as a City of Miami Commissioner, he was
already well known for his excellent community service and his volunteer work in what today
are important not- for- profit agencies offering social services to the elderly, the young and
the small business community, like Little Havana Nutrition and Activity Center, Youth Co-Op
and the Latin Chamber of Commerce (CAMACOL).
Wilfredo (Willy) Gort was elected as City of Miami Commissioner in the City-wide election on November 9, 1993. In 1996 Mr. Gort was selected Vice Mayor,
and served as acting mayor three months after the death of Mayor Stephen P. Clark.
Having worked on the 1994 – 1995 City Budget in collaboration with the city’s department directors and unions, Mr. Gort was able to reduce, city budget
by over $20 million. Mr. Gort worked closely with the City Neighborhood Enhancement System (NET), believing that this the best system to better serve
the community; indentifying each communities needs and addressing those needs to better each community and therefore strengthen the city community by
community.
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