Documentary Film Underway – Anniversary of Lake Placid School

August 1, 2025.Reading time 1 minute.

The original Lake Placid Grade 1-12 School in 1925.

Lake Placid (FL) School was built and classes started in the new building in 1925. Grades 1 through 12 were taught. I’m doing a documentary film of the history of the building and about some of the students, teachers, and administrators from over the years. Production started this week.

Portfolio: What the Condo Collapse Means for Agents, Sellers and Buyers in South Florida

April 18, 2025.Reading time 14 minutes.

Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida

PORTFOLIO: The Champlain Towers South collapse emergency is ongoing, and some experts say they expect condo sales, in what was a roaring condo market in Miami, to struggle from the impact.

Sebring in the Spotlight with HGTV Hometown Makeover

February 16, 2025.Reading time 34 minutes.

HOME TOWN TAKEOVER ANNOUNCES 6 EPISODES FOR SEBRING MAKEOVER starting on March 9.

The Everglades Used to Have a Heartbeat – It Doesn’t Anymore

December 27, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

By R. Michael Brown, Marketing Consultant, Freelance Writer & Multimedia Producer. In 2017 the Everglades Foundation was promoting a campaign to pass major legislation to restore the Everglades. As the communications director of the Palm Beach Civic Association, a Foundation partner, Mike wrote and produced the following to help inform the public and win passing […]

Big Hit: Civic Association 75th-Year Multimedia History Project

July 17, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

By R. Michael Brown, Marketing Consultant, Freelance Writer & Multimedia Producer. We completed the 75 Year Anniversary History multimedia project at the Palm Beach Civic Association and showed it at the association’s Annual Meeting at the Flagler Museum in the Town of Palm Beach. It was a big hit and continues to get rave reviews! […]

The First Blogs and Bloggers?

August 12, 2011.Reading time 1 minute.

Blogs are considered to be a relatively new phenomenon in the last 20 years. But are they? In the 1500’s through the 1800’s, Ben Franklin, Samuel Sewell, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine, Adam Smith, and many others published what were called pamphlets – short small booklets with their news, ideas, and opinions (their content) about contemporary […]