From left to right:  Commissioner Joe Sanchez, Mayor Manny Diaz, City Manager Pete Hernandez, Ola Aluka, Director, Capital Improvements Program, Mike Geary Executive Vice President, Pirtle, Mauro Bermudez, Jose Marti Park Manager.

(Miami, Florida) -Groundbreaking ceremony for the new state-of-the-art gymnasium was held today, Thursday, May 31, 2007 at Jose Marti Park.  The new gymnasium will include a fitness center, an aerobics facility, locker rooms, administrative offices, storage space and a seating area for 500 people, which will provide an additional community meeting place for Miami residents.  The new gymnasium is scheduled to open by Spring 2008.