Chamber holds Golden Coconut Awards

The Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce held the 44th Annual Golden Coconut Awards on Friday at the Mayfair Hotel. District 2 Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, left, won the top honor of Golden Coconut. Others honored were Police Major Jorge Colina and Andy Haase and Paul Naron from Shell Lumber who shared the Community Service Award; Monty Trainer of the Arts Festival, President's Award; and Ed Prelaz of Mayfair, Board Member of the Year Award. At right: David Guzikowski from the Chamber office and Tony Noboa, Chamber president.


Liliana Dones, Major Jorge Colina, Sandra Colina.


Tom Falco with emcee for the day Robert Parente and Peter Laird, chamber board member. Robert did a great job keeping the ceremony moving.


Ed Prelaz and Felice Dubin; Monty Trainer receives award from Tony Noboa.


Illiana Leon and Ann Parsons from The Kampong; Margaret Nee from Pointe Group Advisors.


Donna Sweeny with Peter Laird.


My tablemates: Heather Bettner, Laura Bruney and Alizabeth Weisberg, who is new in sales at the Mayfair Hotel.


Manny Gonzalez and Dave Collins from the BID office, flank Dr. Luciana Ravazzi and Dr. Bruno Sharp from Sharp Segall Dentistry and Jose Alvarez accepted the award for Shell Lumber.


Monty Trainer and Tom Santoro; Felice Dubin, Ed Prelaz and Liliana Dones, that's Peter Laird peeking out from behind.