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![[Dale Holness]](../images-09/dale-holness.jpg) Commissioner Dale Holness |
Commissioner Dale Holness owns his own mortgage/real estate company, and belongs to and chairs several real estate boards.
He has been active in the community for many years as a member of the NAACP, and the former Member Chair for Operation PUSH.
He served on the Board of the NW Business Men’s Association and was a valuable asset at the Education Summit for churches and schools.
He worked relentlessly to secure $100,000 from the City Commission for education for two consecutive years.
A new Lauderhill Chamber of Commerce was founded by Commissioner Holness a few years ago. Under the auspices of Commissioner Holness, membership now includes over 200 businesses and moneys were collected and donated to the victims of Hurricane Wilma. His initiative to resuscitate Lauderhill’s business community not only benefited the City’s commerce but, children and families benefited as well. Commissioner Holness also took the initiative to introduce KAPOW (Kids and the Power of Work) to two local Elementary Schools reaching over 160 students and expanding the possibilities for their future careers, and showing them how success in school can equal success in work, and in life. He is not only an advocate for KAPOW, but he volunteers his time to work hands-on with the participants. Additional Elementary Schools have been slated to participate in the KAPOW program. He often visits his homeland of Jamaica to help further the country’s economic and political environments. He frequents Homeowner Association Meetings, mentorship programs and civic organizations like the Kiwanis and the Caribbean American Soccer. In spite of all his commitments and his passion for his City, family always remains first for him. Commissioner Holness always takes time out of his busy schedule to drive his kids to school and spend quiet family time on Sundays. With children of his own, Commissioner Holness intimately understands the importance of developing our youth. |