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President’s Message

Las Olas Association

Las Olas is facing change.

t is with a heavy heart that I share the Let’s ask not what others are doing for us,
loss of our longtime publicist Kevin Lane. but what we can do to bless others.
IKevin was featured in our last issue
under “Legends of Las Olas.” Indeed, Las Olas is facing change. The community
Kevin was a legend. Kevin’s passing was of Las Olas has changed. The way we
navigate our world has changed. People
not unexpected but comes at a time when
the world as we knew it has changed. are going to pass on and new people will
Kevin Lane represented the “true come on board to carry on what we have
gentlemen” of a time long ago. started. Our recent survey indicates that the
largest demographic on Las Olas at any
He not only had an incredible talent for given time of day is in the 25-35 age
writing but also a passion for lifting people
range. Las Olas has been an aging
up. As publicist and marketing consultant supermodel of downtown Fort Lauderdale.
for the Las Olas Association for decades,
She still looks great, and we dearly love
Kevin knew how to find the good in any her, but it is a time when a new, younger
person, subject, place, or thing. This is
generation has begun to take on a larger
what Kevin did for us – all of us.
Luke Moorman role. Nothing ever remains the same, and
Kevin lived humbly in a neighboring President, time marches on. So it goes for our
community. He did not own a car. He The Las Olas Association community, our loved ones, and the Las
preferred to walk everywhere he needed Olas Association.
go around Las Olas, and he arrived on time. He dressed To you, our readers and members, thank you for your
sharp, was kind, and always had a nice word for others.
support, and for your dissent. Both sides can agree that,
With his passing, Kevin has left us an indelible example of no matter what the future brings, there is no honor in
what is needed to find joy and success. Las Olas fragmenting relationships. The Las Olas Association
Boulevard provided many of us a magical childhood and a remains committed to real action, to promoting and
glamorous young adulthood. The BGGMVFOU lifestyles so many publicizing Las Olas Boulevard. We ask that you join in
of us on Las Olas enjoy is no guarantee for joy and that effort. We won’t always agree on the best course of
success. There is no amount of money or pretty things that action, but, like Kevin Lane taught us, we can do it with
define your impact on those around you. What will respect, realizing that division will reduce our collective
ultimately be remembered is how we treat people and impact. And that we are only greater together.
what we give to this life, not what we took. Thank you,
Kevin Lane, for your example of kindness, civility, and
honor. May we all aspire to those traits which brought you
joy and success.
As we enter the holidays, known as the season of gratitude Luke Moorman
and giving, let’s all work to be a little kinder, to always Jewelry Designer | Luke@CarrollsJewelers.com
give a kind word and a smile. Let’s behave even CFUUFS President, The Las Olas Association

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