Homestead originally called “Homestead Country” by railroad engineers and shortened to “Homestead” by the mapping engineers. Its mottos are: “Gateway to Everglades & Biscayne National Parks” and “Discover The Opportunities”.
The City of Homestead always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many historic business-friendly neighborhoods. The City of Homestead is rolling out their favorite “Welcome to Homestead” and their “Glad You’re Here!” inspiring Homestead welcome mats to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents and many value-added local businesses.
In the spirit of many enterprising early settlers, local Homestead entrepreneurs have created many jobs and business opportunities in the city. With the help of local business leaders, the demand for startup ventures and the need for more goods and services has ignited the spirit of business ownership in the local Homestead community.
Looking to the future with confidence, the City of Homestead encourages its residents to become inventors and creators of startups in retail, music, printing, beauty, healthcare, legal, home repair services, medical support, CNA services, media, information technology (IT), restaurants, makeup, online sales, cleaning services, car repair, beauty salons, barber shops, education technology, and construction to help Homestead’s local business communities to grow.