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35 acres Destination Development coming to Miami Gardens
Miami Gardens, FL – The City of Miami Gardens will break ground for the Miami Gardens City Center located in the City’s Entertainment Overlay District (EOD). This ambitious project, led by developers Immocorp Capital, aims to transform the landscape of the community, bringing a fresh wave of economic growth, job creation, and enhanced quality of life for its residents. The groundbreaking is scheduled to take place on Monday, July 22, 2024, 10 a.m. at Northwest 191st Street and Northwest 27th Avenue.
Miami is the first city to receive consecutive Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grants, grant worth $39 million
Miami-Dade County, Florida – Officials announced on Friday that Miami’s efforts to revive the historically important neighborhood of Overtown would get more than $39 million in new federal grant money targeted at building public and affordable homes. With Miami-Dade County the first municipality to get two consecutive Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), this financing marks a remarkable moment.
More than 40 Miami Beach families given 2 weeks to move out or face eviction
MIAMI - Dozens of South Florida families are being told to move out of their Miami Beach apartments or face eviction."We were notified through a letter, it was posted at our doors," said Barbara Lavie. She is one of the 42 families paying low rent at the Riviera Apartments at 337 20th St. in Miami Beach. These families must be out of their units by August. "We just don't know where to go, we have called places, but the rent is extremely high," said Zeneida Guzman, who has lived at the Riviera for 10 years. All tenants received a letter from...
Fourth of July bash -- with music, fireworks and fun -- draws crowd to Veterans Park
The Miami Lakes Fourth of July celebration had all the ingredients for a fun party: Perfect weather, live music, food trucks and fireworks. An estimated 9,000 people came to Veterans Park to mark the country’s independence. The crowd was well-behaved and there were no incidents, according to Miami-Dade Police’s...
Displaced Temple Court Apartments residents may have found a new place to live
MIAMI - More than 70 people who lost their homes at the Temple Court Apartments to a massive fire just over a month ago may have found a new place to call home. Sawyer's Walk is a new affordable senior living complex in Overtown with 578 units. The developer says it is the largest affordable senior living project in the country in the last decade. Miami City Commission Chair Christine King says the city and county have helped get housing vouchers through HUD for the affected residents to use at Sawyer's Walk, or at two other locations. "Most of the units that we...
Miami Beach residents forced to move as affordable housing set to become boutique hotel
An affordable housing apartment in Miami Beach is now telling its residents that they have to move out. Back in 2023, the Riviera Plaza Apartments was approved by the City of Miami Beach’s Historic Preservation Board to renovate the 1920s building into a boutique hotel. But for the families...
Miami surges in renter survey
Miami is the 10th-best city in the United States for renters in 2024, an impressive ranking given its 25th place finish in last year’s annual survey from RentCafe. Charleston, South Carolina, once again took the top spot. The survey compared 149 cities based on 20 metrics that affect renters,...
Fort Lauderdale firefighters free kitten wedged in piece of wood
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Firefighters in Fort Lauderdale came to the rescue of a stray kitten that became stuck. The feline on Friday got its head wedged in a piece of wood in front of a home along the 1100 block of West Las Olas Boulevard, in the city’s Sailboat Bend neighborhood.
Town Council seeks solutions to mining issues
The Blasting Advisory Board's recent recommendations to the Miami Lakes town council on next steps to resolve mining issues. The Town of Miami Lakes is making moves to lessen the impact of dynamite blasting of limestone upon property owners. Next steps include forming a regional alliance and perhaps suing the...
Report: Miami Renters Paying 154% Over Average
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Miami residents who aren’t homeowners are paying rent at an average that ranks among the top 10 highest in the country. A new study by QR code generation service QR Code Generator analyzed rent prices for single-family homes across the 100 largest American cities as of May 31, 2024.
City of Miramar wins appeal in Anthony Caravella Case
Miramar, FL – The City of Miramar has announced a significant legal victory in the appeal of the circuit court order in the case of Donald Spadaro, as Limited Guardian for Anthony Caravella v. City of Miramar. Broward judge’s ordered that the city of Miramar owed $3.6 million to Anthony Caravella who was exonerated in 2010 after spending over 25 years in prison for a murder and rape he did not commit.
Dr. Enid Pinkney, notable South Florida historian, dies at 92
MIAMI — South Florida is remembering a historian who made sure Miami never forgot its important history. Dr. Enid Pinkney died early this morning in a South Florida hospital where she was being treated. She was 92 years old.Pinkney was born in Miami on October 15, 1931. She was a first-generation Miamian as her family was from The Bahamas. Pinkney graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and went on to Talladega College, where she got a master's degree from Barry University and an honorary doctorate from Florida International University. Some of her more notable work came when...
Civil rights groups protest Miami Beach’s anti-homeless law
Homeless advocates protest city of Miami’s treatment of the unsheltered. PHOTO COURTESY OF LOVEJUSTICE.COM. Miami Beach, Fla. – Protesting a Miami Beach ordinance that gives local police the authority to arrest homeless people camping out or sleeping in public places, the NAACP and the Miami Coalition of Advance Racial Equity are organizing a homeless solidarity sleepover in the barrier island.
Miami Heats Up with Two Door Cinema Club
Two Door Cinema Club Battle the Heat to Deliver an Epic Concert to South Florida Fans – Photos and Review of the Two Door Cinema Club Concert at Miami’s FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park. After 17 years of missing out on the paradise that is South Florida,...
Council caps millage at last year’s rate
The Town of Miami Lakes voted to cap the millage rate at 2.0732 for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. That rate, if not reduced further during two budget hearings in September, would mean a tax levy of $2.07 per $1,000 of assessed property, the council decided at its July 9 meeting.
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