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Biden funding for Overtown announced
A bevy of elected officials were on hand Friday to receive more than $39 million in new federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to help revitalize Historic Overtown. The funds are intended to build new affordable homes, redevelop Culmer Place and Culmer Gardens public...
Coconut Grove groups accuse City of Miami of housing discrimination against Black residents
Reverend Willie F. Ford’s church is emptier than it used to be. It’s not that his congregation doesn’t want to come in on Sundays, he says — it’s that they can’t. In the past decade he’s been ministering at St. Matthew Community Baptist Church, Ford has seen his flock dwindle as parishioners are priced out of their homes in the predominantly Black Coconut Grove Village West.
New poll: Miami-Dade sheriff GOP race has Sanchez, Cordero-Stutz on top
A new poll among more than 500 Republican voters shows that former Miami Commissioner Joe Sanchez, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman, and Rosanna “Rosie” Cordero-Stutz, an assistant director at the Miami-Dade Police Department, are the No. 1 and No. 2 favorites for Miami-Dade sheriff in the Republican primary next month.
Ex-mayor, ‘founding father’ of Pinecrest dies at 75
PINECREST, Fla. – Gary Matzner, a former mayor of Pinecrest hailed as the village’s “founding father,” died over the weekend, officials announced Wednesday. Matzner, 75, died Saturday, according to a news release. He had attended a groundbreaking ceremony of a park named in his honor just eight days prior; it’s set to open in 2025.
Miami-Dade Residents Receive Scam Notices Claiming Water Needs Testing
Residents in Kendall and South Dade are receiving solicitation notices for water testing left at their homes potentially from companies trying to sell water filters. The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department says these notices have nothing to do with them and that water filters are NOT needed to use Miami-Dade’s high quality drinking water.
Brownsville Transit Village headed toward completion
The final phase of the Brownsville Transit Village, which began construction in 2014, got underway Monday with great fanfare, complete with a news conference and ceremonial groundbreaking at 5115 NW 29th Ave. in Miami. The 5.2-acre project adjacent to the Brownsville Metrorail Station is a step toward easing housing affordability...
Low-income families given extra 30 days before they have to vacate Miami Beach building
MIAMI - More than 40 low-income families renting at a Miami Beach apartment building will be allowed to stay at their units until September 30th, 2024. They were scheduled to vacate their apartments by the end of August."That's good that's really good, a little bit more than what they offered will certainly help most seniors," said Zenaida Guzman. She came to the Miami Beach commission meeting begging for compassion for her and the tenants at the Riviera Plaza Apartment Building. She said 75% of them are elderly residents on a fixed income. On Wednesday morning, Michael Larkin, the attorney for the...
Baptist Health South Florida and Lifepoint Rehabilitation Begin Construction on State-of-the-Art Rehabilitation Hospital in South Miami
Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Baptist Health leaders visited the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital construction site in anticipation of the project’s start date. From left to right: Marty Mann, Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer, Lifepoint Health; Russ Bailey, President Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Lifepoint Behavioral Health; Ronald Tolchin, D.O., Chair of Nonsurgical Spine Care and Rehabilitation, and Kalman Bass Endowed Chair in Pain and Rehabilitative Medicine at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute; Reyna Hernandez, Assistant Vice President Finance, Baptist Health; Nate Ortiz, Chief Operating Officer, Baptist Hospital.
Miami-Dade Mayor Levine Cava boosts Republican, torpedoes political ambition of her female Democratic staffer
Daniella Levine Cava rode to victory in 2020 as the first female elected Miami-Dade County mayor by playing up her bona fides as a progressive Democrat even though it was a non-partisan race. Four years later, Levine Cava is aiming to prove Republican lawmakers can count on her even if it means torpedoing the political ambitions of one of her progressive Democrat female staffers.
Millionaires Settle for Fort Lauderdale as Billionaires Flock to Miami
So, Miami has become a billionaire magnet for the ultra-rich like Jeff Bezos who are snapping up ocean-front property in popular playgrounds like Billionaire Bunker, Indian Creek and Star Island. But what about Fort Lauderdale? Once a Spring Break Mecca, “Fort Liquordale” is now a haven for millionaires who have...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez floats potential bid for Governor of Florida
After a short-lived push to win the Republican nomination ahead of the 2024 presidential elections, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is now shifting his focus to a potential bid for Florida Governor. Suarez, who has been the Miami Mayor since 2017, said that running for Florida's top executive office is very...
Mixed-Use Development Sawyer’s Walk Delivers Close to 600 Affordable Senior Housing Apartments in Miami’s Overtown Neighborhood
SG Holdings, a partnership among Swerdlow Group, SJM Partners, and Alben Duffie, has completed the housing component of Sawyer’s Walk, marking the delivery of the largest affordable senior living community in the US within the last decade. The mixed-use development is the largest underway in the historic community of...
Coconut Grove's Historic West Grove residents say they were forced out unfairly
COCONUT GROVE - Black residents of Coconut Grove's Historic West Grove say they were forced out of their homes unfairly, so they filed a federal housing complaint in hopes for change.Akinshimaya Nnamdi lived at one of many other multifamily apartment buildings located in the West Grove, a subset of Coconut Grove. The neighborhood was predominantly Black and went as far west as Plaza Street and as far east as Margaret Street.However, in 2017, Nnamdi says her family was evicted and given 10 days to vacate the building. She is one of dozens of families impacted by what she's calling gentrification and...
Historic Biltmore tiles were headed to landfill in 1974 until a student saved them
This story is about tiles. Beautiful, historic tiles rescued when a hard-working teen helped renovate the shuttered 1920s-era ballroom at the Biltmore Hotel. His class wanted to celebrate senior prom there in 1974.
Miami luxury condominium tower will have more than 50,000 sf of amenities
Continuum Club & Residences, a new 32-story luxury condominium tower in the coveted North Bay Village of Miami will feature more than 50,000 sf of indoor and outdoor amenities. The program includes a waterfront restaurant, dining terraces with resident privileges, and a private dining room outdoor pavilion. A fitness center...
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