Event today: discuss waterfront issues with new commissioner Ken Russell
What`s New
Mayor Peña Lindsay says Boat Show was not the success organizers claim
Boat show impact feels like a hangover Miami Herald 2/20/16 [T]here is no appropriate decision, but to relocate the boat show to a more appropriate venue next year. With one road in and one road out, traffic presented a major…
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Parking may be problem for latest Beckham stadium location
Beckham and Miami-Dade at odds over parking at stadium The Real Deal 3/2/16 The soccer star and his development group Miami Beckham United missed their February deadline to close on the purchase of Miami-Dade County land in Overtown, and now…
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Map shows areas at most risk from sea level rise
Which Miami condo towers will be most affected by sea level rise? MAP The Real Deal 2/29/16 A new map released to The Real Deal shows Key Biscayne, Virginia Key and parts of Miami Beach are among the areas most…
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CRAs need reform, report finds
Grand jury report slams Miami-Dade’s anti-blight tax districts Miami Herald 2/4/16 A Miami-Dade grand jury report released Thursday slammed county taxing districts created to fight slum and blight, saying some appear to fund pet projects of elected officials and flirt…
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Everglades or sugar battle continues
Full-page Everglades ad aims to shame Florida sugar owners Miami Herald 3/1/16 Everglades advocates upped their fight against U.S. Sugar Tuesday with a full-page ad in the New York Times and another planned for Wednesday’s Miami Herald, calling out the…
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Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority losing power
Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority losing power Miami Today 2/16/16 Miami city commissioners have begun altering the powers of the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority, building in more oversight. What some see as a shakeup of the 11-member authority comes…
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Corps says disease killed coral; environmentalists argue dredging led to disease
Corps says disease, not dredging, hurt PortMiami coral Miami Herald 2/1/16 A “catastrophic” outbreak of disease, not mud churned up by the $205 million “Deep Dredge” at PortMiami, killed coral in Government Cut, according to a report issued by the…
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March 3 forum with Hon. Ken Russell
Virginia Key steering committee to go to a vote
Virginia Key guardians face city vote Miami Today 11/22/15 Five years after it was first recommended, the City of Miami is one vote away from creating an advisory group to help steer the future of Virginia Key.