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A total of $2.6 million has been earmarked for upgrades at five Coconut Grove playgrounds as part of a broader $13 million investment in District 2. Before plans are finalized, parents say they already know what needs fixing.
A vivid blue sign with three lines of poetry on Grand Avenue in Coconut Grove continues to puzzle drivers and pedestrians alike, five years after it popped up overnight along an empty stretch of boulevard.
Community leaders sought answers over the weekend about a planned twin-tower housing development on Douglas Road that has doubled in size – without explanation – since it was first approved last year by Miami-Dade County.
Hundreds of current and former residents returned to Elizabeth Virrick Park on Saturday to reconnect, celebrate their roots and reaffirm their ties to a neighborhood being reshaped by redevelopment.
As Coconut Grove’s Circuit rideshare program prepares to begin charging many riders $2 per trip, users say the convenience of on-demand local transportation outweighs occasional glitches and long waits.
Former Miami City Attorney Victoria Mendez argues a $100,000 pension cap adopted during Miami’s 2010 financial crisis became unenforceable after many of the emergency measures were struck down in court — a position the city’s civilian pension administrators say has left the retirement system underfunded by the City of Miami.
The County Commission has agreed to let Key Biscayne restrict the use of e-bikes on a major county road, without extending the same courtesy to other municipalities in Greater Miami.
The City of Miami has adopted new rules to allow builders to create small, single-family houses in the style of shotgun homes that once defined parts of the Grove.
A developer is planning to build a second high-rise tower with an additional 402 apartments in the West Grove, in partnership with Miami-Dade County on public land at the intersection of Douglas Road and South Dixie Highway.
Now in its third year, the free six-week program blends education, enrichment and Black history as longtime residents navigate displacement and change.
