The Miami City Commission will try again Thursday to shift the city’s election calendar from odd to even years, with a new proposal on the table – one that treats the mayor’s term of office the same as those for commissioners.  Miami District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo has proposed new[Read More…]

The City of Miami has launched a pilot composting program to collect food scraps from city residents and turn those leftovers into compost. The three-month pilot program began May 1 with five locations – including Miami City Hall – where residents can deposit their food waste into composting bins. Residents[Read More…]

A set of rezoning and land-use changes affecting West Grove properties was withdrawn Wednesday night before the Miami Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board (PZAB), delaying consideration of a proposal that would have expanded density and allowed new mixed-use development within a multiblock section south of Grand Avenue near Douglas Road.[Read More…]

Two state legislators who represent Coconut Grove in Tallahassee split their vote this week on the governor’s proposed redistricting plan. The Florida Legislature approved the plan on Wednesday by a vote of 21-to-17 in the State Senate and 83-to-28 in the Florida House. The new voting map is expected to[Read More…]

Miami District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo will try again this week to secure $15 million in “public benefit” money from a city trust fund for park improvements and affordable housing projects in Coconut Grove and other parts of his district. Pardo’s request for $10 million in park funding and $5[Read More…]

Miami’s Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board (PZAB) voted Wednesday to advance a proposal that could help market-driven developers buy more density credits from affordable housing projects, but not before tweaking the measure to protect Coconut Grove and other neighborhoods from that added density. The density-transfer proposal, which advocates say will[Read More…]