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…]
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PZAB Votes to Protect Neighborhoods from Density Transfer Ordinance
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…]
Bloom, Baby, Bloom
Pollen is in the air, blossoms are showing off, and the Grove’s lineup leans hard into things in bloom–from Vizcaya garden walks and Kampong plant temptations to free trees, farmers market bounty, and Earth Month programming that suggests you really ought to know the name of at least one fern.[Read More…]
Theater, film, poetry—and rabbits?
It’s festival season in the Grove — O, Miami poetry sparks the creative mind, the Miami Film Festival is picking up speed, and the Coconut Grove Theatre Festival is busy giving birth to new works and… rabbits? Inspiration seems to hop in from all directions to the minds of the[Read More…]
Commission Amends Density Transfer Ordinance to Exclude NCDs
The Miami City Commission agreed Thursday to insulate Coconut Grove from a proposed expansion of a program that allows developers to transfer density credits from affordable housing projects in certain neighborhoods to market-rate and luxury projects elsewhere in the city. The ordinance was amended on first reading to exclude the[Read More…]
Pardo Responds to Question about Fate of City Hall
The fate of the Pan Am seaplane terminal at Dinner Key has been a topic of concern for Grove residents since late last month when the Miami Herald published a story saying the City of Miami planned to move City Hall to Freedom Park in 2028. (The Spotlight published a[Read More…]
Cost of Miami’s Election Fiasco Could Double
The cost of last year’s election fiasco for Miami taxpayers may double this week, if the Miami City Commission agrees to pay $150,000 in legal fees incurred by former mayoral candidate Emilio Gonzalez. Gonzalez went to court last year to prevent the city from moving the 2025 general election to[Read More…]
Greenway, Density Transfer Proposals Postponed
A highly anticipated Wednesday night meeting of Miami’s Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board (PZAB) was canceled after the panel failed to reach a quorum, leaving close to 75 residents and other stakeholders — many of whom had planned to speak — unable to be heard. The agenda included two closely[Read More…]
April’s Promise: Local Poets, Local Playwrights
April is National Poetry Month, and local poets and their fans are taking full advantage, with a crowded calendar of events in the weeks ahead. Local filmmakers, playwrights and actors get a chance to shine this month as well, with the return of the Miami Film Festival (43rd edition) and[Read More…]
Permit Clinics for Grove Homeowners and Small Businesses
Miami Commissioner Damian Pardo and his staff are launching a monthly series of permit clinics to help Coconut Grove homeowners and small businesses obtain permits from the City of Miami. The clinics will be held on the first Friday of the month beginning this week on Friday April 3 from[Read More…]
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