The Coconut Grove Business Improvement District (BID) has chosen a new tagline for its 2025 marketing campaign. The winning tagline – Discover Coconut Grove: Miami’s Original Gem – was chosen after the BID invited residents to vote on the final choice. “A big thank you to everyone who voted,” the[Read More…]
News Briefs
Cindy Lerner Wins an Endorsement
Richard Praschnik, the Miami-Dade public schools police officer who captured 9% of the vote this month in the District 7 County Commission race, endorsed rival candidate Cindy Lerner this week. Lerner is seeking to unseat incumbent Commissioner Raquel Regalado in November. The winner will represent Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, South[Read More…]
Got a Complaint about Parking in Coconut Grove?
The Spotlight is keen to hear your opinions and experiences regarding parking lots and garages – both public and privately operated — in Coconut Grove. Please send your comments to [email protected]. Please include your full name and a phone number in case we’d like to follow up. Your name will not be[Read More…]
Local Officials to Address “Live Local” Housing Law
Local residents are invited to a panel discussion Saturday Aug. 31 of the Live Local Act, a new state law that some critics say could supercharge high-rise development in Coconut Grove. Explaining the law and its impact will be State Rep. Vicki Lopez, State Senator Alexis Calatayud, City of Miami[Read More…]
Get Out the Vote!
Grovites take to the polls on Tuesday
Dust to Dust: The Bain-Range Funeral Home Comes Down
The Coconut Grove home of Bain-Range Funeral Services, a local landmark on Grand Avenue, was torn down this week in another sign of changing times in the historically Black neighborhood known as Little Bahamas. Coming soon, to take its place: 27 rental apartments and 3,500 square feet of new retail[Read More…]
Savor Coconut Grove: Miami Spice Brings Fine Dining at Affordable Prices
Explore 19 Grove Eateries with Special Three-Course Menus this August and September. Intrigued by Coconut Grove’s growing fine dining scene but turned off by prices that may resemble a mortgage payment? Then check out any of the 19 Grove restaurants participating in this year’s Miami Spice discount program organized by[Read More…]
Pulse: Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli joins Mayfair Grill
The Miami chef behind the popular Eating House and Luca Osteria restaurants in Coral Gables is taking on a new assignment in Coconut Grove as the lead chef at Mayfair Grill, the signature restaurant at Mayfair House Hotel & Garden. The restaurant will open for daily dinner and happy hour[Read More…]
July 29 Public Meeting: Proposed South Bayshore Improvements
Would you like to learn more – and possibly comment on – Miami-Dade County’s proposed design plans for South Bayshore Drive in Coconut Grove? Here’s your chance: The county’s Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) will hold a public meeting – in person and via Zoom – on Monday[Read More…]
30 Mostly True Stories of Coconut Grove
Local developer, Miami 21 zoning guru and Spotlight contributor Andy Parrish revisits some of Coconut Grove’s most memorable moments over the past 40 years in a new book now available on Amazon’s website. The scattershot tales and short interviews Parrish serves up in “30 Mostly True Stories of Coconut Grove”[Read More…]
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