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Give Miami Day in Coconut Grove
More than 77 organizations that serve Coconut Grove are participating this year in Give Miami Day, an annual online fundraising event that raised $43.8 million last year for nonprofits across Miami-Dade County. The event begins Saturday.
Builders Propose Tree Rules as City Questions Its Own Authority to Protect the Canopy
At Monday’s meeting of Miami’s Tree Ordinance Advisory Committee, developers offered their proposals for rewriting the city’s tree ordinance, while a committee member challenged city staff’s claim that state law limits the city’s authority to question certain tree removals.
Manatees At Risk from Proposed Marina, Study Says
The Save the Manatee Club has joined state wildlife officials in recommending that county officials reduce the size of the proposed Seaquarium marina, to better protect slow-moving manatees in Biscayne Bay.
Coconut Grove Celebrates Veterans Day
Coconut Grove honored South Florida’s service men and women this week at an early morning graveside ceremony followed by a parade on Grand Avenue. Click the link below to see our photo spread from Wednesday’s events.
Born Again: Grove Firm Finds New Life for Older Homes
As new money washes over Miami, Coconut Grove is losing many of the quaint cottages that give the village its character. One architectural firm is bucking that trend by working with homeowners to renovate older homes – preserving the past while making room for the future.
She Watched Her Neighborhood Change. Now She’s Fighting for Its Future
As development reshapes the historically Black West Grove neighborhood, 23-year-old Jasmine Doyle is fighting to preserve the community that raised her.
City Lawyers Initially Rejected The WELL Density Transfer, Emails Show
Newly obtained records reveal months of legal objections and procedural questions before Miami officials approved an unprecedented transfer of density credits between two luxury condo projects.
The Fiscal Impact of This Week’s Election
The City of Miami will have to make do with less tax revenue, at a time when overall spending is primed to surge. That, and other news, in this election roundup.
A Fan of Live Local Wins a Slim Victory
Alexis Calatayud, the architect of the state’s controversial Live Local Act, won another four-year term in Tallahassee by narrowly defeating a challenger who made opposition to that law a central part of his campaign.
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Builders Propose Tree Rules as City Questions Its Own Authority to Protect the Canopy
At Monday’s meeting of Miami’s Tree Ordinance
Manatees At Risk from Proposed Marina, Study Says
The Save the Manatee Club has joined state wildlife
Born Again: Grove Firm Finds New Life for Older Homes
As new money washes over Miami, Coconut Grove is
She Watched Her Neighborhood Change. Now She’s Fighting for Its Future
As development reshapes the historically Black West
City Lawyers Initially Rejected The WELL Density Transfer, Emails Show
Newly obtained records reveal months of legal
