A key supporter of Coconut Grove’s Bike to School Days looks back at how the twice-yearly event has grown since May 2021.
Community Voices
Opinion, observations, commentary and analysis.
Opinion: Proposed Charter Changes Deserve Our Support
The City of Miami’s government is broken, but it can be fixed, former City Commissioner Ken Russell says.
Opinion: Vigilance, Perseverance Are Key to Saving Miami’s Tree Canopy
Recent comments by the Miami City Commission chair are encouraging, but the fight to protect Miami’s tree protection ordinance is far from over.
Voices: Saving Little Bahamas
Two University of Miami students write about the ways in which West Grove residents are fighting to preserve and protect their embattled neighborhood.
Opinion: How to Improve Pedestrian Safety in the Grove
Start with some paint, better signage, and a plan.
Opinion: Calling The WELL a Transit-Oriented Development is a Cruel Joke
The WELL Coconut Grove, a luxury condo project in Center Grove, says it has the right to build higher, and add more units, on the questionable premise that its well-heeled residents will ditch their cars for mass transit.
Opinion: Hey Miami. There’s a Better Way to Recycle
As the City of Miami debates whether to suspend its recycling program, the executive director of the local nonprofit Dream in Green says the city should embrace strategies that would improve the program, not eliminate it.
Tribute: Herb Hiller
An early cruise industry promoter who helped launch the Miami Goombay Festival and the Coconut Grove Farmer’s Market, Herb Hiller shifted gears later in life to spread the gospel of bicycling and ecotourism.
Voices: When Will I Be Good Enough to Stay In America?
Like hundreds of thousands of other Venezuelans living in the U.S. with temporary protected status (TPS), Miami student and Spotlight contributor Grecia Pacheco now fears that she and her family will be stripped of their status and deported.
Voices: Facing “Assault,” Center Grove Neighbors Unite Under New Name
Alarmed by development pressures and other threats to quality of life, Center Grove residents are forming a new group to voice their concerns.
Recent News
Hometown Hero: Olympic Gold Medalist Gerald Tinker
The celebrated sprinter and NFL wide receiver is being
A Coconut Grove School – Once Segregated – Celebrates 125 years
George Washington Carver Elementary and Middle Schools
Freebee Cries Foul Over Grove’s On-Demand Transit Deal
The electric shuttle service, which ran a popular
City to Consider New Rules to Supersize Development Near Transit Hubs
A Thursday commission vote authorizing a new land-use