Good morning. What we’re covering in today’s Spotlight:
- The Underline’s New Community Space
- Early Voter Turnout in the City of Miami
A new portion of the Underline has opened beneath the Metrorail tracks near Southwest 27th Avenue and U.S. 1 with space for community events, family outings, bike rentals, food trucks, and more.
By Erik Bojnansky

Music, snacks, coffee, giant Legos and speeches were all part of a block party last Saturday marking the completion of another portion of the Underline, an evolving $150-million linear park being built beneath the Metrorail tracks next to U.S. 1.
The addition of this three-block segment means the Underline now stretches for about four continuous miles from Miami’s Brickell neighborhood to Southwest 27th Avenue.
Saturday’s ribbon-cutting also brings park organizers another step closer toward completing a ten-mile-long green corridor that will reach Dadeland South Station near Pinecrest.
More than 21,000 Miami residents took advantage of early-voting options ahead of Tuesday’s election.
By Spotlight Staff

More than 21,000 Miami residents – 12% of all eligible voters – have already voted ahead of this week’s election.
That includes 13,133 people who voted by mail this year, and another 8,127 who cast a ballot in person at an early-voting site like Miami City Hall, according to numbers posted early Monday afternoon by Miami-Dade County’s supervisor of elections.
If these numbers signal a trend, the turnout in this year’s election could surpass the level of voter participation in 2021 – the last time Miami voters went to the polls to choose a new mayor.
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