County to buy Girl Scouts camp, create park, save Rocklands
Miami-Dade is buying 20.2 acres from the Girl Scouts where Camp Choee stands for about $2.7 million. The land is to be used for public park and conservation purposes. The…
Frost Science to open national coral reef conservancy
The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (Frost Science) is set to create the first national coral reef conservancy, focused on education and research. Funded by a bipartisan, congressionally…
Miami Dade College finalist for award for aiding Hispanics
Miami is known for its large Latino population and so are Miami’s higher education institutions. Miami Dade College has made significant strides in making sure its Latino students are excelling…
The lowdown on 17-acre county downtown mega-project
Miami-Dade County has unveiled features of its much-anticipated downtown redevelopment project, for which the county is offering about 17 acres of county-owned land, branded as MetroCenter, in the heart of…
Underdeck wait grows by 2 years
Stakeholders of the Underdeck – a 33-acre signature green area under the redeveloped I-395 that would extend from Overtown to Biscayne Bay, near the Perez Art Museum Miami – are…
Miami and Freedom Park developers hammer out deal’s benefits
Miami Freedom Park is one step closer to becoming a reality. At its last meeting, the Miami City Commission approved on first reading two planning and zoning requests related to…
Property insurance turmoil meets climate change threats
More than half the homeowners in the South expect their home to be damaged by climate change-related weather in the next 30 years just as property insurance turmoil and insecurity…
PortMiami Tunnel blazes trail to future
Some 120 feet below sea level the 42-foot-diameter PortMiami tunnel connects the mainland to Miami-Dade County’s second-greatest economic engine, supporting more than 334,000 jobs and contributing $42 billion annually. Since…
Vast project bringing relief now for I-95 northbound traffic
Construction crews have completed the vast majority of the concrete pavement replacement on I-95 that is part of the sweeping I-395/SR 836/I-95 Design-Build Project, reports the Florida Department of Transportation…
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