Island news for Key Biscayne and the Grove.
Island news for Key Biscayne and the Grove.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Coconut Grove residents have at least five major community events on the calendar over the next two weeks, including a tree ordinance workshop, a Peacock Park cleanup, free library tutoring, Moonlight Racing at the sailing club and the Vizcaya Village Market.
Community
The Coconut Grove BID is hosting a free one-hour seminar on succession planning and employee retention for local business owners on Monday, Aug. 31, at Miami Dade College's Gibson Education Center, led by financial services veteran Kimberly Gilgeours.
Community
Key Biscayne residents can weigh in on a proposed $56.1 million village budget and a potential 4.2% property tax rate increase at a public workshop on Aug. 19 at the Community Center.
Community
A new Miami ordinance eliminates the written-warning requirement before police can arrest people sleeping on Coconut Grove streets, replacing it with a verbal warning and undefined "reasonable time" to move.
Community
Key Biscayne's proposed 2026-27 budget includes $625,000 for a 50-50 turf replacement at MAST Academy, but the project's future depends on whether the Miami-Dade School Board's pending artificial turf pause applies to replacements.
Community
Coconut Grove architect Carl Levin runs a two-person firm that designs around the neighborhood's tree canopy and leads the King Mango Strut, the satirical parade that draws more than 10,000 people each January.
Community
The City of Miami will hold a public workshop on its tree ordinance revision at The Hangar at Regatta Grove on Thursday, Aug. 20, giving Coconut Grove residents a chance to weigh in as the city grapples with a surge in tree-removal appeals.
Community
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center hosts a $15-per-person seagrass net-dragging adventure at Crandon Park on Saturday, Aug. 8, with limited spots and required registration.
Community
The 200th-anniversary National Lighthouse Day celebration at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park runs Friday, Aug. 7, from 5 to 8 p.m., but attendees must register for free Eventbrite tickets in advance and pay the $8 park vehicle fee.
Community
A world premiere musical about Hy Vong, one of Miami's most storied restaurants, opens Aug. 14 — tracing the story back to the Coconut Grove house where co-founders Tung Nguyen and Kathy Manning first met in 1975.
Community
The 1905 Dr. James M. Jackson cottage's planned move from Brickell to Coconut Grove still requires approval from Miami's Historic and Environmental Preservation Board, expected to consider the matter at its Tuesday, Sept. 1 meeting, with sea-level rise cited as the driving reason and community opposition from preservationists who want the building to stay in Brickell.
Community
A week of community events on Key Biscayne and nearby includes a free beach workout, book club, jewelry classes, and a Thursday concert by rising pianist Clayton Stephenson as part of the Community Arts Program's 41st Summer Series in Coral Gables.
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