Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Five candidates qualified for three Key Biscayne Village Council seats ahead of the Nov. 3 election, with stormwater resiliency, tax pressure and infrastructure projects dominating their stated priorities.
Community
Key Biscayne's ZIP code carries the highest homeowners insurance rate in the nation at nearly $20,000 a year, even as more than 278,000 residents have left Miami-Dade this decade over hurricanes, rising premiums and sea-level rise fears, raising questions about the barrier island's long-term real estate trajectory.
Community
The Village of Key Biscayne hosts its 15th annual End of Summer Bar-B-Q Lunch on Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Community Center, featuring a "Latin Flavor" theme with Cuban music, Bad Bunny tracks and a dance performance.
Community
Five candidates qualified for three open Key Biscayne Village Council seats before the Aug. 20 deadline, setting up a Nov. 3 race with a Chamber-hosted debate scheduled for Oct. 1.
Community
Oscar Fuentes, the typewriter-toting "Biscayne Poet" whose Key Biscayne childhood inspired his artistic identity, reads from his debut collection "Geography of Light" at a free event at Books & Books Coconut Grove on Thursday, Aug. 20.
Community
Key Biscayne's two gas stations remain locked at $5.79 per gallon for a fourth straight week, now $1.87 above the Miami metro average of $3.92, as national prices hit record August highs driven by the Strait of Hormuz closure.
Community
A new FIU study finds trees can cool Miami-Dade neighborhoods by up to 10°F, but species and size matter; lead researcher Christopher Baraloto has joined the city's Tree Ordinance Advisory Committee ahead of a Thursday, Aug. 20, Coconut Grove public workshop on the ordinance rewrite.
Community
The Allen Morris Company has filed permits to remove more than 40 trees, including 22 specimen trees, at its Ziggurat luxury development site on Grand Avenue in Coconut Grove, drawing pushback from canopy advocates ahead of the city's Aug. 20 tree ordinance workshop.
Community
Miami-Dade County will accept online applications Sept. 1–30 for a new lottery giving three income-qualified households the chance to buy newly built homes through the Welcome H.O.M.E. program, a rare affordable-homeownership opportunity as Coconut Grove and Key Biscayne prices soar.
Community
Three free community services arrive at Key Biscayne between Aug. 18 and Aug. 20, including a TConnect Mobile Office for driver's license and vehicle registration needs, a women's support group, and Rickenbacker Causeway pass renewal help for residents 65 and older.
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.
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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.
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