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WEBIn a rebuke, banned penguins flock back to a county’s schools. Under pressure of a federal court case, Florida’s Nassau County school district has agreed to return to school libraries a book about three penguins in New York’s Central Park Zoo, as well as 35 other books the district banned last year. That reduces by 36 books the number ...
New Miami Worldcenter occupants set to open in 2022
WEBOct 12, 2021 — The Miami Worldcenter continues to fill space with retailers and merchants, with three new tenants set to open in early 2022. The $4 billion, 27-acre mixed-use development at 1010 NE Second Ave. has just signed Sephora, with the purpose of creating an inviting beauty community; Lucid Motors, with electric vehicles; and Bowlero, a full-entertainment concept for bowling with interactive arcades ...
Profile - Miami Today
WEBWritten by Abraham Galvan on July 23rd, 2024. Since becoming the mayor of Miami Gardens in 2020, Rodney Harris’ biggest motivation to build the city a thriving, productive place to live, worship, work and play has been the…. Latest in Profile by Miami Today. Read news articles, archives, and stories related to Profile in Miami-Dade County.
Massive signature bridge project builds to 2027 opening
WEBAug 1, 2023 — Overall project completion is now expected in late 2027. The sweeping construction work is from a partnership of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority and its contractor, the Archer Western – de Moya Group Joint Venture. The overall $818 million …
Global private school targets ex-Archbishop Curley campus
WEBMar 22, 2022 — Global private school targets ex-Archbishop Curley campus. A global private school network plans to build a school in the City of Miami near Little Haiti on property that for many years was home to Archbishop Curley High. Avenues – The World School is planned for 4949 NE Second Ave. It will be a new school campus that will …
Christine King: Settles in as first woman Miami City Commission chair
WEBApr 19, 2022 — In November 2021 she was elected Miami city commissioner for District 5 and then was appointed chairwoman of the commission, the first woman to hold that leadership role. Throughout her career, she had many role models and mentors such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi; Commissioner James C. Burke, from whom she learned what to do and not to ...
Battle over expressways – MDX vs. GMX – back in courts
WEBNov 3, 2021 — Written by Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow on November 3, 2021. Advertisement. Miami-Dade and Tallahassee are back in court battling to control five expressways in the county, as the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority last week sued state-created Greater Miami Expressway Agency (GMX) and its five members. Also …
Air urban mobility set to take off in Miami
WEBJun 15, 2021 — Air mobility will require places to land in Miami, and that is where the cities and public authorities play a role, she said. “The interest for us would be visualizing the possibility of, in the future, being able to equip our roofs of one of the garages we build, for example, to be a takeoff or landing pad for aircrafts. Alternately, we ...
University of Miami vast development program speeds up
WEBApr 26, 2022 — University of Miami vast development program speeds up. Changes to the physical plant of the University of Miami that are projected as multimillion-dollar developments continue after a pandemic hiatuses. After the university announced plans to build Centennial Village, a freshmen on-campus …
PortMiami builds team for billions in new projects - Miami Today
WEBMar 14, 2023 — Presently, PortMiami has about $1.2 billion in construction projects and expansions coming within five years and looks ahead in its 2035 long-range planning report at $2.8 billion more capital spending. Current ongoing projects include the building of a three-berth mega-cruise terminal, a separate new cruise terminal with parking facilities ...