Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
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The Coral Gables Commission voted 3-1 to approve Crystal Residences, a nine-story mixed-use development replacing St. James Lutheran Church, and in a separate 3-1 vote appointed Deputy City Manager José Gómez as the city's next top executive.
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The Coral Gables Commission voted 3-1 to approve Crystal Residences, a nine-story mixed-use development replacing St. James Lutheran Church, and in a separate 3-1 vote appointed Deputy City Manager José Gómez as the city's next top executive.
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The Coral Gables Commission voted 3-1 to approve Crystal Residences, a nine-story mixed-use development replacing St. James Lutheran Church, and in a separate 3-1 vote appointed Deputy City Manager José Gómez as the city's next top executive.
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Coral Gables will use a $1 million FDOT grant to convert the DeSoto Fountain traffic circle into a roundabout with crosswalks, reduced pavement and a wider landscaped buffer around the historic fountain, with construction expected in late 2027 or early 2028.
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Coral Gables voters face a historic Nov. 3 ballot featuring three commission races with seven candidates, four charter amendments including a four-year mayoral term proposal, and a statewide homestead exemption that could cost the city millions in revenue.
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Miami-Dade commissioners voted 12-0 on Sept. 1 to create the Downtown SoMi Community Development District, authorizing $149 million in tax-exempt bonds for infrastructure at the Shops at Sunset Place redevelopment in South Miami.
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Coral Gables city offices close Monday, Sept. 7, for Labor Day, but the Venetian Pool, tennis centers, golf course and other recreation facilities remain open with holiday hours.
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University of Miami assistant professor Morris Alper developed ConlangCrafter, an AI framework that generates new constructed languages and can help preserve endangered ones that lack written records.
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UEFA delivered legal notices to FIFA's North American headquarters in Coral Gables on Aug. 27 as part of a push to file a criminal complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over a failed $20 billion investor deal.
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The Coral Gables Transportation Advisory Board meets Thursday to hear an end-of-year report on traffic calming and sidewalk projects, its first meeting with a quorum since May.
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After Tuesday's primary settled both party nominations, Coral Gables voters in Florida's 27th Congressional District face a November general election between Republican incumbent Rep. María Elvira Salazar and Democratic challenger Eliott Rodriguez, a retired CBS Miami anchor running on housing affordability.
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Mayor Lago asks the Coral Gables Commission to appoint Deputy City Manager Joe Gómez at $305,324/year, reversing his prior support for a national search; Commissioner Castro files a competing resolution calling for a formal recruitment process.
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South Miami Mayor Javier Fernández published an op-ed arguing the Live Local Act lets developers build towers next to single-family homes without public hearings, a warning that echoes Coral Gables' own fight to retain zoning control through its RTZ overlay and amid the pending UM development agreement.
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A new 400-page city-commissioned survey identifies 556 historic resources in Coral Gables' North Ponce and Flagler neighborhoods, including St. James Lutheran Church at the Crystal Residences site, but the study is not expected to change the outcome of the nine-story project's final vote scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 25.
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Former TV anchor Eliott Rodriguez won the FL-27 Democratic primary, Bruno Barreiro edged Frank Lago by 72 votes for the HD-113 Republican nomination, and Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins secured her final term in District 8 after Tuesday's Aug. 18 primary.
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