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Exterior of Coral Gables public parking Garage 2, with palm trees, columns and the garage entrance along Aragon Avenue.

Coral Gables public garages below capacity so far this year

Graphic showing a Coral Gables example sewer bill for a moderate user rising from $77.88 now to $94.65 on Oct. 1, a 21% increase.

Coral Gables sewer bill to jump 21% Oct. 1

Split image of Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago, left, and City Manager Peter Iglesias, right, speaking during a City Commission meeting.

Lago proposes, wins approval to name future park after Iglesias

Henry Parra, left, and Adam Hlavaty take a selfie on an airfield in Kenya, with a small propeller aircraft on the runway behind them.

Burglary at home of Coral Gables couple killed in Kenya crash leads to wider crime probe

EDITORIAL: Coral Gables has processes. Lago did only what the rules required.

Joe L. Gómez, wearing a dark suit and orange tie, smiles while seated during a public meeting.

Gomez approved as next Coral Gables city manager

Photograph of the University of Miami campus entrance sign overlaid with six labeled panels. Under the heading "What the university would receive": hospital use, up to 100 beds permitted in the Multi-Use Zone with no conditional-use vote; enrollment, 17,500 becomes a mitigation threshold rather than a cap; development intensity, the 6.8 million square foot cap gives way to a floor area ratio of 1.0; and parking, certain city spaces and their revenue shift to the university. Under the heading "What the city would receive": a park of 5.52 acres conveyed only if the city approves everything on terms the university accepts, and a payment of $1,025,000 in the first year rising 4 percent annually for 30 years.

Coral Gables Commission advances UM’s 30-year campus deal

Aerial concept plan for the proposed dog park at 520 University Drive showing large- and small-dog areas, benches, trees, entrance gates and landscape buffers.

After months of debate over University Drive dog park, city studies alternate site

Pet waste station sign in a grassy park area with a person walking a dog in the background.

Judge orders Coral Gables to respond to dog park zoning challenge

Horizontal bar chart showing Gazette poll results on the UM development agreement: 35.29% take more time, 32.03% approve as proposed, 17.65% reject, 10.46% not sure or need more information, and 4.58% approve only with changes.

Approval, ‘more time’ nearly tied in Gazette poll on UM deal

Incoming superintendent hears Coral Gables concerns over crowded classes, staffing and traffic

Mature trees form a dense canopy over a residential street in Coral Gables, with historic stone entrance pillars in the foreground.

Trees cover 58% of Coral Gables, new inventory finds

Aerial photograph of the University of Miami campus showing academic buildings, green spaces, a lake with a fountain, and athletic facilities surrounded by tree-lined neighborhoods.

UM campus deal, Crystal Residences lead packed Commission agenda

Close-up portrait of Joe L. Gómez wearing dark rectangular glasses and a suit, with a gray beard against a plain gray background.

Mayor moves to promote Gómez to city manager after previously backing a national search

Photograph of the University of Miami campus entrance sign overlaid with six labeled panels. Under the heading "What the university would receive": hospital use, up to 100 beds permitted in the Multi-Use Zone with no conditional-use vote; enrollment, 17,500 becomes a mitigation threshold rather than a cap; development intensity, the 6.8 million square foot cap gives way to a floor area ratio of 1.0; and parking, certain city spaces and their revenue shift to the university. Under the heading "What the city would receive": a park of 5.52 acres conveyed only if the city approves everything on terms the university accepts, and a payment of $1,025,000 in the first year rising 4 percent annually for 30 years.

POLL: What should the Coral Gables City Commission do with the University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement?

Coral Gables City Hall, where commissioners voted in May to change the city’s election calendar. A recent court ruling in Miami has cast new legal uncertainty over that decision.

Budget board leans against Coral Gables tax cut, but makes no recommendation