Tag: Coral Gables
Coral Gables finances strengthened in 2025 as construction revenue fell
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables closed fiscal year 2025 in stronger financial shape than it started, growing its net position for a second straight year, meeting its reserve…
After losing window fight, preservation board votes to save City Hall doors
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Almost exactly one year after opposing the replacement of Coral Gables City Hall’s original wood windows, the city’s Historic Preservation Board is pressing to save…
Youth Center attorney says the city, not the nonprofit, owes answers
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Barely a month after Coral Gables commissioners paused the city’s lawsuit against the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center Association, the dispute has resurfaced outside…
EDITORIAL: Coral Gables should finally debate a developer-donor ordinance
By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board For months, Coral Gables First raised almost nothing. Then, in a four-day window immediately after the candidate-qualifying period closed, the Lago-linked political committee…
Developers drive $134,500 surge into Lago-linked PAC
By Coral Gables Gazette staff In the two weeks after Coral Gables’ first November ballot took shape, a political committee tied to Mayor Vince Lago collected $134,500 — nearly all…
Coral Gables fills $3.9 million gap for Ponce Circle Park redesign
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables commissioners voted unanimously July 7 to commit an additional $3.9 million in city and developer funding to the redesign of Fred B. Hartnett…
Resident parking discount pilot shortened ahead of Mobility Hub work
By Coral Gables Gazette staff A proposal to extend Coral Gables’ discounted resident parking program through January 2027 was narrowed on the floor of the City Commission this month, after…
Coral Gables advances Crystal Residences zoning, 3-2, over garden objections
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to advance the Crystal Residences project on Phoenetia Avenue, moving a nine-story mixed-use tower and a rebuilt home for…
Four charter questions head to November ballot, from mayor’s term to parkland sales
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to send four charter amendments to the November 3 ballot, including a question that would let the mayor serve…
Flat tax rate gives way to harder questions at Coral Gables budget workshop
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables commissioners got their first detailed look Wednesday at the city’s proposed $318.4 million budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, a spending plan that…
