Close-up portrait of Joe L. Gómez wearing dark rectangular glasses and a suit, with a gray beard against a plain gray background.
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Mayor moves to promote Gómez to city manager after previously backing a national search

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Mayor Vince Lago is asking the City Commission Tuesday to appoint Deputy City Manager José “Joe” Gómez as Coral Gables’ next city manager, effective Jan….

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

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

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Even with the possibility of revenues taking major hits in the coming years, and city staff arguing that it will have plenty of challenges in…

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Cover of the draft North Ponce & Flagler Section Historic Property Survey, featuring a photograph of a historic stone building beneath the report title and a large “DRAFT” watermark.
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North Ponce historic survey arrives as Crystal Residences nears final vote

By Coral Gables Gazette staff With larger and larger developments being proposed for the North Ponce Neighborhood District and some, like the controversial Crystal Residences, close to getting final approval,…

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Brown sargassum seaweed floats in dense patches across shallow coastal water near the shoreline.
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Fish deaths and sargassum pile up in Coral Gables waters amid a record season

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Dead fish and thick mats of sargassum have turned up in the waters around Gables by the Sea, bringing a familiar late-summer water-quality concern into…

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The End of Summer Ice Cream Social will close out Senior Citizens Week in Coral Gables. (Photo: Shutterstock).
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Senior Citizens Week is under way in Coral Gables, from Medicare fraud to Bitcoin

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Senior Citizens Week got under way in Coral Gables on Monday, and by the time it wraps up Friday with golf, ice cream and a…

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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.
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EDITORIAL: Don’t rush the public decision on UM deal

By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board The University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement did not appear overnight. That matters. UM submitted an earlier version of the package in…

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University of Miami campus master plan diagram showing the campus core in red, a 225-foot transition area in orange and a 75-foot buffer in green along the campus perimeter.
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Planning board backs sweeping 30-year UM development agreement

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables Planning and Zoning Board moved quickly Wednesday through six proposed amendments that would substantially expand the University of Miami’s development capacity, increase…

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Pet waste station sign in a grassy park area with a person walking a dog in the background.
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Dog park fight expands with second court challenge

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The legal fight over a proposed dog park at 520 University Drive has expanded into a second court challenge, this time targeting the zoning change…

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Rows of brightly colored floral-patterned umbrellas suspended above the tree-lined pedestrian walkway at Giralda Plaza in Coral Gables.
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Floral umbrella canopy blooms over Giralda Plaza Friday

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables will once again give visitors to Giralda Plaza a reason to look up. The city will debut Giralda in Bloom, a canopy of…

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