Tree-lined street in Coral Gables with large banyan trees arching overhead, creating a shaded green tunnel. The image highlights the city’s extensive tree canopy, a focus of recent discussion by the Budget and Audit Advisory Board.
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Budget Board balances numbers and nature

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Lines of credit, capital reserves — and trees. That was the unlikely lineup at the Coral Gables Budget and Audit Advisory Board meeting on Oct….

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View looking north on Ponce de Leon Boulevard from Menores Avenue in Coral Gables, showing cars driving between existing medians and palm trees near downtown, the corridor where the city’s Ponce Phase III traffic-calming project will begin.
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One traffic calming project to start on Ponce, another to end on Coral Way

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Drivers in Coral Gables can expect both relief and frustration in the weeks ahead as one major traffic-calming project wraps up and another begins on…

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The proposed “University Station Rapid Transit District Overlay,” a rezoning initiative that would allow high-rise, mixed-use development directly across from the University of Miami and its Metrorail station.
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Commission to weigh high-rise overlay near University of Miami station

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The Coral Gables City Commission will take up one of the most consequential land-use proposals of the year on Tuesday, Oct. 28, when it holds…

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Headshot of Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago, who wrote a Washington Post op-ed linking GOP success in Florida to environmental reforms.
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Mayor Lago puts transparency and preservation at the center of city’s agenda

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Mayor Vince Lago’s latest newsletter, From the Mayor’s Desk, outlines a slate of upcoming projects and priorities for the 2025–26 fiscal year, emphasizing financial discipline,…

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Commissioner Melissa Castro poses with Deputy General Counsel at Florida League of Cities David Cruz (far left) and Mayor of Bay Harbor Islands Joshua D. Fuller at a recent conference in Orlando. Fuller is chair of the League’s Development, Code Compliance, and Redevelopment Committee and Castro its vice chair.
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Castro finds dais relief beyond the Gables, rising in Florida League of Cities

By Coral Gables Gazette staff For Coral Gables Commissioner Melissa Castro, serving on the City Commission has not been easy. At the Oct. 14 meeting, Mayor Vince Lago cut her…

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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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EDITORIAL: Optimism is earned — Coral Gables’ next step is proving it

By the Coral Gables Gazette Editorial Board Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago’s October message to residents brims with confidence. A new fiscal year has begun, the city’s parks and pools…

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ity of Coral Gables Municipal Parking sign for Lot 7 with cars and palm trees visible near Miracle Mile.
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Locating parking in downtown Coral Gables just got easier

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Finding parking in Downtown Coral Gables is no longer a guessing game. The City of Coral Gables has launched an updated Downtown Parking Map, designed…

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Three carved jack-o’-lanterns glowing over water at dusk, evoking the Pumpkin Float event at the Coral Gables Golf & Country Club.
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City Boo-tiful conjures up a full slate of Halloween fun for all ages

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables is serving a full slate of Halloween fun this month, with nine city-sponsored events spanning pumpkin picking, sensory-friendly trick-or-treating, classic scares, and an…

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Poster-style image of three people from the documentary Feeding Tomorrow: a woman preparing produce, a farmer holding asparagus, and a man looking ahead against a sunrise background.
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Film screening at Coral Gables Arts Cinema looks at how food can change the world

By Coral Gables Gazette staff A visionary new documentary arrives at the Coral Gables Art Cinema next week with a message that stretches far beyond what’s on our plates. Feeding…

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Two dancers from the New World Dance Ensemble perform onstage—one standing in a sweeping pose with an arm extended as another lies stretched across the floor beneath them.
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New World Dance Ensemble brings award-winning choreography to Sanctuary of the Arts

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Sanctuary of the Arts in downtown Coral Gables will host an evening of nationally recognized choreography and rising talent on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:30…

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