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

By Coral Gables Gazette staff No single response earned majority support in a Coral Gables Gazette reader poll on the University of Miami’s proposed 30-year development agreement. “Take more time”…

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Headshot of Rafael Villalobos, incoming superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, wearing a dark suit and red tie.
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Incoming superintendent hears Coral Gables concerns over crowded classes, staffing and traffic

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Rafael Villalobos is on the verge of becoming the superintendent for the third largest school district in the United States. But last week, the incoming…

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Mature trees form a dense canopy over a residential street in Coral Gables, with historic stone entrance pillars in the foreground.
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Trees cover 58% of Coral Gables, new inventory finds

By Coral Gables Gazette staff Trees cover 58 percent of Coral Gables, according to a newly completed digital inventory that puts a number on one of the city’s most recognizable…

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EDITORIAL: Gomez may be the right city manager. Coral Gables should prove it

By the Coral Gables Gazette editorial board Mayor Vince Lago’s proposal to appoint Deputy City Manager Joe Gomez as Coral Gables’ permanent city manager, effective Jan. 8, 2027, is both…

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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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UM campus deal, Crystal Residences lead packed Commission agenda

By Coral Gables Gazette staff The University of Miami’s proposed 30-year campus development agreement heads a City Commission agenda packed with consequential votes when elected officials convene Tuesday, Aug. 25,…

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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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