Tag: Coral Gables
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Coral Gables homestead values top Miami-Dade’s larger municipalities
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The average market value of a homesteaded residential property in Coral Gables has climbed above $2.15 million, the highest figure among Miami-Dade municipalities with at…
Fire Station 2 to be tented for termites; emergency response will continue
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Coral Gables Fire Station 2 will disappear beneath a termite tent for three days this week, but city officials say firefighters, paramedics and emergency vehicles…
University of Miami expansion plan faces first public vote
By Coral Gables Gazette staff The University of Miami is asking Coral Gables for substantially more room to grow: greater development capacity, permission for enrollment to rise to 17,500 students…
Economic Development Board hears why downtown BID failed — and what comes next
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Less than a week after the city acknowledged that Coral Gables had decided to shelve its pursuit of a new business improvement district (BID) in…
Parking board members question whether their voices matter to City Hall
By Coral Gables Gazette staff Over the last 18 months, members of the Coral Gables Parking Advisory Board have repeatedly criticized city decisions that they say encourage overdevelopment and ignore…
