Category: News
Once Secret, Twice Rescheduled Solid Waste Sunshine Meeting Finally Taking Place On Thursday (10/27)
After first being scheduled without notice to residents, then being rescheduled twice, the Coral Gables City Commission will be holding its Solid Waste Sunshine Meeting this Thursday, October 27th. The Commission had requested this Sunshine Meeting take place, when they…
Ribbon Cutting: Coral Gables Garden Club And City Officially Open Lamar Louise Curry Park
The threat of rain was no deterrent for a crowd of over 50 residents, Coral Gables Garden Club members and elected officials on Saturday, October 15th, for the official ribbon cutting of Lamar Louise Curry Park. Located across the street…
City To Hold Bi-Annual Recycling Drive-Thru Event This Weekend
The City of Coral Gables will be holding its bi-annual drive-thru recycling event this Saturday, October 22nd from 9:00AM to 12:00PM behind Coral Gables City Hall. The event, which was the idea of longtime Coral Gables resident Marlin Ebbert, has…
Raises, Executive Benefits & More: Senior Staff Compensation Rises At Taxpayer Expense
When an individual chooses to work for government, they do it knowing that the compensation may well be inferior to a similar position in the private sector. The attractive points of government work are job security and a pension that…
Buildings On Biltmore Way And Coral Way Displace Cars And Dump Underground Flood Water Onto City Sidewalks And Streets
It happens every storm. It doesn’t require a monsoon or a hurricane. Our average strong rainstorms bring the same result. It rains, their underground parking garages take on water and residents are forced to move their cars onto the streets,…
Hurricane Ian: How To Help Those Affected
We prepared, we waited it out, we were spared. As South Florida breathes a sigh of relief from missing a direct hit from Hurricane Ian, the rest of the Florida peninsula is dealing with the catastrophic effects of this destructive…
Hurricane Ian: City Commission Meeting Cancelled; Budget Meeting Rescheduled; City Hall, Schools & Others Closed
The City of Coral Gables has decided to cancel it September 28th City Commission meeting due to the potential impacts of Hurricane Ian. Items on the agenda for September 28th are being deferred to the October 11th Commission meeting. Additionally,…
Coral Gables In Cone Of Probability For Potential Hurricane Early Next Week
Tropical Depression Nine has formed and has its sights set on Florida. Invest 98L, as it was previously known, had been a difficult one to predict with late development in the Caribbean. Early Friday morning, the National Hurricane Center released…
Terranova Proposes New Project On Miracle Mile
Stephen Bittel’s Terranova Corporation, the largest property owner on Miracle Mile, has filed its initial application for a new development on the Mile, 93 Miracle Mile. Located on the former location of Navarro Pharmacy on Miracle Mile, the proposed project…
Life Time Coral Gables Sold To Hines For $430 Million; Hines Then Raises Rent On Tenants By 31%, In Violation Of Miami-Dade County Code
What started off as a project proposed to the community as a project focused on making Coral Gables living affordable to all, has now become unaffordable. Life Time, formerly Gables Station located at the corner of US1 and Le Jeune…
