Comprehensive Development Master Plan Hearings Complete
All in all, it was a long but I believe good day for the environment and Miami-Dade County. Today the Miami-Dade County Commission heard all applications for the outside UDB applications: 5, 6, 7, 11, & 24. In some somewhat surprising decisions, applications 6, 7, 11, and 24 did not pass. Application 5, by the City of Hialeah, did pass, and was filed as a separate ordinance. Here is the...
Read MoreUDB Final Hearings 4/18/06 – Semi-Live Blogging
This is GreenerMiami’s Semi-Live blogging of the UDB final hearings in Miami-Dade County. Why Semi-Live? Delayed may be a better word. This is currently being blogged from the Main Library downtown, close to the hearing location. This post will be updated until it contains all content for April 18. Today decisions were made for all non-UDB items (1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27). Some...
Read MoreHold the Line Preparations
Today I attended the Hold the Line campaign press conference at Tina Hill Pavilion, Bayfront Park. Speakers included Mayor Alvarez of Miami-Dade County, Executive Director David Anderson of Audubon of Florida, Rep. Brutus of the Florida House of Representatives, Allison Austin – President of Lincoln Heights (Liberty City) and CEO of Belafonte Tacolcy, Executive Director Daniella Levine of...
Read MoreHelp Hold the UDB Line, Be There on Tuesday
The Hold the Line campaign WANTS YOU! "Protect the Future of Miami and stop the mad dash of development to the edge of the Everglades in Miami/Dade." Yesterday I spoke with Nate Geisler, the South Florida Community Organizer for Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund…basically he’s the guy doing a lot of work for the UDB (Urban Development Boundary) Hold the Line campaign....
Read MoreUDB – Final Hearings Approaching
The final hearings for the UDB (Urban Development Boundary) are quickly approaching. Scheduled for April 18, 19, and 20 starting at 9:30am each day, the meetings will be held at the Stephen P. Clark Center downtown. The community wants to Hold the Line. The developers want to move past it. The Planning Advisory Board is now recommending 4 of the 6 applications. One developer pulls out, due to...
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