July 15, 2019 communitynewspapers.com VOL. 37, NO. 28 Residents, property owners say City Commission plan is a ‘deathblow’ Publisher BY GRANT MILLER United Way celebrates Saddle up, Miami So what if a group of – you can do it! local folks have a beef...
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July 15, 2019 communitynewspapers.com VOL. 37, NO. 28 Residents, property owners say City Commission plan is a ‘deathblow’ Publisher BY GRANT MILLER United Way celebrates Saddle up, Miami So what if a group of – you can do it! local folks have a beef against a developer. 95 years, honors volunteers BY JAVIER A. BETANCOURT Seems they always get A year and a half ago, I began their way anyhow. commuting to work on a bicycle, and Not this time, however, if dozens of I’ve never looked back. You heard me angry residents and property owners in — I am one of the few, the proud, Sunny Isles Beach succeed in nipping a some might say crazy, people who City Commission plan in the bud that prefer two wheels to four. would effectively permit developers to con- What at first began as a simple effort struct 6,000 hotel units and 1,000 residen- to lead by example by practicing what tial units within a tight two-block radius. I preach as an urban planner and Not only is the proposed plan upsetting advo
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