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Virginia Key: Open Letter from Judith Sandoval to The City of Miami Commissioners

By Tony Garcia On June 8, 2009 · 1 Comment

Re: EDSA Virginia Key Master Plan (Hit on Image to enlarge it)

Speak out at the City of Miami Waterfront Advisory Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, 2009, Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133

Last week, I attended the presentation of the final EDSA [...]

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Virginia Key Master Plan: Is This the Plan our Community Wants?

By Tony Garcia On June 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment

(hit on images to enlarge them).
The final proposed Master Plan for Virginia Key was unveiled May 20 by the City of Miami’s consultants and will first go to the Miami Waterfront Advisory Board Tuesday, June 9 at 6:3O PM, Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Coconut Grove, [...]

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Refining the Pubic Interest in Planning the Future of Virginia Key

By Tony Garcia On June 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment


Virginia Key is a 1,000 acre island off the coast of Miami that has no residents and serves as a poster child for bad planning in South Florida. The proposed Master Plan for the Key going before the City Commission on June 25, 2009 has been long in coming [...]

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Meetings Coming Up

By Tony Garcia On May 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

MAY 28th 9:30 am – County Commission Meeting on Rock Mining permit. FP&L wants to Rock Mine in agriculture area near Biscayne National Park to raise the elevation for the proposed 2 new Nuclear Reactors. The meeting is May 28th at County Hall, Stephen P. Clarke Building.
JUNE 3rd 6 pm – Miami Circle Master [...]

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Virginia Key Master Plan. By Fran Bohnsack

By Tony Garcia On May 21, 2009 · 4 Comments


I attended the presentation on the Virginia Key master plan last night at the Museum of Science. My measure of the crowd was that folks there weren’t too pleased with the intensity of what is suggested in the EDSA design.

Virtually every square inch of the Key is [...]

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