The Miami Herald reported that:
A long-lost black-only Miami cemetery discovered by construction workers was dedicated as a memorial park.
The dedication was the culmination of a two-year effort to preserve the burial ground, all signs of which had long ago been erased, and turn it into a park open to the public even though it sits within a private housing complex.
“We preserved our history. We restored our dignity,’’ said the Rev. Jesse E. Martin, pastor of Community Outreach Baptist Church. “We have kept our promise that those who lie here today will rest in peace.’’
Among those: John Clark, the grandfather of preservationist Enid Pinkney, who led the effort to save the cemetery but was unaware of her connection to it until researcher Larry Wiggins unearthed a list of people buried in it.
Mera Rubell speaks to the Urban Environment League members during their bus tour of the Upper East Side of Miami on February 4th 2011, telling them a little about herself and the facility and telling a little bit about how Art Basel came to Miami.
This was the introduction:
Frances M. Bohnsack, Ph.D.
Eighteen Years of Service in Support of the Miami River
The City of Miami pays tribute to Dr. Frances M. Bohnsack, honoring her exceptional service and
dedication as Executive Director of the Miami River Marine Group. We value Dr. Bohnsack’s overall knowledge and passion for the advancement of a working waterfront along the Miami River, the Fifth largest port in the state of Florida, a port serving as economic catalyst for the South Florida region and providing vital shipping links — logistics, food, equipment and household goods– to the shallow draft ports of the Caribbean and Central and South America. We applaud Dr. Bohnsack’s leadership and legal vigilance that resulted in favorable judicial outcomes for Miami River shipping interests, her critical input and expertise important to this special triumph. It is with genuine respect and gratitude, on behalf of our citizens, that we join her colleagues and friends to honor Dr. Frances M. Bohnsack’s eighteen years of superior work, a tenure representing the hallmark of integrity. As Dr. Bohnsack leaves to accept a well-deserved position with the Federal Maritime Administration,
we extend best wishes for continued success!
Presented on behalf of the City of Miami by
Tomás P. Regalado, Mayor
Wifredo “Willy” Gort, Commissioner
January 13, 2011
Co-President of the Urban Environment League Dr. Fran Bohnsack was honored for her service to the community this morning.
Mayor Regalado, on behalf of the City of Miami, presented Dr. Frances Bohnsack with a commendation for her many years of service to the Port of the Miami River and the community at large. Debbie Zimmerman, aid to Congresswoman Ileana Ros Lehtinen, also read a letter from the Congresswoman praising Fran for her tireless efforts on behalf of the maritime industry and the Miami River at a special meeting for the Miami City Commission Jan. 12, 2011.
Today at 2pm Miami-Dade’s Infrastructure and Land Use Committee meets and has on the agenda two resolutions sponsored by Carlos Gimenez that should be of interest to all our readers. The chair of the Committee is Natacha Seijas. Also on the Committee is Barbara Jordan, Bruno Barreiro, Jose Pepe Diaz, Jean Monestime and Rebeca Sosa. We suggest you watch the meeting to see what happens to these two worth resolutions (they should come up towards the middle of the meeting):
102596 Resolution Carlos A. Gimenez, Prime Sponsor
RESOLUTION CALLING A COUNTYWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, [ ], 2011, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE HOME RULE CHARTER SHALL BE AMENDED TO: SPECIFY THE EXCLUSIVE PROCESS, FORM, CONTENT, AND METHOD FOR CERTIFICATION OF CITIZEN INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, RECALL, AND CHARTER AMENDMENT PETITIONS, REPEAL ALL PROVISIONS IN CURRENT ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS THAT REGULATE CITIZEN INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, RECALL, AND CHARTER AMENDMENT PETITIONS, AND PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL NOT ADOPT ANY RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE THAT REGULATES SUCH PETITIONS
102597 Resolution Carlos A. Gimenez, Prime Sponsor
RESOLUTION CALLING A COUNTYWIDE SPECIAL ELECTION IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THE QUESTION OF WHETHER TO AMEND THE HOME RULE CHARTER TO PROVIDE THAT, EFFECTIVE WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER ELECTIONS IN 2012, NO PERSON ELECTED FOR MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE FOUR-YEAR TERMS AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO QUALIFY FOR, NOR SHALL BE ELECTED AS, A COUNTY COMMISSIONER FOR THE NEXT SUCCEEDING TERM
Goldman Properties has been reinventing neighborhoods for 40 years and is a presence in the Wynwood area.
We are going to Wynwood on our bus trip to see the revitalization in progress there. There are over 40 art galleries in the Wynwood Arts District. The new addition is a collection called Wynwood Walls. Goldman Properties has created an area with many decorated wall murals between the Wynwood Kitchen & Bar and Joey’s Restaurant on NW 2nd Avenue. Our bus tour will include a tour of the Walls.
One of the elements that makes Wynwood unique are the wall murals all over the area. Some of you may remember an early example on the walls of the building housing the Margulies Collection which bordered I-95.
There are also Art Complexes in Wynwood such as: Artopia, Bakehouse, Inkub8, Mitrani Warehouse, Museo Vault and University of Miami Project Space. There are 6 art studios in the area belonging to A. Dale Nally, Daniela Wicki, Nahila Campos, Sid Hoeltzell and Whale & Star.
We will be stopping also at the prestigious Rubell Family Collection as well as the Wynwood Walls.
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From the Florida Hometown Democracy Group:
St. Joe executive Billy Buzzett has been named Secretary of the Department of Community Affairs. Mr. Buzzett’s claim to fame is the recently constructed $300,000,000 taxpayer funded white elephant airport in the Panhandle. The airport was constructed on 4,000 acres of land donated by St. Joe. (Just like the “Taj Majal” First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee!)
St. Joe’s business model is to develop its vast holdings around the airport. According to a recent report, St. Joe is establishing its new corporate headquarters near the airport’s entrance, and has “said it intends to construct a covered, 300-space off-site parking facility that will offer car washing and detailing.”
In order to get Southwest Airlines to fly into the new airport, St. Joe is covering Southwest’s fuel costs if the carrier fails to break even on ticket purchases during the airport’s first three years of operation. St. Joe has also recently been sued in a number of class action lawsuits by shareholders claiming that St. Joe executives deliberately overvalued land holdings.
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