Amelia Orjuela Da Silva | Miami Times
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County officials, housing developers and community leaders gathered on June 4 to celebrate the opening of Phase II of Quail Roost Station, a new affordable housing development dedicated to seniors along the South Dade TransitWay corridor. -
As investors target Miami’s higher ground, community advocates urge Black homeowners to hold onto property and generational wealth -
With school ending soon, parents worry about feeding children through summer. -
Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, the nonprofit's “community lawyering” model defends those most affected by Florida laws. -
Westview residents question transparency, environmental impact and local benefits -
Decades after hurricane, leaders weigh growth and preservation -
Conversations on potentially incorporating a group of historically Black neighborhoods in north central Miami-Dade County are gaining urgency, as residents and community leaders push for Brownsville to be included in an ongoing feasibility study on the matter. -
New development will include museum, healthcare services and STEM programs -
For more than a century, Miami-Dade’s public servants — from teachers to transit operators — have shaped the county’s labor landscape through collective bargaining. Now, local labor leaders say that foundation faces an existential threat. -
David Arnold Gray, a business architect in the Miami-Dade Department of Housing and Community Development, has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the county and two department leaders of retaliation, discrimination, and violating his constitutional rights after he raised concerns about workplace governance. -
Commute times, cost, and reliability shape opportunity for families rooted in their neighborhoods -
Liberty City was never just a neighborhood. It was a declaration. Platted in 1922 during the Florida Land Boom, the 80-acre community emerged when Black workers were building the city but had nowhere to live. Stretching between Northwest 62nd and 71st streets, it centered around Northwest 18th Avenue — then called Broadway.
