Leadership in the Town of Miami Lakes Building Department will be shared by two staffers promoted to the positions Thursday after the top two officials resigned. Danny Angel is the new director of the building department, and will oversee administration and operations, including building, zoning and code enforcement, Town Manager Edward Pidermann said in a June 17th email to the town council and staff. Angel was formerly the director of...

Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Luis Collazo, Mayor Manny Cid and Councilman Carlos O. Alvarez, planted a ceremonial tree on Northwest 143rd Street at Northwest 87th Avenue on May 26th. The planting launched Phase 5 of the town’s West Lake Reforestation Project. The town is partnering with Miami-Dade County, Million Trees Miami and Neat Streets Miami and said it has planted more than 400 trees on the west side of town. This...

The Town of Miami Lakes’ fourth attempt and second year as a finalist in the All-America Cities competition was not enough for the municipality to be chosen as a place that builds equity and resilience. Those were the themes in the National Civic League’s contest that since 1949 has recognized civic innovation with the awards. This year, judges also wanted to see how communities united to overcome the “overwhelming...

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Two leaders of the Town of Miami Lakes building department -- Building Official Mike Mesa and Building Department Manager Lourdes Rodriguez -- resigned their positions on June 11th. Town Manager Ed Pidermann said “It is with great disappointment and sadness” when he announced the pending departures in an email to staff on Monday. Pidermann said the pair were “instrumental in leading the best building department in...