The renewal period for the annual Business Tax Receipt (BTR) has begun and in the Town’s continuing effort to assist the growing business community, Miami Lakes has created a “How To” video providing business owners with quick and easy steps to make the BTR payment online.The BTR renewal period expires on September 30.For those who need to know how to apply or renew the BTR online, visit https://youtube/oXkN58RmvGM. For more information,...

Town of Miami Lakes invites residents, neighborhoods and homeowner associations (HOAs) to apply for the Neighborhood Matching Grant Program which encourages neighborhoods to play and work together in a dynamic fashion in order to accomplish neighborhood-based goals and objectives.The grant provides an opportunity to make improvements and/or enhancements to ensure their long-term viability. The Town will match dollar for dollar, up to $5,000,...

Over the next several months, the Town Council will hold workshops and meetings to discuss fiscal year 2020 budget. The budget process will be transparent and accessible to Miami Lakes taxpayers with live streaming of the proceedings on the Town’s website and Facebook page.The following meetings and workshops will be held in Council chambers at 6601 Main Street:• July 8, 6:30 p.m. - Committees budget workshop.• July 16, 6 p.m. -...

Miami Lakes Mayor Manny Cid was the guest speaker at the 2019 Dan Marino Foundation Campus graduation ceremony at Miami Lakes Educational Center. The program provides post-secondary education for young adults with autism and other development disabilities. Cid said he had the pleasure of meeting Haley Moss (pictured here), who’s the first openly autistic female attorney in the state of Florida. “She’s an incredible inspiration to all,” Cid said.

Former North Carolina State and Hialeah Miami Lakes basketball star Chris Corchiani, community activist David Oliver, community pioneer George Deming, and community activist Javier Zapata were enshrined into the Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame for the Class of 2019.They were inducted to the town’s highest honor for sports and community activism during a recent ceremony at the Miami Lakes Optimist Club club house.The committee believed that...