Miami Lakes is one of the first municipalities in South Florida to convert all Town-owned streetlights to LED. The project, part of the Town’s strategic initiatives, will replace approximately 900 streetlights throughout Miami Lakes, including standard streetlights (called “cobra heads”) and decorative streetlights.The LED retrofit project supports two goals in the Town’s 10-year strategic plan – achieve...

Students from the Civics Engagement Academy (CEA) at Bob Graham Education Center (BGEC) spent the summer reading and meeting in small groups to prepare for the upcoming school year. This included reading Senator Bob Graham's most recent book - “America, The Owner's Manual: How To Fight City Hall And Win.”  On August 3, the CEA students and their teachers met at Town Hall to check in on the work they had done over the summer....

Town of Miami Lakes lawmakers and residents will discuss the budget for next year at a workshop, which is scheduled for Thursday, August 25, at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. The estimated $16.5 million spending plan, at the same millage rate of 2.335 for property taxes, allows Miami Lakes to cover the rising costs for police services and health care insurance for town employees.Police service will cost Miami Lakes $8.4...

The Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization (MTPO) Governing Board recently approved the list of 2017 Transportation Alternatives Program priority projects which includes two submitted by the Town of Miami Lakes.The N.W. 59 Avenue project calls for the creation of sidewalks, safe pedestrian crossings, bicycle lanes, pedestrian scaled lighting, and accessible pedestrian signals from N.W. 154 Street to N.W. 167 Street. When completed,...

Miami Lakes assistant Town Manager Andrea Agha recently received the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) Credentialed Manager Candidate designation. She will become an ICMA Credential Manager in November 2018.Agha is one of over 1,400 local government management professionals who participated in the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program. To be Credentialed, a member must have significant experience as a senior management...