Miami Lakes was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Florida Highway Beautification Council which provides funding to improve urban environments along highways throughout the state.The Town submitted an application for $100,000 to assist in funding the State Road 826/N.W. 154 Street Landscape Improvements Project.“This is yet another positive step in ensuring that our Town continues to...

Miami Lakes will host a free business workshop “How to do Business with Miami-Dade County” on Thursday, January 26, at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street.The workshop is presented by Miami-Dade County Commission chairman Esteban Bovo Jr. in partnership with the county’s Internal Services Department which oversees Procurement Management for the county.Miami Lakes businesses are invited to learn about the streamlined operations,...

Former Miami Lakes mayor Michael Pizzi filed an amended complaint against the Town of Miami Lakes in exactly 20 days after a judge dismissed his original lawsuit which was seeking $2.5 million in attorneys’ fees stemming from his federal bribery corruption trial in 2014.Last month, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Antonio Marin granted a motion to dismiss the complaint without prejudice, after determining the complaint did not prove that...

Miami Lakes Town Council poses for a formal photo prior to their December 6 regular meeting at Town Hall. Pictured (from left) Councilmember Frank Mingo, newly elected Councilmember Luis Collazo, Councilmember Ceasar Mestre, newly elected mayor Manny Cid, newly reelected Councilmember Nelson Rodriguez, Councilmember Tim Daubert, and new Vice Mayor Tony Lama. 

After handing incumbent mayor Michael Pizzi a crushing defeat in last month’s run-off election, Manny Cid has settled in as the new mayor for Miami Lakes, and he has already begun the work that was part of his campaign promises that got him elected.In fact, the day after he was elected, Cid, 33, met with MDX to support the N.W. 67 and N.W. 87 avenue ramps on State Road 924 to alleviate traffic congestion.“We started from day one...