Miami Lakes was recently awarded $40,000 from the Miami-Dade County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to assist with the design and development of the Complete Streets Implementation Plan.Through the Strategic Planning process and workshops with local agencies, mobility enhancement was identified as the Town’s number one goal in the 2025 Strategic Plan. This grant will allow the Town to hire a consultant that will identify...

The Miami Lakes Town Council rejected a developer’s request to defer his final plat to build five homes in Loch Ness following residents’ entreaties to protect their small neighborhood from over development and traffic congestion.At last week’s regular meeting, council members unanimously rejected Comar Ventures Corporation’s building plans for the five homes, including two two story-houses, on 1.7 acres of property at...

Good Government Initiative, a non-profit which recruited people to participate in helping train new political office seekers and elected officials on ethical standards, is shutting down after a lack of interest for the program.The organization, founded by former Miami-Dade Commissioner Katy Sorenson, conducted two debates for candidates who ran for Miami Lakes mayor and two council seats in 2013 and 2014 in the Council chambers at Town...

Some social media posts during the past few weeks have obscured the importance of the “Permitting Ordinance” that will come up for second reading before the Miami Lakes Town Council  on October 4.Prior to the incorporation of Miami Lakes inn 2000, the Miami-Dade County code, and many other municipalities in the county, permitted the beginning of construction for new developments prior to final recording of plat with the...

Longtime Miami Lakes resident Alvin L. West, CFO and Senior Vice President of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, has earned the prestigious designation of Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) from the worldwide Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI).DMAI promotes and advances the success of Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) worldwide.West is one of only 400 professionals from 16 countries...