The Town of Miami Lakes Government Center received Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification and plaque on September 12 from the U.S. Green Building Council. The LEED certification is seen as a mark of achievement in green building as the U.S. Green Building Council uses the LEED certification system to rate a building’s sustainability. The certification process awards points in seven categories...

  Thirty-seven years of Miami Lakes Optimist Club history succumbed to an excavator in late August as the aging clubhouse was demolished to make way for a new state-of-the-art building to be constructed by the Town of Miami Lakes. Hurricane Wilma swept over the clubhouse in 2005 and it was deemed unrepairable. The new clubhouse and gymnasium is part of a master plan to renovate Miami Lakes Optimist Park.

  Florida League of Cities president P.C. Wu, who is also the Council president of the City of Pensacola, appointed Miami Lakes Vice Mayor Manny Cid as the vice chair of the League’s Growth Management and Economic Development Legislative Policy Committee. The committee addresses policies specific to municipal concerns with community redevelopment, economic development, special districts, foreclosures and affordable housing,...

In a prelude to the town’s budget hearings, Miami Lakes has scheduled a budget workshop for 6 p.m., Thursday, September 5, at Miami Lakes Government Center, 6601 Main Street. Town Manager Alex Rey, the mayor and councilmembers will discuss and suggest changes to the proposed $15.3 million spending plan for the 2013-2014 fiscal year to prepare for the two budget hearings, set for Thursday, September 12, and Tuesday, September 24, at...

The Town of Miami Lakes has scheduled a special election to select a new mayor following the arrest of Michael Pizzi on a charge of public corruption last month as part of an FBI sting. At a special meeting in August, acting Mayor Ceasar Mestre and councilmembers unanimously voted for the October 1 special election, which was the only date Miami-Dade Elections Department offered that wouldn’t violate the town’s...