Miami Lakes Neighborhood Improvement Committee (NIC) will celebrate July as Lake Quality Awareness Month to raise awareness about the quality of town lakes, and to recognize the important role of the community in maintaining the lakes.Town residents do enjoy the 23 lakes, but it’s also important to protect them to serve the important function of absorbing rainfall and runoff to prevent flooding and providing homes for wildlife.Because...

Save the date for the Miami Lakes Economic Development Committee’s (EDC) Business Networking Mixer from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 20, at Anacapri Italian Restaurant & Market, 6125 Miami Lakes Drive East.The EDC focuses on not only promoting economic development in Miami Lakes by attracting new businesses, but also ensuring that current businesses and professionals remain pleased and ensure their desire to remain in the...

Miami Lakes Veterans Committee is urging residents who have a pair, or pairs of no longer needed eye glasses, to donate gently used glasses to the Miami Veterans Hospital to aid American veterans.From now through September, a donation box will be located at Town Hall, 6601 Main Street. Donations will be accepted Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.For information about the Veterans Committee and their initiatives, visit...

Town of Miami Lakes officials welcomed new afterschool math learning center, Mathnasium, located in the Royal Oaks Shopping Center, on June 20.With their second center in Miami-Dade County, owners Anand and Priya Pitre believe that every child can become great at math.Mathnasium Learning Centers are the nation’s leading math-only learning franchise, offering fun and effective personalized after-school math programs for children in...

The Town of Miami Lakes and Miami-Dade County Art in n Public Places is calling all artists to design a fun and interactive outdoor public art project for the Town’s newly  renovated Miami Lakes Optimist Park Clubhouse located at 6411 N.W. 162 Street.The Clubhouse is a state-of-the-art, modern building designed to provide the Town with indoor public recreational space, and serve as a home for the Miami Lakes Optimist Club, a...