Government

  • Meet the new Coconut grove Village Council

    Meet the newsly elected Coconut Grove Village Council. View their video interviews here.

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  • Village Council members Renita Ross Samuels-Dixon and Stephen Murray

    Village West residents gain two representatives in Village Council elections

    Village West residents now have two people from the community to represent them on the Coconut Grove Village Council – Stephen Murray and Renita Ross Samuels-Dixon. The two candidates were among the top 9 vote-getters from a field of 17 candidates in the Nov. 3 election, in which Patrick Sessions, a developer and Grove resident…

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  • Election Day 2009: Results in

    Election Day 2009 is over. The polls are closed. The results are in. No single candidate for the Coconut Grove Village Council received an overwhelming majority of the 10,555 votes cast in the race, according to the Miami-Dade Elections Department. But, the nine candidates that had the highest percentage of votes are as follows: Patrick…

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  • Obama, White House Photo, Lawrence Jackson, 10/24/09

    Barack Obama Visits Miami

    In his two-day visit to Florida this week, President Barack Obama left behind $1.5 million to buoy Democrat congressional races and $200 million in federal stimulus to boost the state’s energy capabilities. “The president showed a real commitment to Florida for only having had nine months in office,” said Adam Sharon, a spokesperson for U.S….

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  • Stephen Murray chats with local residents at a campaign meet and greet held at the Community Green Space on October 17th.

    Coconut Grove Village Council Elections

    On November 3, Coconut Grove residents will go to the polls to elect their Village Council representatives. All nine spots on the advisory board are up for grabs as the current members’ four year terms expired this fall. Two incumbents are not seeking reelection, current chair Martin Zilber and Village West activist Lottie Person. Person,…

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  • Affordable housing doesn’t mean a rundown neighborhood

    Affordable housing is a term that often is frowned upon. This is because many people are ignorant about what affordable housing means. They need to know the facts. Long ago, affordable housing was associated with dilapidated neighborhoods and crime-ridden streets. However, that was more than a decade ago. Now people in the workforce are taking…

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