When a farm becomes a lifestyle amenity: ‘Agrihood’ battle brewing in Miami-Dade
Legal challenge filed over Miami-Dade’s approval of warehouse project near Biscayne Bay
Legal challenge filed over Miami-Dade’s approval of warehouse project near Biscayne Bay
A high-end version of life on the farm could be the next trend in suburban real estate outside Miami if a developer can loosen limits for construction on agricultural land near the Everglades.
Legal challenge filed over Miami-Dade’s approval of warehouse project near Biscayne Bay
Legal challenge filed over Miami-Dade’s approval of warehouse project near Biscayne Bay
Legal challenge filed over Miami-Dade’s approval of warehouse project near Biscayne Bay
Opponents of a commercial project in South Miami-Dade are hoping to overturn county approval of the venture in a legal challenge filed this week that would reverse a narrowly approved expansion of the Urban Development Boundary.
Miami-Dade Commissioners reject mayor's veto on urban boundary. What's next?
Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans
Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans
Overturning the veto clears the way for warehouses on coastal land targeted for Everglades restoration. South Florida water managers have been asked to intervene.
Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans
Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans
Mayor vetoes Urban Development Boundary expansion, halting development project plans
Standing against the majority of the Board of County Commissioners, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced her veto of a more than 370 acre expansion of the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) on Thursday, Nov. 10.
Memo: ‘Relationships’ would help pass UDB expansion vote at Miami-Dade
Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion
Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion
A confidential offering memorandum distributed to potential investors last year, shows that the developers of the South Dade Logistics and Technology District — the complex of warehouses they want to build across the Urban Development Boundary — were counting on the “relationships” they had to make it happen.
Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion
Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion
Miami-Dade commissioners just don’t give a damn about the Everglades’ health | Opinion
Developers are trying to pressure Miami-Dade commissioners to expand the urban development boundary, which would help build a new industrial park in a flood and sea rise prone area. But what is the urban development boundary?
Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk
Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk
Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk
County commissioners last week decided, for the first time in nine years, to allow development past the boundary line that separates Miami-Dade County’s suburbs from agricultural land and the Everglades.
Vote delayed on expanding Urban Development Boundary for industrial building complex
Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk
Mayor’s veto was right: Miami’s growth can’t come at the expense of the Everglades, flood risk
Developers wanting to expand the Urban Development Boundary for the first time since 2013 fell short on support with the Miami-Dade County Commission on Thursday, securing a last-minute delay on a vote to turn 800 acres of farmland into a warehouse complex in an area environmental groups want protected.
Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No
Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No
Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No
A recent poll commissioned by the Hold the Line coalition showed that 54% oppose moving the line. When presented with arguments for and against it, 60% of survey participants opposed expanding the UDB, preferring to protect the environment and drinking water supply. In comparison, 29% supported it to build more affordable single-family homes
Are Miamians Fleeing Our Affordability Crisis?
Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No
Will Moving The Urban Development Boundary Improve Affordability? Voters Say No
Miami now ranks as the least affordable region in the country, with the typical tenant paying a staggering 59.5% of monthly household income to pay rent. As Realtor.com notes, the federal housing department considers affordable rent to cost 30% of household income, and anything more to be unaffordable.
What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?
What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?
What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?
The Urban Development Boundary is a legal divide on Miami-Dade’s land-planning maps that governs how much construction can occur on a piece of land.
The UDB encourages development closer to existing houses and businesses, where roads, transit lines, schools and other government services already exist and also serves as a buffer between development and environmentally sensitive lands around the Everglades.
Miami-Dade faces big decision on industrial complex in South Dade farmland
What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?
What’s the Urban Development Boundary, and what does it mean for Miami-Dade County?
The fate of Biscayne Bay is once again before the Miami-Dade County Commission, who must now decide whether to extend the county’s boundary to allow a massive industrial complex on what is now farmland in South Dade.
It’s a nearly 800-acre parcel of land environmentalists say is vital to restoring the Everglades and the health of Biscayne Bay.
Developers plan to remedy storm surge issues by raising the elevation of the proposed project by up to 9 feet. But that has neighbors worried.
“So if you let them raise that land all that water is going to be pushed to us. I’m totally against it."
Act Today! HB 527/SB 664 Preempts Wetland Protections
Send letters to Florida Committee members to preserve local control and defend environmental resources!
As we feared, the first bill attacking wetlands protections has been filed. Sponsored by Representative Randy Maggard, HB 527 requires municipalities and counties to purchase land for wetland buffer zones via eminent domain and preempts dredge and fill regulations to the state. This bill appears designed to avoid any developer vs community conflict similar to the unpopular vote to reduce wetland buffers earlier this year in Manatee County.