April 16, 2024
Miami-Dade
Sea leveling: Miami takes on rising tides
Experts predict the Atlantic Ocean will rise two feet by 2060 — putting the western half of Miami beach under water.
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Published on 2/27/2017
Targeting talent: Miami-Dade County struggles to find qualified employees
Miami-Dade County ranks No. 8 in the nation for the number of college students per capita.
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Published on 1/26/2017
Bonding over affordable housing in Miami-Dade
South Florida is among the country's least affordable housing markets, part of the workforce housing problem is too few affordable homes near employment centers.
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Published on 12/28/2016
Broken bond: Miami is only municipality the SEC has sued twice
Ongoing securities violations makes Miami the only municipality the SEC has sued twice.
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Published on 11/28/2016
Navigating Venezuela' uncertain economic environment
Public relations and public affairs firm Burson-Marsteller created a Venezuela specialty team to help clients in that troubled country.
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Published on 10/26/2016
Florida declares new are of Zika transmission in Miami
Florida officials on Thursday announced a new area of Zika transmission in the Miami region and have called on the federal government for funding to help fight the outbreak.
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Published on 10/14/2016
Rokk3r is turning ideas into companies
Rokk3r, which started as a marketing and interactive agency, changed direction after the founders began meeting people with great ideas who needed help turning those ideas into companies.
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Published on 9/28/2016
Quick start for Miami FC soccer team
With all the attention on David Beckham's planned Miami United Major League Soccer team, it was easy to miss the March debut of Miami-Dade's only current men's professional soccer team, Miami FC.
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Published on 8/26/2016
DOH clears additional portion of impacted area in Wynwood
Area with local transmissions of Zika is less than one square mile
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Published on 8/11/2016
Inequality: The ‘prosperity gap' in Miami
A loss of higher-paying jobs, and a variety of rising economic barriers threatens mobility and equity.
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Published on 7/27/2016
Talking tourism: The Keys enjoy a jump in visitors
Tourism accounts for 54% of all jobs and 60% of all spending in the Florida Keys.
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Published on 6/28/2016
Miami's path toward shared prosperity as a creative and inclusive global city
The future of Miami is bright --it's a city on the rise, says a new report by FIU and the Creative Class Group.
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Published on 6/16/2016
Alterations: Fashion Mall will be reconfigured as a mixed-use development
Once a prime retail center, the shuttered Fashion Mall in Plantation is set to come back to life — this time with a smaller retail component.
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Published on 5/25/2016
Coming clean: High-dollar home purchases are coming under scrutiny
Buyers who spend more than $1 million on a home in Miami-Dade County will now find it more difficult to shield their identities from the U.S. government.
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Published on 4/27/2016
Miami-Dade/Monroe: A surge of residents and businesses
Office space is at a premium in downtown Miami.
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Published on 3/28/2016
MIA is Miami-Dade's biggest economic engine
A look at the economic impact of Miami International Airport – by the numbers.
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Published on 2/26/2016
The art of the deal: Art fairs seeing record attendance in Miami
In a state with more than 1,250 golf courses — the largest number of any in the country — the hottest thing in golf these days may be a business that combines a kind of high-tech driving range with a flashy sports bar/restaurant.
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Published on 1/27/2016
Droning on: More companies are employing drones
More companies are turning to unmanned flying machines.
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Published on 12/28/2015
Foot traffic: Rethinking South Beach's Lincoln Road
The Morris Lapidus-designed Lincoln Road pedestrian mall is among Florida's top retail destinations, with rents averaging $300 per square foot and tenants including Apple, H&M and dozens of restaurants. But Lincoln Road was never designed to handle the 6 million people who visit it annually.
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Published on 11/24/2015
Recognizing opportunity: A profile of recognition software company Kairos
Recognition software company Kairos is on a growth tear.
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Published on 10/28/2015
Making headway in diversifying Miami's economy
An effort to diversify Miami's economy is making progress.
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Published on 9/28/2015
Low density attraction
Tiny Bay Harbor Islands is the hot new waterfront location.
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Published on 8/27/2015
Writing on the wall: Graffiti helps Miami's Wynwood
In the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, graffiti covers some 80,000 square feet of walls. It's been that way since 2009, and neighborhood businesses are quite happy about it.
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Published on 7/24/2015
Proposed: A 10-mile ‘linear park' underneath Miami's Metrorail
A Miami effort hopes to mimic the success of Manhattan's linear park.
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Published on 6/26/2015
Sticking point: FIU seeks expansion
Florida International University in Miami wants to expand across the street from its campus on county-owned land.
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Published on 5/27/2015
