urban development /tags/urban-development urban development en-US SA国际传谋 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:04:26 GMT Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava rallies supporters for urban boundary veto /environment/2026-02-18/miami-dade-urban-boundary-veto At a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Daniella Levine Cava urged commissioners to uphold her veto rejecting a new heavy equipment headquarters on wetlands when they meet Wednesday. Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:04:26 GMT /environment/2026-02-18/miami-dade-urban-boundary-veto Jenny Staletovich Developers push controversial Miami ordinance that would make it easier to cut down trees /government-politics/2025-01-09/miami-tree-cutting-permit-ordinance The Builders Association of South Florida, a trade group for developers, moved to support a Miami tree ordinance that critics worry will harm the city's tree canopy. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 19:54:45 GMT /government-politics/2025-01-09/miami-tree-cutting-permit-ordinance Joshua Ceballos Sundial: Creepy critters to creeping development with environmental writer Jenny Staletovich /podcast/sundial/2023-01-04/sundial-creepy-critters-to-creeping-development-with-environmental-writer-jenny-staletovich SA国际传谋 environmental writer Jenny Staletovich talks pythons, iguanas, disappearing birds and rampant development with SA国际传谋 Sundial host Carlos Fr铆as. Wed, 04 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-01-04/sundial-creepy-critters-to-creeping-development-with-environmental-writer-jenny-staletovich Carlos Fr铆as City of Miami takes over historically Black beach, Brazil's tight presidential election, wetlands boundary moved /2022-11-04/city-of-miami-takes-over-historically-black-beach-brazils-tight-presidential-election-wetlands-boundary-moved On this week's South Florida Roundup, we discussed: Miami-Dade County鈥檚 decision to move a boundary that protects wetlands; the results of Brazil's presidential election; and the anger over the City of Miami's ousting of Virginia Key Trust's majority-Black board. Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:32:01 GMT /2022-11-04/city-of-miami-takes-over-historically-black-beach-brazils-tight-presidential-election-wetlands-boundary-moved Miami-Dade moves boundary that protects wetlands and farms to make way for warehouses /environment/2022-11-03/miami-dade-moves-boundary-that-protects-wetlands-and-farms-to-make-way-for-warehouses County commissioners sidestepped their own rules for managing growth that require a need for additional industrial space and voted to move the boundary after developers offered to double the amount of a land donation. But the contentious vote could be vetoed by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who opposed the move and said afterwards that she was 鈥渨eighing鈥 her options. Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:55:24 GMT /environment/2022-11-03/miami-dade-moves-boundary-that-protects-wetlands-and-farms-to-make-way-for-warehouses Jenny Staletovich Re-building after hurricanes in Florida: Are the lessons being learned? /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-03/re-building-after-hurricanes-in-florida-are-the-lessons-being-learned On the South Florida Roundup, we spoke about Florida's balancing act between building in vulnerable areas and protecting established developments. Will South Florida and the rest of the state see a shift in the wake of Ian? Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:00:00 GMT /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-03/re-building-after-hurricanes-in-florida-are-the-lessons-being-learned Natu Tweh $10 billlion MetroCenter plan aims to transform downtown Miami /local-news/2022-09-05/10-billlion-metrocenter-plan-aims-to-transform-downtown-miami In what鈥檚 being billed as one of the biggest and most ambitious urban redevelopment schemes in the country, Miami-Dade County has packaged 17 acres of downtown real estate and put it up for bid. The project would include a couple thousand apartments as affordable and workforce housing, and a new main library. But it could mark the end for the HistoryMiami cultural center. Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:27:55 GMT /local-news/2022-09-05/10-billlion-metrocenter-plan-aims-to-transform-downtown-miami Andres Viglucci Even many decades later, redlined areas see higher levels of air pollution /news/2022-03-11/even-many-decades-later-redlined-areas-see-higher-levels-of-air-pollution "We see a really clear association between how these maps were drawn in the '30s and the air pollution disparities today," says an author of a study on the effects of the discriminatory policy. Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:12:04 GMT /news/2022-03-11/even-many-decades-later-redlined-areas-see-higher-levels-of-air-pollution Laurel Wamsley Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Palm Beach County losing farmland, how psychedelics affect our mind and body /2022-01-31/rep-wasserman-schultz-palm-beach-county-losing-farmland-how-psychedelics-affect-our-mind-and-body Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is pushing a bill looking to keep insurrectionists out of office. Plus, Palm Beach County farmers are losing ground to developers. And a UM researcher decided to look at the impact of psychedelics on health during the pandemic. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 21:38:56 GMT /2022-01-31/rep-wasserman-schultz-palm-beach-county-losing-farmland-how-psychedelics-affect-our-mind-and-body Leslie Ovalle Atkinson A taller West Palm? City clears way for developers to exceed height restrictions /news/2022-01-26/a-taller-west-palm-city-clears-way-for-developers-to-exceed-height-restrictions West Palm Beach's City Commission unanimously approved a series of zoning and land development requests Monday night that will allow developers to exceed height restrictions in projects that would add to the city's building boom. Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:00:00 GMT /news/2022-01-26/a-taller-west-palm-city-clears-way-for-developers-to-exceed-height-restrictions Wayne Washington