Miami Local

This section hopes to provide both current and future residents of the great communities of Miami where Alvaro and Browser work and play with important and interesting information.

OUR COMMUNITIES

Coconut Grove

Coconut Grove Online
Coconut Grove Waterfront Master Plan Follow the progress of this important community discussion
City of Miami. The Grove belongs administratively to the City of Miami.
County/City Tax estimator. Better to know ahead of time!

City of Coral Gables

City of Coral Gables official web site
Map of the City Beautiful
Map of Historic Properties in Coral Gables

Village of Pinecrest

Village of Pinecrest official web site
Map of Pinecrest

Key Biscayne

Map of Key Biscayne

Miami Beach

Map of Miami Beach

For local codes (garbage pick up and other ordinances, for example) in any of these communities, try the Municode web site.

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS

The Kampong Once the home and gardens of David Fairchild, plant explorer for whom the local botanical garden, Fairchild Tropical Gardens (see below) was named. Now property of the National Tropical Botanical Garden and sadly, rarely open to the public.
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Italian Renaissance-style villa with more than 10 acres of formal gardens, terraces and fountains overlooking Biscayne Bay. It features 34 rooms of 15th- through 19th-century antique furnishings and decorative arts.
Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium. Features hands-on exhibits on everything from robotic dinosaurs to virtual reality basketball, as well as star and space shows
Fairchild Tropical Garden One of the world's best collections of tropical palm trees.
Parrot Jungle
Metrozoo
Miami Seaquarium
Florida State Parks. Multiple recipient of the National Recreation and Parks Association's Gold Medal Award, honoring Florida as the "Nation's Best State Park Service".

AREA EVENTS

Coconut Grove Arts Festival. Occurs the three days of Presidents' Weekend every February.
St. Stephen's Art & Craft Show. Local Episcopal Church hosts offers Fine Art & Fine Craft show which features 150 national and international fine artists and fine crafts people in parallel to the larger Coconut Grove Event (Presidents' weekend in February). Free admission!
King Mango Strut Residents of the Grove dress up and put on farcical floats mocking the year's events. Occurs end of year, between Christmas and the New Year.
Goombay Festival Coconut Grove Coconut Grove celebrates its Bahamian roots. The traditional music of The Bahamas is Goombay, which combines the musical traditions from Africa with that of the European colonial influence

EDUCATION LINKS

ENTERTAINMENT

LOCAL PROFESSIONALS

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