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• The Scotty's RFP is in

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  IS THIS THE NEW COCONUT GROVE WATERFRONT?
  OK, The RFP's are in for the Scotty's Landing site. There seems to be only one!
  
  There were two, but one dropped out. Veleta dropped out, not sure why and the remaining proposal is by Harbour (rendering above). There is [...]
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• Grammy winner featured at Fete de la Musique

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  Rose Max, South Florida’s popular Brazilian singer and jazz stylist will headline this year’s Fete de la Musique Coconut Grove on Friday, June 21 from 7 to 11 pm.  Rose started singing with the Octeto Rio Orchestra in Rio de Janeiro nightspots and backed up some of Brazils most [...]
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• Update on the Parking Waiver story

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  As I passed by the BID office today, a few of them came running out to inform me that there were two sides to each story, and there are. Regarding the Parking Waver story below, all facts are correct, but there is one slight difference -- the rates were [...]
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• CityWrights Conference starts this week

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  Starting this Wednesday, June 19 and running through June 23, CityWrights Miami is holding it's 3rd annual CityWrights Conference. The event being held at the Epic Hotel is for theater lovers who who would like to learn more about how plays are conceived, created and crafted.
  
  It's' [...]
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• Is Parking Waiver increase is hurting business?

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  I reported in April 2009, that restaurants in Coconut Grove pay Parking Waiver Fees. This is a tax that the City charges businesses for parking, which does not exist. Each business is "taxed" according to the size and table count and the money goes to the Miami Parking Authority [...]
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• Unusual vintage photo

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  I was talking about rare photos from years gone by and this one image has really flabbergasted me all week. The Highline in New York tweeted it out, as part of a feature that was in Curbed New York. It's literally a steam engine in the 1920s, going up 11th [...]
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• Cronuts and Dove Bars and ESP, oh my

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  So there's this new craze in New York called Cronuts, according to what I've read, they are "party flaky croissant and part cream-filled doughnut. Apparently they are hard to get or maybe they are trademarked or pattented or something because only one place in SoHo is selling them'" [...]
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• Miami artist scene is not all that

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  A recent study puts Miami as number 60 on the list of Metro areas with the highest artist populations.
  
  Towns in Montana and Iowa came out ahead of Miami. 
  
  It's hard to believe with our large emerging art scent, which started on Lincoln Road in the [...]
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• Rallying for Peace in the name of Frederick

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  I'm sure Octavius Veargis is quite proud of himself today as his newly formed, One Grove Foundation hosted a very successful Coconut Grove Fun Day yesterday at Esther M. Armbrister Park, in Village West. This is Octavius with his proud mother Dora Dukes, right and M. Peggy Quatro,' [...]
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• GroveHouse Artists present annual exhibit

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  The GroveHouse Artists, which used to be here, but now are mainly at large, are having their Annual Exhibit at the Deering Estate, on Wednesday, June 19 from 7 to 9 pm. This event is free and open to the public, there are complimentary snacks and a cash bar.
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