News from home goes to North Cape, Norway
| Henry Clifford is pictured with a copy of the Palmetto Bay News in Honningsvag, North Cape, Norway, the northernmost place in Europe, where the sun never sets during summer... Read More | Miami-Dade County adopts Resilient 305 strategy
| The report marks a pivot point for our community: a new, unified approach that looks at many of the challenges we already face — like affordability, poverty, traffic and inadequate transit — with the added pressure of sea level rise, under an innovative Resilience framework. The strategy is a roadmap to protecting our tremendous natural environment while also supporting... Read More | School board approves first reading of tentative budget
| Once again, taxpayers will see a decrease in the millage for non-referendum (voted) revenue from 6.504 to 6.275. Although voters overwhelmingly approved an assessment in November solely to be used for teacher salaries and school security, taxpayers will only see an estimated increase of 0.415 mills, 45 percent lower than the 0.75 they voted for at the ballot box... Read More | Nominations being accepted for 2020 In the Company of Women Awards
| Each year since its 1989 inception, the In The Company of Women Awards has celebrated women’s history month by selecting and honoring a cadre of women whose achievements and contributions have improved the quality of life for Miami-Dade County’s people. With this in mind, take time to nominate a deserving woman who has made a difference in the lives of those they serve... Read More | Manufacturing jobs on rise for the first time in decades
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After decades of decline, manufacturing employment in Miami-Dade County is showing signs of a comeback, increasing 14.5 percent from 35,738 workers in 2012 to more than 40,800 in 2017, according to a new report from FIU... Read More
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