Ready for Memorial Day Weekend Protecting Public Safety and Residents’ Quality of Life For the past twelve years, an estimated 250,000 tourists from around the world, including visitors from South Florida, enter South Beach’s entertainment district for Memorial Day Weekend, popularly known as Urban Beach Weekend. While club promoters and venues organize private [...]
“If you make a place the residents like, the tourist will love it,” said Jeffrey Sachs as he kicked off the first of several public meetings in which the top two ranking developers for the redevelopment of the Miami Beach Convention Center and City officials were listening and taking notes from the input of the [...]
During the January City Commission meeting I reaffirmed my commitment to move forward with the complete overhaul and redevelopment of the Miami Beach Convention Center District. Updating our aging convention center and developing an adjoining hotel with potential mixed uses is of unprecedented importance to our city and county economy as we strive to remain [...]
