“This is not about the rehabilitation of an apartment complex, this is about the redevelopment of a neighborhood and the building of a community,” avowed Willie Logan, Founder and President of the Opa-locka Community Development Corporation (OLCDC), on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 11:00 a.m., during a historic groundbreaking ceremony at 15050 Duval Street, Opa-locka, [...]
While The City of Opa-locka may only be comprised of 4.2 miles, it has an International appeal and outreach, which is accompanied by a reputation for having some of the most beautiful Moorish Revival Architecture in the Western Hemisphere, as well as one of the best locations for businesses to take advantage of tax incentive [...]
By Christina Gordon.... Commissioner Timothy Holmes is encouraging City of Opa-locka residents who own a car, motorcycle or other means of registered transportation to stop-by his office to pick-up a FREE “NO Ifs, Ands or Butts” Bumper Sticker, while supplies last. In an effort to promote, support and uphold the Ordinance which was signed into [...]
By Christina Gordon.... Although the City had previously scheduled an Employee Appreciation Picnic for Friday, May 6, 2011, the same day that Mayor “Lady” Myra Taylor planned a luncheon to honor the “Golden Mothers” of Opa-locka, Taylor said her tribute to the seniors would continue, because she believes that the Mothers of Opa-locka deserved to [...]
On May 18, 2011, fifteen of Miami-Dade County’s most outstanding high school seniors were honored at the 2011 Silver Knight Award Ceremony, and among the award winning recipients, from the City of Opa-locka, were Stephanie Jennings and Jazmine Lightbourn of Miami Carol City Senior High School. Since the students embodied service and self-sacrifice, while using [...]
By Christina Gordon.... “Women make boys, but men make men,” stated the Honorable “Lady” Myra L. Taylor at the Third Annual Tribute to “Our Fathers,” hosted by the Opa-locka Mayor and City Commission at 11:00 AM on the second floor of the Municipal Complex building, 780 Fisherman Street, as they paid tribute to the “proud [...]
By Christina Gordon.... The Opa-locka Hurricanes (West side) and the Opa-locka Panthers (East side) met face to face, with the only competition in mind at that point was to be the team to recruit the most and the best players at the Annual “Unity in the Community” Football Registration and Fellowship Drive, sponsored by Mayor [...]
By Christina Gordon.... On Friday, July 15, 2011 at 12:00 Noon, 39 Opa-locka residents successfully graduated from the first class of the Jamii Builders Pilot Construction and Weatherization Program, a five-week training initiative which ensures career training and job placement to unemployed residents. Jamii Builders, a subsidiary of the Opa-locka Community Development Corporation (OLCDC) for [...]
By Christina Gordon.... After requesting that everyone review a Base Map of the Nile Gardens Industrial Park, Mayor “Lady” Myra L. Taylor gave a slide presentation which contained photos of many of the most horrific code violations on or near properties belonging to some of the guests seated in the room, before she affirmed, “It [...]
By Christina Gordon.... The City of Opa-locka Parks and Recreation Department, supported by the City Commission, sponsored a “Meet and Greet” on Saturday, April 2, 2011 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at the newly renovated Segal Park, 2331 NW 143rd Street, to provide the community an opportunity to interact with the parks staff and Director [...]
By Christina Gordon.... “The more you read, the more you know…,” a moral shared by City of Opalocka Mayor “Lady” Myra L. Taylor after reading aloud a collection of Aesop Fables and other short stories, to an assorted grade of intensely and attentively engrossed Grace Academy students, ranging from kindergarten to sixth grade, in celebration [...]
By Christina Gordon.... ACT ONE – 28-year-old Gloria Morales was in full military combat gear, running through a round of simulated “friendly fire,” during the filming of the television pilot "Charlie's Angels," a Woodridge Production, Inc. in association with ABC Television, shot at the Villa Francine Town Homes, 132nd Street and 28th Ave, on March [...]
By Christina Gordon.... The City of Opa-locka hosted a Mini-Grant Award Ceremony on Tuesday, May 26, 2011 at 11:00 AM for the War on Poverty-Florida (WPF) Building A Healthy Community Childhood Obesity Prevention Project, sponsored by Commissioner Dorothy “Dottie” Johnson with the support of Mayor “Lady” Myra L. Taylor and the Opa-locka City Commission at [...]
By Christina Gordon.... At 10 AM, Friday, March 11, 2011, The City of Opa-locka Mayor and City Commission celebrated the official launching of the new OPA-LOCKA EXPRESS bus circulator Transportation service, during a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony under the pavilion, behind Historic City Hall, 777 Sharazad Blvd, Opa-locka, Florida. During the ceremony, Mayor Myra L. Taylor [...]
