Once again the City of Sunny Isles Beach held their annual photo contest, asking residents and visitors to submit their beautiful shots from around the city. Again this year, we had wonderfully talented submissions to choose from. The winners’ photos have been used for the 2017 Sunny Isles Beach desktop calendars. Calendars are available to pick up at the Sunny …
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By Commissioner Isaac Aelion (Saturday, November 5, 2016) – A few months ago our City commuters had noticed that Collins Avenue began to have a two-tone asphalt look with bumpy areas along the roadway. This is a result of the undergrounding project of the power lines along the avenue. Everyone remembers what happened when Hurricane Wilma hit our area 11 years …
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(Wednesday, November 2, 2016) – The winner of the 9th Annual Sunny Isles Beach Jazz Fest Poster Art Contest is Florida resident, Adorable Monique. Known for her bold, vibrant acrylic studies of culture and nature, she says, “…my work invites you to look for meaning beyond color.” Adorable is based in this country, but was brought up in Central America …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (Monday, November 1, 2016) – With the near miss of Hurricane Matthew on October 6th the City was fortunate in many ways. Notably, in the minimal amount of precious sand that was lost from our beach. Coincidentally, the City just recently received an update on the long awaited beach re-nourishment project by the …
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By George “Bud” Scholl, Mayor (Tuesday, November 1, 2016) – We were very lucky to have such a powerful storm, in close proximity of our coast line, resulting with minimal issues. However, we were still very prepared. Even thought Miami-Dade County never officially came under a Hurricane Warning (we were under a Tropical Storm Warning), given that the county line …
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By George “Bud” Scholl, Mayor (Friday, October 28, 2016) – In 1991 I moved my young family to a relatively forgotten outpost of MiamiDade County called Sunny Isles. A few years later a movement started brewing that would be the genesis for creating a new city. It is almost hard to believe that 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the incorporation …
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By Christopher J. Russo, Former City Manager (Saturday, October 1, 2016) – The 2016-17 Fiscal Year Budget represents the 20th Anniversary of our City and the Budget process. We have come a long way from that first Budget consisting of a few pages of financial data primarily focused on the transfer of revenues from the County to the City. Our total …
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By George “Bud” Scholl, Mayor (Saturday, October 1, 2016) – Previously, I wrote to you about the advancements made as a result of a program named the Mayor’s Technology Challenge. Designed to make our City more user friendly through the application of technology, I am pleased to report that our IT Department continues to fulfill the goals established by the …
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By Dana Goldman, Commissioner (Friday, September 30, 2016) Monday, August 22, 2016 was a very special day for me and my family. It’s a day that I will cherish forever. First day of school for my beautiful daughter at our city’s A-Rated Norman S. Edelcup/Sunny Isles Beach K-8 School. Bright and early we drove to school, arriving at 7:45 a.m. …
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(Thursday, September 8, 2016) – In the Sunny Isles Beach Government Center parking lot at 18070 Collins Avenue, owners of electric cars may now charge a vehicle using the SemaConnect system. This new green initiative, the electric car charging station, is part of Mayor George “Bud” Scholl’s Technology Challenge! As part of Mayor George “Bud” Scholl’s Technology Challenge, the City …
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