On Earth Day, Miami-Dade County released the Climate Action Strategy draft report and 2021 Biscayne Bay Report Card, important efforts to address our community’s environment and future. The Climate Action Strategy is a communitywide plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, improve health and make life better. The strategy sets target goals and actions […]

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Miami-Dade County’s partnership with OBE Power is providing electric vehicle (EV) charging as a service to parking patrons at key locations throughout the County’s public garages in Downtown Miami. Locations include: the West Lot, Cultural Center, Hickman and Overtown Transit Village garages. The County is looking forward to developing the next phase of the project which includes expansion […]

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Step up your fitness and health this season by joining the Hustle up and Thrive this Fall Steps challenge. WellnessWorks challenges you to walk 200,000 steps from Aug. 7 to Sept. 1. AvMed members can join by: Visiting Healthyroads and logging in to your account Clicking “Challenges” Selecting “Hustle Up and Thrive this Fall Steps […]

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To help small business owners in Miami-Dade County better market their businesses online, the Strive305 initiative has added up to 30-hour learning courses to its virtual catalog of courses, available to all business owners at no cost.  One course created by BizHack Academy, the online course requires approximately 15-20 hours to complete. It will teach students how […]

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Miami-Dade County has received a $40 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The highly competitive grant will be used to transform Cutler Manor Apartments, an aging HUD-assisted housing development located in the Goulds neighborhood in South Dade, into a new more resilient mixed-income community and […]

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Tucked inside Officer Arlene Jimenez’s desk drawer is a folder stuffed with snapshots, some Polaroids, of the hundreds of young men and women she has supervised over the past 20 years at the Hammocks District, as part of the Miami-Dade Police Department Explorer Program. Mixed in with the photos are letters from former cadets, thanking […]

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The warmer, wetter months are here and will be far beyond the traditional summer season. That means an elevated amount of mosquitoes will be present here in Miami-Dade, so remember to Drain and Cover. Your best defense against mosquitoes is to drain standing water and eliminate objects that may hold water, like tires, buckets, planters, […]

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Bring your family to enjoy a day of fitness and fun at the 7th Annual 5K Family Fun Day and Picnic at Zoo Miami on Nov. 4. The event includes departmental relay races, giveaways, contests, a picnic and more. Visit the animals as you run or walk the 5K course and then celebrate with our County […]

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Get ready to go back to school by attending the Virtual Education Fair happening Aug. 22-24. More than a dozen sessions will be available for you to learn about the incentives provided by each school and you’ll be able to speak with the presenters. The Human Resources Department will also have sessions each afternoon to […]

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Miami-Dade County is currently working on its long term Zero Waste Master Plan. We’re exploring ways to reduce the creation of waste, and to divert waste from landfills and incinerators using technologies that can reuse, repurpose, recycle and recover materials in an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable way. If your organization is interested in submitting […]

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