When the general bond obligation for new school construction in Miami-Dade County passed last year, Palmetto High was not on the list. What followed was intense lobbying by Pinecrest parents and officials, including Mayor Cindy Lerner and county school board member and Vice Chair Lawrence Feldman, whose district includes the village. The result was a
Right around the corner from the Falls shopping center on 136th street you will find the newly renovated Greater YMCA of Miami, South Dade branch. With the largest membership of any Miami-Dade YMCA, this bright, modern facility serves some 3,500 members from Pinecrest. It has a new gymnasium, basketball courts, daycare and outdoor playgrounds –
The Pinecrest Garden Club got their 15 minutes of fame recently as the focus of an “Alerte Verde” (“Green Alert”) segment on Telemundo 51. The segment focused on the work the club does at Pinecrest Gardens. “The whole reason for the story was to find volunteers for the garden, to help keep the gardens beautiful,
The idea behind Fit Kids Day is to introduce children to sports so they spend more time outside being active while having fun. Created by kids to create awareness about childhood obesity, the 3rd annual event at Evelyn Greer Park took place on Saturday, May 3 and included tennis drills, soccer training, martial arts, baseball
Pinecrest Gardens continued to support green initiatives with its annual Earth Day Festival on Sunday, April 27. The day was dedicated to celebrating the beauty of our planet, with eco-friendly activities for the entire family. There were wildlife shows and jazz music in the state-of-the-art Banyan Bowl outdoor amphitheater, plant exhibitions, an eco-friendly fashion show,
To slash or not to slash, that is the question – whether it is better to let the library services of Miami-Dade County (including Pinecrest’s) dwindle and fade away, or to challenge the county commission and thereby find the funds to maintain the system. As it stands, funding for the county library system will drop
The Long Pines townhome project is showing that Coconut Creek is having no problem attracting new homeowners. The site preparation is still underway on the 50-unit development and it is 60 percent sold out already, according to developer Klemow Inc. Once again the old real estate adage of “location, location, location” is one of the
Major league stars may get the headlines, but two coaches in Coconut Creek deserve our heartfelt thanks. As our celebration of Father’s Day this month recounts, city employees Lou Italico and Wayne Tobey not only have their own families, but have volunteered countless hours coaching youth sports. As they go about the city, they often
South Florida Business & Wealth will launch as a new monthly business magazine in September, Gary Press, chairman and CEO of Lifestyle Media Group (LMG) has announced. In conjunction with the magazine launch, LMG and SFBW are also launching a new C-suite awards program called the Apogee Awards. The awards will honor top executives in
It is a quiet drive as you make your way through the wide, open spaces of Palm Beach County where there is little more than farm fields and private residences with barns. Just past the park entrance is the gatehouse where you begin the real journey into the heart of darkness known as Lion Country
