For the third year, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners approved Key West International Airport’s sponsorship of five Independence Day fireworks displays throughout the Florida Keys.
County commissioners sidestepped their own rules for managing growth that require a need for additional industrial space and voted to move the boundary after developers offered to double the amount of a land donation. But the contentious vote could be vetoed by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, who opposed the move and said afterwards that she was “weighing” her options.
A controversial proposal to build a 15 million-square-foot industrial park on farmland outside Miami-Dade County’s Urban Development Boundary heads back for a second public hearing next week after the developer
While official figures for hotel and short-term rental occupancy rates haven’t been officially released, the sentiment across the Florida Keys was largely similar among officials: business was booming during the