The Florida Keys Council of the Arts announces a new grant opportunity, Art Builds Community (ABC), to support arts and culture projects that spark conversations, spur social change, generate cultural equity and make the Keys community stronger. Grant funding will be offered at $5,000, $7,500 and $10,000 for projects that support, build and broaden access to the arts and specifically address civic challenges and community issues through the arts.
Florida Keys artists, arts organizations and civic/community-based organizations are invited to form alliances and partnerships to strengthen communities through projects that connect the arts with local issues and opportunities for all people. The ABC grant deadline is at midnight Aug. 1. The council will present a Zoom workshop at 4 p.m. Monday, July 19, to explain the application process. RSVP to director@keysarts.com.
A 26-acre private island that includes a membership to the Ocean Reef Club is for sale at what is said to be a record asking price for the Florida Keys of $95 million.
Russell Post, a broker and president of Ocean Sothebyâs International Realty, said the island, known as Pumpkin Key, is âone of the finest trophy properties, perhaps globally.â
He said the price tag is the highest ever in the Keys. The island also includes a membership and a home at the gated community of Ocean Reef Club with more than 100 feet of dockage.
Post said this is what makes the property so desirable. It has all the privacy of the island, but not so much that society cannot be reached by a quick four-minute boat ride to the club or 10-minute helicopter flight to South Beach.
Someone bought a private island in the Florida Keys for $11 million
The sale is the highest of several recent Florida Keys private islands.
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An aerial view shows a private island off the Florida Keys that sold in March 2021 for $11 million. [ Ocean Sotheby s ]
By David Goodhue, Miami Herald
Published Mar. 12
Updated Mar. 12
A private island sold in the Florida Keys this month for $11 million, one of the highest closing costs for an island sale in the archipelago.
The transaction is a monument to a trend this year of high-end buyers coming to the Keys from other states looking to own a piece of paradise, local real estate agents say.
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