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Neighborhood Renaissance Program
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Project
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Funding
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Senior/Multi-Purpose Center
The City will establish a new multi-purpose facility of approximately 10,000 - 14,000 square feet. The City would partner with Miami-Dade County, under the auspices of County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa, to bring the facility to her district. The Center will offer seniors and visitors of all ages a place to get together and participate in a wide range of leisure programs.
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$3,500,000
1,500,000
$5,000,000
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NRP Funds
GOB Funds
Total
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DeSoto Fountain Traffic Circle Improvements
This traffic circle will be reconfigured to enhance traffic safety and flow in addition to beautifying the surrounding area with landscaping.
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$ 350,000
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NRP Funds
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Beautification of Granada and Columbus Circles
The traffic circles at Columbus Plaza (Columbus Boulevard and Coral Way) and Ponce de Leon Plaza (Granada Boulevard and Coral Way) will be enhanced to promote traffic safety and provide additional landscaping. In addition, the civic monuments surrounding Columbus Plaza will be restored.
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$ 325,000
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NRP Funds
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Biltmore Way and Ponce de Leon Boulevard (Final Phase) Streetscape Projects
Biltmore Way will be improved to provide for installations of medians, additional landscaping, and resurfacing, from Anderson Road to Segovia Street emphasizing the residential character of the area and from Segovia Street to Hernando Street and then along Andalusia Avenue from Hernando Street to Le Jeune Road emphasizing the transition from a residential area to an entrance to downtown (pending inclusion in the County transportation improvement program). The final phase of the streetscape project for Ponce de Leon Boulevard, a major north/south artery would be continued from where it currently ends at Salamanca Avenue to its intersection with SW 8 Street.
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$2,100,000
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County Impact Fees
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Development of Two Passive Parks
5028 Maggiore Street (20,427 sq. ft.) and 4650 Alhambra Circle (21,000 sq. ft.) will be improved as passive parks.
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$ 250,000
175,000
$ 425,000
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NRP Funds
Park Impact Fees
Total
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Country Club Prado Landscaping Improvements
This project will enhance the adjacent neighborhoods and will primarily consist of installing new trees within Country Club Prado.
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$ 400,000
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NRP Funds
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Citywide Street Resurfacing, Sidewalk Repair/Replacement and Traffic Calming
Approximately 55 lane miles of City streets will be resurfaced. This project will positively impact approximately 2,650 single and multi-family residences that front the streets to be resurfaced. This project will also provide for the funding of approximately 20 traffic calming projects that are in various stages of review and approval, including intersection improvements, traffic circles and traffic islands.
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$3,625,000
750,000
$4,375,000
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NRP Funds
Gas Tax Funds
Total
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Segovia Circles Civic Monuments
New civic art monuments will be created in the traffic circles along Segovia Street (at the intersections with Coral Way and Biltmore Way), a major artery traversing the City, that serves as a gateway between residential areas and the entrance to downtown.
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$1,000,000
40,000
35,000
$1,075,000
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NRP Funds
NEA Grant
Fairchild Gardens (in kind)
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Beautification of Street Intersections
This project will provide additional landscaping and irrigation as well as repaving at the following neighborhood street intersections (a/k/a the triangles): Manati Avenue and Hardee Road; Campo Sano Avenue and University Drive; Valencia Avenue and Cardena Street; and San Amaro Court and San Amaro Drive.
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$ 300,000
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NRP Funds
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Citywide Landscaping Improvements
This project will beautify neighborhoods that would benefit from the replacement and planting of additional trees throughout the City where trees have died or are missing due to hurricanes, disease or accidents. The replacement trees will be largely within residential communities.
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$1,300,000
100,000
$1,400,000
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NRP Funds
UM Dev. Agreement Funds
Total
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Entrance Way and Fountain Restoration
This project will restore historic entrance ways and fountains at the following locations: Granada Entrance (Granada Boulevard and Eighth Street), Commercial Entrance (Alhambra Circle and Douglas Road), Granada Plaza (Granada Boulevard and Alhambra Circle), Segovia Plaza (Segovia Circle and Coral Way), and Balboa Plaza (Biltmore Way, Anderson Road, DeSoto Boulevard and Coral Way).
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$ 345,000
55,000
$ 400,000
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NRP Funds
Historic Public Art Funds
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Downtown Civic Plaza and Garden
This project recognizes the environmental, economic and social benefits of creating public open spaces in urban areas and promotes active lifestyles. A public gathering place would provide a much needed oasis that will make the downtown more pedestrian friendly. In order to reinforce Coral Gables’ image as being one of the most livable cities in the country, the City will seek to purchase and develop property in the downtown area to convert to a public gathering place.
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$4,000,000
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NRP Funds
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Create an Entertainment Venue on Giralda Avenue
This project would have a major influence on the resurgence of Restaurant Row, in addition to benefitting the surrounding area, and would broaden the scope and appeal of downtown. An architecturally attractive entertainment venue will reinforce the downtown as the dominant place for activity, gathering and commerce. There is an opportunity on Lot 25 located at the corner of Galiano Street and Giralda Avenue to be utilized for a public/private partnership.
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TBD
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Public/Private Initiative
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William H. Kerdyk/Biltmore Tennis Center Improvements
The facility’s courts, lighting and grounds will be renovated.
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$1,860,000
255,000
135,000
$2,250,000
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NRP Funds
County GOB Funds
County GOB
Total
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Ponce Circle Park Improvements
This project will improve Ponce Circle Park in order to create a comfortable place to gather, relax and enjoy, and will be an improved space for public events that will encourage community interaction and exchange. The park may feature fountains, plazas, gardens and landscaping. This project represents a unique opportunity in the fields of landscape, architecture and urban design that would reinforce Coral Gables’ image as being one of the most livable cities in the country.
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$4,000,000
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NRP Funds
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Installation of Bicycle Paths
Bicycle path facilities will be created and installed.
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$ 400,000
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NRP Funds
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Citywide Installation of Decorative Historic Streetlights
This project would provide neighborhoods with the opportunity to add decorative streetlights to create warmth and elegance to those neighborhoods.
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$ 500,000
500,000
$1,000,000
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NRP Funds
Neighborhood Participation
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