Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Miami River of Life, Georgia Jones Ayers Transitional Building Facility
Grand Opening of House of Wings on NW 3rd Avenue Business Corridor
Arbor Day in Liberty City
New Recreation Center at Williams Park
Little Haiti Commercial Rehabilitation Program
Commissioner
Michelle Spence-Jones
The Office of Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones is proud to announce that the 2012-2013 District 5 Micro Enterprise Application is now available
The Office of Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones is proud to announce that the 2012-2013 District 5 Micro Enterprise Application is now available. Forms are available for pick up at the City of Miami Department of Community Development located at 444 SW 2nd Avenue, 2nd Floor or can be downloaded from the following website: http://www.miamigov.com/communitydevelopment. The deadline to submit the application is Wednesday, June 13, 2012 no later than 3 p.m. and must be turned into the City Clerk's Office located at Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, FL 33133. For more information, please contact Gesette Guerra at (305) 416-2145 or gguerra@ci.miami.fl.us.
Mayor Tomas Regalado and Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones Host Green Miami Campaign
In partnership with a Citizens of South Florida, Treemendous, Urban Greenworks and Operation Green Leaves; Mayor Tomas Regaldo and Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones celebrated Arbor Day on April 27th, 2 012 in the Liberty City community of District 5. With assistance from city departments such as the Office of Sustainable Initiatives, Public Works, N.E.T., Parks and Code Enforcement, over 100 trees were planted along N.W. 67th Street between 12th Avenue and 7th Avenue to increase the tree coverage in the area and provide shade for students walking home from Holmes and Crowder elementary schools. In 2008, the City of Miami launched the Green Miami Campaign to encourage residents, community organizations and supporters to plant trees and improve the City’s urban canopy. Arbor Day is an example of how city departments are working together to carry out the City of Miami’s mission to increase tree canopy citywide to 30 percent by 2020.
Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones Joins St. John CDC to Celebrate Opening of First NSP Project
The St. John Community Development Corporation, Inc. (SJCDC) recently celebrated the grand opening of St. John Apartments 1300. St. John Apartments 1300, a newly renovated affordable rental apartment building, is SJCDC’s first project completed through the Miami-Dade Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP2) funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Additional funds provided to support the renovation included HOME and Surtax funds, $816,064 and $500,000 respectively from Miami-Dade County and $520,000 from the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA).
The Center at Miami Dade College Provides Books to Parks in District 5
The Center at Miami Dade College donated over 500 books to parks in District 5. The initiative entitled “One Picture Book, One Community” encourages children and their families to read together .For more information on the program visit www.flcenterlitarts.com
November of 2005, Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones made history by becoming the first Black women to be elected to the City of Miami
Commission in forty years. Representing a new generation of leaders, Commissioner Spence-Jones dedication to reclaiming and rebuilding
her community is deeply rooted in placing public service over personal gain. Since being elected, the commissioner has worked
tirelessly to begin to restore Miami's most diverse and neglected neighborhoods in District 5, which includes: Model City, Overtown,
Spring Garden, Little Haiti/ Historic Lemon City, Wynwood, Buena Vista East and West, Buena Vista Heights and Oakland Grove. She is
committed to making her community a place where one would be proud to live, work, play and learn.
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