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On August 9, 2021, Miami-Dade County filed its response to the City of Miami’s appeal in the Coconut Grove Playhouse case to the Third District Court of Appeal after losing their case in the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. The City of Miami obtained an extension until August 24, 2021 to respond to the County’s cross petition.

View the Miami-Dade County’s response to the City of Miami appeal here.

On July 9, 2021, The Miami Herald published a very supportive editorial regarding Miami-Dade Coiunty’s plans for the Coconut Grove Playhouse.  You can see the editorial here: Miami rejects Coconut Grove Playhouse plan again | Miami Herald

View a comprehensive list of all the previous project updates at https://miamidadearts.org/coconut-grove-playhouse-updates.

On July 3, 2021, The Miami Herald published an OpEd on the Coconut Grove Playhouse by Miami-Dade County Commissioner Raquel Regalado.

You can see the OpEd at Latest proposal to redo Miami’s Coconut Grove Playhouse | Miami Herald.

View a comprehensive list of all the previous project updates at https://miamidadearts.org/coconut-grove-playhouse-updates.

On July 6, 2021, the City of Miami filed their latest appeal in the Coconut Grove Playhouse case to the Third District Court of Appeal after losing their case in the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit.  At the same time,

Miami-Dade County COVID-19 Guidelines

The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs urges all cultural institutions and arts venues to immediately implement smart COVID-19 policies. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has strongly recommended the following:

Dear Colleagues,

We are continuing to live in a time of opportunity and anxiety.  We remain confident and hopeful that we are emerging into better times, and we know that artists and arts organizations are helping to lead the way. This is our collective calling.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) – American Rescue Plan Grants Funding Opportunity

Support Surfside

Our thoughts are with the victims, survivors, families and first responders of the Surfside building collapse. Miami-Dade County has a web page that provides the public with ways to help those impacted by this tragedy. If you are able to assist, please go to Surfside Family Assistance where you will find information and opportunities to help under “Surfside Support.”

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Now more than ever, it is important to review your hurricane preparedness plan to adapt quickly to a weather emergency. From useful emergency cultural resources to the updated protocols for shelter activation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the following resources will help you prepare for the impact of a storm.

Cultural Resources

On June 3, 2021, the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit denied the City of Miami’s motion for a rehearing, leaving in place its ruling overturning the City of Miami Mayor’s veto of the County’s final historic preservation Certificate of Appropriateness for the Coconut Grove Playhouse project.

Please click here to see the Court’s ruling.