$24 million Radisson Red Miami Airport to break ground in October

The $24 million Radisson Red Miami Airport is expected to break ground in October and open in the first quarter of 2018, the South Florida Business Journal has learned.

The hotel project at 3450 N.W. 25th St. in Miami will have 155 rooms, a pool, a gym and Radisson Red's Oui Bar, according to plans submitted to Miami-Dade County by Riviera Point Development Group and Modis Architects. The property is expected to attract primarily young travelers, said Rodrigo Azpurua, CEO of Riviera Point Development.

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US Senate controlled by the GOP -- knock, knock: anyone home? ... by gimleteye

The Republican leadership of the US Congress doesn't believe in global warming. "The weather is always changing," Florida junior senator and presidential candidate Marco Rubio says. Senator James Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, says "global warming is a hoax". Rubio told Miami resident Maribel Balbin in New Hampshire: the answer to climate change is mitigation. Well take a good look, Senator Rubio: mitigate this!

Holly and Todd's Engagement Session at The State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens

Last summer I met Holly and Todd at The State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens for their engagement session. We had such a fun time. I can't remember the last time I've laughed so much! It was obvious to me that not only do these two have a blast together, they truly love and respect one another as well. And I believe you'll see both in the photos.

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Investigative Report: WHO GETS THE MYSTERY WATER? HIALEAH OR MIAMI LAKES? By Geniusofdespair

EYE ON MIAMI INVESTIGATIVE REPORT:

City of Hialeah Water Treatment Plant

Long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, it was required that Hialeah build a water plant as a caveat to move the UDB line - the water was to supply the NEW development on the other side of the UDB. Hialeah agreed to build the plant so the UDB line was moved for Hialeah. They forked over $100 million for the reverse osmosis plant, but somehow the County also forked over the same. Why? It was a condition for the movement of the line. Why did the County pay anything?

Anyway the plant was built by some firm from Spain. Yes, we always use locals don't we? The plant had fatal flaws and wasn't able to run. The raw water for the plant was to come from 14 deep wells. The plant was designed to only supply 10 Million Gallons Daily (for the new development). To give you some idea of how little that is, FPL recently got permission to pump an additional 100 Million Gallons of fresh water daily to keep the toasty-hot cooling canals cooler. With the failed Plant in tow, the Spanish company was bought by another company in South Korea and the South Koreans were tasked with "fixing" the reverse osmosis plant. Did they? The plant has never worked right and the people working there are not water and sewer personnel. In the Flint Michigan spirit of water delivery, the Hialeah plant started delivering water anyway. Could be rotten water for all we know.

The staff at the plant "blended" the mystery Hialeah water with the usual water supplying Miami Lakes. Choke. Why Miami Lakes? Hialeah didn't want to poison its own? Anyway there is more to this story. Much more.

Why aren't County Workers and DERM overseeing this water delivery since the County has $100 million invested in this fiasco? I want to know, and so does Mayor Michael Pizzi who has called Lester Sola at WASA for answers.

By the way, why is the County buying up land way out west in North Dade? I heard they want to put a Wastewater treatment plant out there. Really? Out west near our North West well field? Is that why they are testing that deep deep inject well at Virginia Key. I see a conspiracy of bad planning going on and tainting of water in our future. Injection wells have never been a proven method to dispose of anything.