County officials say they cannot depend upon the Red Cross to move quickly enough at a large enough scale, and they are willing to pay county workers to take up the commitment to residents.
Equal Pay Miami Dade has launched a campaign to reduce poverty among working women.
When the rules change at a major funding source, nonprofits must scramble to reorganize.
At a recent gathering in Miami, artists and other concerned parties wrestled with thorny questions relating to the accelerating cycle of arts-driven urban renewal.
County commissioners voted 12–1 to borrow funds that will allow the Frost Science Museum to open later this year, upping the public investment in the project by nearly 30 percent.
Lead donors and county officials in Miami required trustees of the cash-strapped Frost Science Museum to vote themselves out so funding plans to complete construction could proceed. But the overnight “reconstitution” of the Frost’s board may, over time, present a new string of issues relating to governance, which is not synonymous with fundraising or naming rights.
An ambitious plan to relocate and expand a well-established cultural institution is now at risk as leaders scramble to raise the funds to continue with construction.
