City invites community to job fair
The City of Miami Gardens will host its 2010 Census Job Fair at City Hall, 1515 NW 167th St., on Feb. 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information about available positions call 786-207-4860.
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$2.5 million roadway project causes lane closures on Bird Road.
The Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) roadway enhancement project is underway on Bird Road between Red Road and SW 38th Ave.
The project, which will last about nine months, is estimated to cost $2.5 million.
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Deadline is approaching for library’s teen photography contest
The Miami-Dade Public Library System is inviting teens, 12-19, to enter its 2nd Annual Black History Month Teen Photography Contest.
Photographs can be black-and-white or color and must capture some aspect of African American architecture, art or lifestyle in Miami-Dade County.
Entries should be un-mounted and no larger than 8-by-10 inches.
The last day to submit a photo is Feb. 6.
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Rights Restoration/Sealing & Expungement Event
The Community Economic Development and Design Clinic (CEDAD) at the University of Miami School of Law will be hosting a rights restoration and sealing and expungement event at Virrick Park in Coconut Grove. Attorneys from the ACLU, State Attorney’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, and the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association will be in attendance to perform the rights restoration and sealing and expungement services at the event, Saturday January 30, 2010, 9:00am-1:00pm at the Virrick Park Community Center, 3255 Plaza St, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
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Grand Ave. News implements SeeClickFix to help report on neighborhood issues
Grand Ave. News is working with SeeClickFix to allow members of the community to report neighborhood issues directly to this site. SeeClickFix allows anyone to report and track non-emergency issues in Coconut Grove via the Internet. We encourage people to use the link, located at the right column of every page, to help take care of and improve this neighborhood.
You can learn more about SeeClickFix here.
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Micro-enterprise grant funding to assist low income small businesses
The Miami-Dade Community Action Agency is offering Micro Enterprise Grants in an effort to help maximize the resources available to assist low-income small business owner
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Invitation to join leadership action group study circle
STUDY CIRCLE DIALOGUES AND SMALL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
IN THE WEST GROVE
Coordinated by the Human Services Coalition
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. –Barack Obama
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