🌱 How a 104‑acre Sweetwater site became a $4.5B project
Sweetwater, Florida Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Sweetwater! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a 104‑acre Sweetwater site became a $4.5B project
- Hazing probe centers on brutal initiation at a Sweetwater apartment
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 89 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Humid with a heavy t-storm, temps: high: 89, low: 80.
- Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 91 and low of 78 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• They've Got Next: The 40 Under 40 - Alejandro Arias of Holland & Knight (bloomberglaw.com) — A massive redevelopment is planned for about 104 acres in the city of Sweetwater, transforming a former mobile home park into the Flagler Center District with thousands of affordable and senior housing units. Miami attorney Alejandro Arias led the complex entitlement and legislative work behind this multi‑billion‑dollar project, which he says will reshape nearby neighborhoods while expanding housing and jobs across the area. 
• Secret Service Agent Charged in Alleged Deadly Hazing Incident by Kappa Alpha Psi Members to UM Law Student (thewestsidegazette.com) — Authorities say part of an alleged deadly hazing ritual happened at an apartment in Sweetwater, where a University of Miami law student was critically injured and another man needed skin grafts. A Secret Service agent and two others face serious felony charges, while the university and fraternity leadership stress the suspects are not officially tied to campus chapters.
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🗞 Nearby News
Doral
- South Florida's top deals: Homestead car dealer picks up Doral location for $23M (therealdeal.com)
- Doral Police officer's body taken to medical examiner's office after apparent suicide in SW Miami-Dade, 7News source says (wsvn.com)
- Driver accused of running over 2 at Miami-Dade street takeover arrested, deputies say (nbcmiami.com)
Hialeah
- AmeriKooler Introduces the Resilience Series (greenlodgingnews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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