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Pritikin Center says goodbye to Aventura(0)
One of Aventura’s most famous residents is moving out.
The Pritikin Longevity Center and Spa is leaving its home at the Turnberry Yacht Club this week for new digs at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa.
During its decade in Aventura, the Pritikin Center has served more than 25,000 guests with its regimen of healthy eating, exercise [...]
Aventura hikes building permit fees 15%
The Aventura City Commission has approved an increase in building permit fees averaging 15 percent.
In a unanimous vote Nov. 3, commissioners authorized the first such fee increase since 2000. Community Development Director Joanne Carr recommended the action to keep the city’s fee structure in line with fees charged by Miami-Dade County, which raised fees in [...]
Court case could halt red-light camera bonanza
In a comfortable fifth-floor conference room of Aventura’s Government Center, the City of Excellence is printing money.
It happens almost every Friday morning when a hearing master works through the formalities of adjudicating appeals from motorists caught in the city’s web of red-light cameras. It’s a well orchestrated dance — read the docket number, play the [...]
Aventura rips county but takes stimulus money
The Aventura City Commission looked at the stack of free federal stimulus money, swallowed hard and signed on the dotted line.
At stake Oct. 15 was $296,000, enough to build two bus shelters along Country Club Drive. That’s the net from a $312,000 federal grant that shrank as it passed through the hand of Miami-Dade County, [...]