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The $2.9 billion  Building Better Communities Bond Program is nearly out of money! And, that's good news. Proceeds from the initial $266 million bond sale held in 2005 have now been invested in hundreds of capital projects completed or underway. A list of projects to be funded by the next bond sale has been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners for approval. The Series 2009 Bond sale is expected to be held before the end of the year. Proceeds will fund approximately 260 additional or continuing projects.

•  View Bond Sale Memo     

The national economic slowdown and housing market has significantly impacted the local building industry with a loss of more than 10,000 jobs over the last year.  In an effort to boost employment, Miami-Dade County has created an Economic Stimulus Package that could inject millions into the South Florida economy over the next two years.

The Economic Stimulus Ordinance proposed by Mayor Carlos Alvarez, and approved by the Board of County Commissioners on July 17, 2008, is intended to expedite the process of awarding contracts for County capital improvement projects in order to get already funded projects underway more quickly. The ordinance, put in place for the next two years, streamlines the bid award process and fast-tracks more than $600 million in projects over the next 12-18 months. The new contracting eliminates some steps and consolidates others.

The Office of Capital Improvements, which is overseeing the initiative, estimates that the process will reduce the County contracting process by as much as four months.

• View Mayor's Memo
• View Ordinance
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When the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) first met, the members made a commitment to honor the voters of Miami-Dade County and the decisions reached as a result of the passage of the Building Better Communities General Obligation Bond (GOB) program: transparency and a commitment to monitoring projects that were approved in the 2004 referendum.

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Thanks to Miami-Dade voters, improvement projects are now underway at more than 600 worksites throughout the county as part of the Building Better Communities Bond Program.  Here's an update of what has been accomplished over since the program was launched in 2005 and highlights of upcoming projects.

A Historic Preservation Fund totaling $10 million will provide matching monies for eligible projects through grants to municipalities, organizations and individual property owners in the County for the purpose of rehabilitating historic sites and structures.

Please click here   to view and download the Request For Proposals (RFP) package.

• RFP Release Date: November 5, 2007
• Application Due Date: To Be Determined

The Building Better Communities Citizens' Advisory Committee (CAC) has voted in favor of using $50 million previously allocated for renovations of the Orange Bowl towards funding a new baseball stadium.