Miami-Beach-Convention-Center-Parking-Lot-Gets-a-Green-Makeover
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MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, Tel: 305.673.7575 MEDIA ALERT
Tonya Daniels, E-mail: tonyadaniels@miamibeachfl.gov
Melissa Berthier, E-mail: melissaberthier@miamibeachfl.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 26, 2019
Miami Beach Convention Center Parking Lot Gets a Green Makeover
— Groundbreaking Ceremony Will Make Way for 5.8-Acre Park —
WHO/WHAT: Join the City of Miami Beach on Friday, May 3 at 10 a.m. for the highly
anticipated groundbreaking ceremony to mark the transformation of the
Miami Beach Convention Center surface parking lot into a 5.8-acre park.
Estimated to be completed this October, the new park will feature 500
new trees, open lawn spaces, shade areas, walkways, lighting, a
veterans memorial, public restroom facility, a flexible area space and
stunning public art.
The entire Convention Center campus, once finished, will have a total of
12 acres of new green spaces — considering the 5.8-acre park and the
recently completed 2.8-acre park on the north side, landscaped medians
and streetscapes. The total pervious area of the 25-acre Convention
Center campus will also increase by 245% and will have a total of 1,330
new trees, including 580 new mangroves along Collins Canal.
Please click here for park renderings.
WHEN: Friday, May 3 at 10 a.m.
WHERE: 1800 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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