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Latino Learning Center has been helping to change lives for 44 years. Friday, the center will host its Humanitarian Awards Luncheon downtown.

Miami Beach Considers Homeowner Grants to Prepare Property for Sea Rise Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise – at least a little. The city is considering offering residents matching grants of up to $20,000 for projects like installing flood panels, swapping out a driveway for permeable pavement or planting absorbent landscaping – all simple ways to cut down on floo...

Miami Beach wants to help homeowners adapt to sea level rise Alex Harris, The Miami Herald Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  MIAMI – Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise — at least a little. The city is considering offering residents matching grants of up to $20,000 for projects like installing flood panels, swapping out a driveway for permeable pavement or plant...

/ A man smokes a cigarette and video chats with a friend on his porch, the only dry spot on his street after a king tide-related flood. The corner of 82nd Street and Crespi Boulevard in Miami Beach flooded completely on October 19, 2020, during a high tide. Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cover the cost of floodproofing their properties from heavy rains and high tides made even higher by sea level rise — at least a little. Miami Beach is exploring a way to help residents cov...