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As I previously announced, Earth Hour is today - and tonight you need to turn of your lights at 8PM to help support this global effort.

Thanks to Transit Miami for posting the time and serving as a reminder for me to post this!

Ready for a party?

The Ultra Music Festival 2008 is coming next weekend just in time for some great weather and part of the Winter Music Conference. People who live on the South side of the can already see the event has started to construct the stages and other areas - and it’s only a sign of a loud weekend. Read more…

Great news! Those entering the building may have missed the note on the residential elevator entrance, but one of the commercial elevators is now working!

This information will be a breath of relief for many residents who understand the implications of non-resident use of the residential elevators. This has been an issue for several months, but is now relieved. Now that one is working, time will be available to source the parts necessary to complete the commercial project without directly affecting the residential security.

A big thanks to Fernando, the Venetia Engineer, for getting another problem resolved.

March 29, downtown Miami will lose it’s glow for an hour along with other cities around the globe for ‘Earth Hour.’ The event is intended to raise awareness about energy conservation and global warming. According to the Herald report, tens of thousands of businesses, schools and individuals, will turn off nonessential lights in a wave rolling west across time zones from Christchurch, New Zealand, to Honolulu.
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Florida State Bill 995 makes many changes to the current Condominium Law in it’s passing into Law. It removes the requirement for windstorm insurance and from prohibiting Associations from forbidding the attachment of religious items on front doors.

In addition, a person who has been convicted of a violent crime, sexual offense or crime or moral turpitude from serving as a Board member, whether or not they have had their rights restored.

(Click through to watch video clip from FloridaTV). Read more…

Mark your calenders, email your City Councilman, and tune in at 9AM on March 13 to Channel 77 for the latest update on the City of Miami law regarding murals in our fair City.

(The evening of the 13th the video will be posted here for all to view.)

For those who haven’t yet heard about the ‘mural issue,’ the Venetia has been offered a considerable sum of ongoing revenue to lease the Western exposure wall for advertising. A wall nobody can see from their unit, a wall that simply stands there. This infusion of revenue could have a great impact on quality of life at the Venetia and potentially reduce future maintenance increases and special assessments.

Renters finding themselves facing a move after learning their unit is in foreclosure - isn’t so uncommon these days in Miami-Dade County according to a Miami Herald story.

Lease or not, people are finding themselves having to find a new place to live. While hundreds of condos are becoming ready for new occupants on Biscayne Wall, thousands may be empty soon due to the ongoing pressures of the economy. Read more…

In the March 1st New Times Taste 2008 edition, Mikes, our good ‘ol buddies from the 9th floor, got a listing! Check it out:

Now we raise our pints and in tradition an Irish toast. “May you never forget what is worth remembering, or remembering what is best forgotten.” Well, Mike’s at Venetia in Miami, a favorite of Irish Pubs, is worth remembering.

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