Coconut Grove: A State of Mind

STOP Grove Gridlock Campaign

PETITION
STOP GROVE GRIDLOCK!
To:
Historic & Environmental Preservation Board (HEPB), Planning, Zoning & Appeals Board (PZAB) and City of Miami Officials

COCONUT GROVE NEEDS YOU: BE A B.I.G. VOICE advocating for the climate resilience of our coastal community and protect the Historic Preservation Overlay District of the Villa Woodbine site.

Join B.I.G., VOTE NO! DENY approval of Carrollton’s proposed elementary school for 336 boys and 50 faculty at VILLA WOODBINE located at 2167 South Bayshore Drive. The site is located less than 150 yards from Ransom Everglades Middle School and directly across the street from KENNEDY PARK.

STOP Grove Gridlock! This an unnecessary development, since there are 17 schools located in Coconut Grove serving over 6700 students when the Grove has approximately an area that is 5 square miles and 21,000 residents.

The impact to the City of Miami’s neighborhoods is even greater traffic bottlenecks that will impose an immense burden on our quality of life, with gridlock causing increased pollution and toxic traffic fumes, and the loss of our most personal measurable resource, our time and money. Especially for the residents of Coconut Grove – where school traffic congestion is already crippling.

Removing EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) of its existing 220 trees stated in Carrollton’s survey and arborist report will destroy Villa Woodbine’s mature and lush tree canopy, green space and the site’s protected historic and natural resources. The footprint SF of new construction will be 8 times larger than the Villa, and will add over 104,000 SF of non-pervious surface. These factors pose a grave hazard to the resilience of an already delicate coastal corridor area and will likely create flooding of surrounding properties.

Approving a new school at the historic Villa Woodbine property at 2167 S Bayshore Drive poses risks to the City of Miami that we cannot afford!

Comments (556)

Elizabeth Funes 23.04.2020 at 13:31

Villa Woodbine deserves to be preserved as a piece of Miami's history. Please let this beautiful property remain in its current state.

Sergio Ramos 22.04.2020 at 23:39

I am against this constrruction. The amount of traffic between Carollton and the other school will be obnoxious.

valerie valdez 22.04.2020 at 21:03

We a respectfully requesting that you defer this matter until we resume normal in-chamber meetings, when our community can fully participate and not during a time when we are addressing the ongoing catastrophic Covid-19 heath care crisis that has crippled the economy.

In less than 5 months, almost 1,000 people have signed a petition on https://bayshoreingrove.org/
Pressing forward with this matter when so many who have voiced opposition will not be able to effectively participate in a virtual meeting, is simply unwarranted and fundamentally wrong. Hearing this matter NOW, a time when your leadership has such a critical impact on our lives, would be a grave disservice to residents of the City of Miami, as it diminishes your focus on prioritizing the severe life threatening needs of our community during this pandemic.

Please defer this matter to September when we should have all resumed our normal lives and you are back to holding in-chamber Commission meetings.

Thank you.

Raul Milian 22.04.2020 at 20:20

We a respectfully requesting that you defer this matter until we resume normal in-chamber meetings, when our community can fully participate and not during a time when we are addressing the ongoing catastrophic Covid-19 heath care crisis that has crippled the economy.

In less than 5 months, almost 1,000 people have signed a petition on https://bayshoreingrove.org/
that you were sent via email. Pressing forward with this matter when so many who have voiced opposition will not be able to effectively participate in a virtual meeting, is simply unwarranted and fundamentally wrong. Hearing this matter NOW, a time when your leadership has such a critical impact on our lives, would be a grave disservice to residents of the City of Miami, as it diminishes your focus on prioritizing the severe life threatening needs of our community during this pandemic.

Please defer this matter to September when we should have all resumed our normal lives and you are back to holding in-chamber Commission meetings.

Thank you.

Arlynn Ron 22.04.2020 at 20:14

I vite no! We a respectfully requesting that you defer this matter until we resume normal in-chamber meetings, when our community can fully participate and not during a time when we are addressing the ongoing catastrophic Covid-19 heath care crisis that has crippled the economy.

Deyon Callender 22.04.2020 at 20:07

Stop the gridlock! This is an unnecessary construction that will only increase congestion in Coconut Grove.

Mackenzie Cuvelier 22.04.2020 at 19:59

I am respectfully requesting that you defer this matter until we resume normal in-chamber meetings, when our community can fully participate and not during a time when we are addressing the ongoing catastrophic Covid-19 heath care crisis that has crippled the economy.

randy malen 22.04.2020 at 16:20

no no noit a terrible idea put it someplace out of crowed areas waytoo much traffic leave the park area alone

Vivia Woodside 22.04.2020 at 15:03

I vote NO to carrollton proposed...Me and my family love coming into Coconut Grove. We really dont need anymore traffic..

javon williams 22.04.2020 at 14:46

Save the Grove and all of its history! The Coconut Grove community is such an amazing place. I grew up in Coconut Grove and have so many great memories here and I want my children to grow up here and have that great historical vibe as well.

Maria c Lopez 22.04.2020 at 06:09

STOP Grove Gridlock! VOTE NO! DENY approval of Carrollton’s proposed elementary school. protected historic and natural resources.

Maria Ordenana 22.04.2020 at 06:04

I dont approve building a school that will destroy natural resources. VOTE NO! DENY approval of Carrollton’s proposed elementary.

A 21.04.2020 at 21:04

To pick my kids up from practice in the evening takes 25 MINUTES TO DRIVE ONE AND A HALF MILES because the only way to do that is to get on Bayshore Drive. 25 MINUTES.

And as much as I love Grove restaurants and would rather patronize my neighborhood restaurants, its not unusual for me to turn right and go north to Brickell because I Dont want to deal with the ridiculous traffic going south for dinner.

Gisela Ailan 21.04.2020 at 18:31

Whatever the future is holding for us, I don't think this is the right time to discuss anything about this subject. PLEASE defer this matter to September!

Tamara Themmen 21.04.2020 at 17:00

Don’t allow a school at villa woodbine. It would create terrible congestion beyond what already exists.

Maria D Moscoso 21.04.2020 at 15:58

#StopGroveGridlock
The Grove is a historic part of South Florida, it is beautiful and prestige. I want it to look the same as it always has. No unnecessary changes should be made. The Villa should not be demolished and made another school. It is where people get married and for others it is a work force. Either way the Villa should stand!

Marsha K Cold 21.04.2020 at 13:16

Traffic is very slow now when school is in session. Adding another 400 people, all arriving in individual cars, would make a bad situation impossible.

Paula Marie 21.04.2020 at 02:44

Please don't add to Coconut Grove's congestion by approving this school! There are plenty of less congested areas where this school could go. Why add to our gridlock by putting this school right in the heart of Coconut Grove, AND on a historical site. We don't need any more schools contesting traffic in a family area.

Maria Gonzalez 20.04.2020 at 20:11

Coconut Grove is a historic little city, that everyone loves! Let's not let it be destroyed! The energy the trees provide is an essential part of our living.

Bryan Windmark 20.04.2020 at 17:56

I strongly oppose the construction of this infamy that will cause more gridlock than we already have!
Besides, the environmental impact is yet another reason to stop this nonsense.

Kevin Dennis Rusk 20.04.2020 at 15:40

PLEASE VOTE NO! DENY approval of Carrollton’s proposed elementary school. Stop Grove gridlock!!!

Arnoldo Corrales Soler 20.04.2020 at 14:23

Please defer this matter to September when we should have all resumed our normal lives and resume in-chamber Commission meetings.

Arnoldo Corrales Soler 20.04.2020 at 14:21

Please defer this matter to September when we should have all resumed our normal lives and resume in-chamber Commission meetings.

Lisbeth Mena 20.04.2020 at 14:20

Please defer this matter to September when we should have all resumed our normal lives and resume in-chamber Commission meetings.

Tiffany Lago 20.04.2020 at 14:19

Please defer this matter to September when we should have all resumed our normal lives and resume in-chamber Commission meetings.

Rosalie Berg 20.04.2020 at 14:14

Please don't add to Coconut Grove's congestion by approving this school! There are plenty of less congested areas where this school could go. Why add to our gridlock by putting this school right in the heart of Coconut Grove?

Chris Rohan 20.04.2020 at 12:14

Stop the gridlock!
I am respectfully requesting that you defer this matter until we resume normal in-chamber meetings, when our community can fully participate and not during a time when we are addressing the ongoing catastrophic Covid-19 heath care crisis that has crippled the economy.

Carrie Jackson 20.04.2020 at 11:35

STOP THE GRIDLOCK! If this unnecessary private school does go through, I should hope that the school provides bus stops elsewhere in the city to bus the kids to the proposed congested location. Buses and enforced carpooling would help with the traffic.

Nancy Rohan 20.04.2020 at 01:33

Please save this beautiful and much loved historical site in Coconut Grove cutting down over 100 trees in the grove cannot be allowed. Traffic is unbearable now, a school will certainly create Problems and keep people away from the Grove. Overbearing gridlock traffic is never a good thing anywhere.

Johanna Dilone 19.04.2020 at 19:13

The current use of Villa Woodbine allows an unlimited amount of visitors to enjoy its original charm. Turning it into a school will be a significant loss of a historic venue, not only for Coconut Grove, but for South Florida.

Kraig Chang 19.04.2020 at 18:18

The project will cause an increase in unnecessary traffic on an already busy road that has two schools already. The construction would disrupt the preserved lands and damage the allure that Coconut Grove is notorious for.

Kraig Chang 18.04.2020 at 14:48

Bayshore Drive/S. Miami Ave is already a busy road with all the residences, Mercy Hospital and schools like La Salle and Ransom. Adding another school would only add to the chaos that is already present with more traffic issues. This historic land should be preserved for the people of Coconut Grove and it’s yearly visitors, not to be destroyed and turned into another private school ran by money in an already heavy trafficked area.

Kent Keller 17.04.2020 at 22:49

Losing Villa Woodbine would be a travesty. This beautiful treasure is an irreplaceable part of the landscape of Coconut Grove and the history of Miami.

Please reconsider.

Kent Keller 17.04.2020 at 22:46

Losing Villa Woodbine would be a travesty. This beautiful, historical treasure is an essential part of the landscape of Coconut Grove and the history of Miami. It is simply irreplaceable.

Please reconsider.

Erika Delgado Photography 17.04.2020 at 20:30

PLEASE do not tear down villa woodbine! It is home for many of us in the wedding industry and provides much work for us. Additionally, we should not be tearing any more trees down. This would be devastating....

Jerry Cortese 17.04.2020 at 18:37

Please STOP Carrollton School from building this school. Shame on Carrollton for attempting to get a reversal pushed through the city commission at this time. Any decision of any kind should be pushed back until September.

Johanna Lopez 17.04.2020 at 18:33

It would bring more traffic to the Grove and destroy the beautiful historic look it has.
We have done events there and it’s beautiful. It would be a shame to tore it down.

Francisco Lopez 17.04.2020 at 18:30

Villa Woodbine brings a historic look to Coconut Grove, destroying it would be awful.
We have done a lot of events there and it’s just beautiful

Sarah Black 17.04.2020 at 16:54

This is such a special place in South Florida that. creates so many amazing memories for people as well as employees hundreds of people.

Manuel F. Almenara 17.04.2020 at 13:18

Stop this lunacy of replacing Villa Woodbine with an unnecessary additional expensive school for boys, destroying the peace and natural environment of a quiet residential neighborhood. This lunacy would add to the inconvenience of everyone involved, including that of the parents who would be delivering and picking up the children, as is already the case in the existing Carrolton School.

Yana Polyanskaya 11.04.2020 at 14:12

Coconut grove is unique neighborhood . Wild nature and a piece of land where our Mother Earth is still breathing . For me is heartbreaking to see how we lose our true treasure trees -200-300 year old banyan trees - our only true protectors on Earth. Brickell , Edgewater has already become a concrete jungle , and Coconut grove is still breathing and alive. My boyfriend has a place in Coconut Grove . And we are planning to raise our family here. I want to save it for all the families and all the children. Children need trees and parks much more then they need another school.

Anouck Jourdaa 09.04.2020 at 16:01

I have worked in Coconut Grove for the past 14 years. I have been saddened by the number of trees cut down every year to make room for more and more buildings. We need more trees and parks to breathe, not more buildings.

Isabella Katz 22.03.2020 at 02:19

Please save our trees and this historic site! We don’t need anymore traffic in this area, nor another school

Robert Rizzotto 21.03.2020 at 12:33

We come to visit the area each year and would hate to see another large development there. Stop the project!

Cheryl Hardwick 21.03.2020 at 01:50

This is an entirely unnecessary project planned on a beautiful lot that should not be commercially zoned, there is an existing private school nearly a stone’s throw away. The current traffic congestion is already concerning, often at a standstill after school hours and into the evening. The Grove is a vibrant, unique space in Miami, one of the few with remaining historical sites and the Villa Woodbine is one of the last remaining green spaces. It should be preserved, a place where family and community could all enjoy, to destroy it would be a tragedy. Please stop this, thank you!

Jennifer ZELMAN GORDON 07.03.2020 at 21:39

It is extremely difficult to get in and out of my home to current traffic during peak hours. The addition of another school would be detrimental to our neighborhood.

Monica Aguinaga 06.03.2020 at 02:31

I recently moved to the area and we don't need more traffic in our neighborhood. We need to preserve our quality of life.

Robert Tenzer 04.03.2020 at 14:33

Way to much traffic. I pay huge taxes to live in a peaceful quiet community. Not a commercial traffic congested neighborhood.
Thanks for listening

Jackie 03.03.2020 at 03:29

Enough is enough! The Grove is lovely, the trees around the area are iconic and one of the few patches of green in our concrete jungle. You do not need another school in that area.

Preserve our land please!

Elena PoznykhovaPoznykhova 02.03.2020 at 22:54

The traffic situation has deteriorated significantly since Ways app started to show alternative (to US1) routes through Coconut Grove. Another school will make it unbearable!