Mark your calendars! Our Independence Day Celebration is back and it's better than ever! This is our first July 4th celebration in two years due to COVID, and this year we are celebrating in a big way because it is also the Village's 20th year anniversary!

Enjoy live music, laser lights and street entertainment throughout the evening! Plus, there will be plenty of food vendors to delight your taste buds, craft vendors and a BEER GARDEN! We even have a separate toddler zone for the littlest ones in the family. Our FIREWORKS EXTRAVAGANZA starts at 9 p.m.

Bring your blankets and beach chairs and join us for a fun-filled evening like no other as we celebrate our country's Independence Day!

What: Independence Day Celebration

When: Monday, July 4, 2022

Where: Palmetto Bay Village Hall

Time: 6 - 9 PM

Congratulations to the three Student Photography Contest Winners! This year's theme was "community". The students were challenged to capture "the Village of Parks" as seen through their own eyes, all in a photo. The contest was open to students from elementary school to college. Here are our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Winners:

The winners will receive their prizes and will be publicly recognized by the Mayor & Council during the Village's Independence Day celebration.

The Village of Palmetto Bay will hold a General Election on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for the positions of: Mayor, Councilmember Seat 1, and Councilmember Seat 3. If required, a Run-off Election will be held on Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

For further information, interested persons may visit www.palmettobay-fl.gov, or may contact Missy Arocha, Village Clerk, at 305-259-1234.

Miami-Dade County will be raising its solid waste fees by $25 annually for full-service customers and by $6 to $19 annually for non-full service customers. According to the county's department, the increase comes as a result of higher operational and personnel costs. The proposed increase will affect all Palmetto Bay residents.

Palmetto Bay is looking to reduce its classification under the Community Rating System (CRS), which is part of the National Flood Insurance Program. Communities that participate in the CRS are given a classification by FEMA, which in turn serves as a basis for discount reductions on the residents' flood insurance premiums. The lower the CRS classification, the higher the discount percentage.

As part of the CRS rate reduction process, Palmetto Bay is developing a Floodplain Management Plan, which is a ten-step process to identify flood-related hazards and develop mitigation results.

This is a public process and WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK. Tell us your thoughts and experience with flooding in Palmetto Bay and share your mitigation needs. Respond to the survey below ASAP to make sure your feedback is part of the process.

A final public meeting will be held toward the end of this year to present the draft plan. Keep an eye out for announcements to join the meeting and provide feedback.  If you have additional information to share for inclusion in the plan, please email our Resilience Coordinator Andrea Candelaria or Abigail Moore, our planning consultant from Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.

The Village of Palmetto Bay is committed to bringing real solutions to the flooding issues in our community. Just a week ago, Mayor Karyn Cunningham met in Washington DC with 25 municipal Mayors nationwide at the American Flood Coalition Summit to discuss local challenges related to flooding and share new ideas and solutions that address flooding on a national level. Mayor Cunningham also met with staff representing Senator Rick Scott, Senator Marco Rubio and Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar to discuss many of the issues related to flood mitigation in our communities including, canal and sub-basin infrastructure, the need for efficiency in receiving FEMA dollars and the issue of rising insurance premiums. 

Know your risk. Reduce your risk. ReduceFloodRisk.org features a flood mitigation decision-making tool from ASFPM to help you find the best options to protect your biggest investment. Visit our website to see the promotional video.

Now through August 13th, the Miami Dade Public Library System is holding its 2022 Summer Reading Challenge. Every 30 minutes spent reading or listening to a book earns the reader an entry into a prize drawing at the end of the challenge.

Therefore, the more you read, the greater your chances of winning! eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, magazines, reading to your child – all reading counts. For more details feel free to check out their website. This challenge is for all ages. 

We are still looking for volunteers to join two of our committees. We have open seats for the Art-In-Public Places (AIPP) Board and the newly-created Resiliency Committee. Please read below to learn more and apply!

We still have open spots for the popular Tennis Summer Camp. The camp runs now through August 5th, Monday through Friday from 9 am to Noon.

Session #1- July 5-8

Session # 2 - July 18 - 22

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July 9

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Hybrid Budget Workshop (final)

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