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REQUEST FOR UP TO $7M IMPROVEMENTS
COCONUT GROVE EXIiIBITION CENTER
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The City and the County should have various kinds of
facilities and presently does not leave a small high -quality
in scale with small conferences. t%lc bel.eve that the perfect
setting for that facility would be in Coconut Grove. This
would not be in competi_tion with other areas, but rather,
would complement them.
Similar small high -duality conference centers are available
in other parts of the United States such as Greenbriar, Why
Plantation, and the Aspen Institute. Niami needs a small_
high -quality conference facility for community and national
and world --wide conferences.
Coconut Grove has become a destination for tourism and
will soon have five first class hotels within a few blocks
of the Coconut Grove Exhibition Center.
It will benefit the City of Miami to have a small high -
quality conference center for prestigious groups who need
the most advanced, yet small meeting facilities.
The Coconut Grove Exhibition Center presently does not
have a high -quality meeting center.
It will benefit the entire City and County to have a
small, high -quality meeting center in Coconut Grove adjoining
the bay and close to the five high -quality hotels.
The community of Coconut Grove could also benefit by
using the meeting center as a banquet facility as a much
needed community center.
P O. Box 330935
I II I iovc mar ell'n;5(.05) COConut Grove, FL 33133
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The City Commission hereby approves the allocation of
up to $7 million of the,revenues generated by the new 3%
Convention Development Tax to build the following facilities
in or around the Coconut Grove Exhibition Center:
1) A 200 fixed -scat meeting auditorium with multi -language
translation, complete audio-visual. equipment.
2) The creation of a series of small meeting rooms and ancillary
facilities.
3) The addition to J.P.'s restaurant, an expanded banquet
kitchen for banquet facilities.
4) The addition of moveable bleachers for sporting events,
community meetings, and other special events.
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