Preserve Our Neighborhoods.
Protect Local Control.
We strengthen Miami Beach's preservation community by filling critical gaps: policy analysis, resident education, rapid civic response, local journalism, and digital tools that help people understand what is changing and why it matters.
Fall Talks: Workforce Housing, in Numbers
Live Local towers promise "workforce" housing. We look at a selection of the proposals now before Miami Beach: how big the homes are, what they rent for, and who they are really for. Sunday, Oct. 25, 4 PM ET on Zoom.
Our Role
We complement and strengthen preservation efforts.
Miami Beach benefits from organizations that celebrate its architecture and history. Our role is to strengthen that work by focusing on analysis, communication, public engagement, and advocacy infrastructure — especially where state overreach and urgent development pressures threaten local control and require fast, clear, community-centered responses.
What makes this distinct
- - Independent policy analysis
- - Resident-focused education
- - Rapid issue response and mobilization
- - Public-interest journalism and documentation
- - Fighting state overreach on local decisions
- - Independent of the City of Miami Beach, with no municipal funding and no pressure that comes with it
More Events
Also coming up.
Fall Talks: Can the Beach Carry It?
Eleven Live Local applications would add 1,256 homes. What do they mean for sewers, water and flooding on an island that already floods? Sunday, Nov. 8, 4 PM ET on Zoom.
Fall Talks: The Raleigh Hotel, Before the Vote
What a 2.5 FAR means for the Raleigh Hotel at 1775 Collins Ave, and how to be heard before the Commission votes on second reading, Wed., Nov. 18. Sunday, Nov. 15, 4 PM ET on Zoom.
Fall Talks: The Fix, Tallahassee in 2027
The Live Local Act has been widened three times since 2023. What changing it could look like, where Hillsborough's lawsuit stands, and who to ask. Sunday, Dec. 13, 4 PM ET on Zoom.
Community First
Help shape a more informed and preservation-minded Miami Beach.
Join us as a supporter, resident volunteer, research partner, or civic ally. Together, we can provide the tools, information, and public engagement needed to protect the character of our neighborhoods and retain local control.
- ✧Sign up for issue alerts
- ✧Attend a public briefing
- ✧Contribute research or documentation
- ✧Support advocacy and storytelling
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