Old Parrot Jungle Now A Public Park in Pinecrest

Business week ranked the Village of Pinecrest the tenth most expensive suburb in each of the 52 states.  In order to garner that dubious distinction, it had to be ranked the most expensive in the State of Florida.

There is a price to pay for having excellent public schools, the highest concentration of top private schools in Miami-Dade County, and a huge number of parks for the size of the community, a community center, public library, small government and large lots.

The article also points out that because the market is so low, now may be a good time to get into these markets if you had been locked out before because of pricing.

More about Pinecrest: Pinecrest, FL Real Estate – Market Trends First Quarter 2009

7645 SW 117 Pinecrest FL Is In A Great Location

Looking for Something to Do? Head to Pinecrest!

Miami Palmetto High School Turns 50!

Don’t worry about being leaving your social life behind.  There is plenty of room to entertain the friends and relatives who will be calling for a visit.  In addition to the two additional bedrooms, the building has a hotel room that you can reserve for your guests to rent.  A wonderful outdoor area perfect for entertaining has two built-in barbecues and is right next to the pool.

Amazingly peaceful, yet close to the Falls and Dadeland Malls, downtown Miami, Coral Gables, and the Grove, and all the activities going on in Miami in the winter.

They have a great menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner and on Friday and Saturday evenings you can join them for live Jazz.   The outdoor patio area is a special treat in an area that lacks charming outdoor dining options.   You place your order inside, are given a number and your food and drinks are brought to your table.  This is a wonderful neighborhood place to take visiting friends and relatives to show them why you love living here!

To kick off the program at Pinecrest Elementary, there will be 5 week soccer clinic with Real Madrid.  The clinic will start the week on November 12.  Look in your child’s back pack for more information.

• your well fails or is contaminated,
• you build on a previously vacant lot,
• you improve your property by more than 50% of the fair market value,
• you sell your house, at which time the new owner may be required to hook up (disclosure required).

This backbone is being paid for by County and State funds.  Homeowners wishing to connect to County water will pay the cost to connect from the backbone to their house, but will be able to continue using well water for watering their lawn.

I would take his arguement a step further and say that an investment in education is going to make Florida more attractive to businesses and will increase our ability to diversify our economy.  If we create a skilled workforce and give priority to our educational system, businesses will relocate here or, if already here, stay.  An article in this Sunday’s Miami Herald on the pressures on higher education in Florida states that at a time when more Florida residents are applying to in-state schools, “Funding cuts by the Legislature have led to reductions in enrollment, faculty layoffs or scuttled programs at several institutions, including the flagship University of Florida and Florida International University.”  If we were to play our cards right and pump up education spending at a time when more of our students are applying, we would keep our students in-state where they are more likely to stay and work once they graduate.

Whenever I think about education and spending, I remember a quote by Derek Bok,  President of Harvard University 1971-1990, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”