Over the last few years, County staff has been holding a series of public events as part of the Bird Road Corridor Study. The goal of this planning process is to develop a shared long-term vision for this major East/West corridor that is pedestrian friendly, visually cohesive, commercially vibrant and creates a unique identity for Bird Road.

This charrette process began with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa sponsoring a resolution requesting a charrette planning study for the Coral Villa Estates area within Commission District 6. The Coral Villa Estates area is generally located south of Coral Way (SW 24th Street), east of Ludlam Road (SW 67th Avenue), north of the Coral Gables canal and west of SW 63rd Avenue.

The Ludlam Trail Corridor consists of the 6.2-mile long Florida East Coast railroad corridor from Blue Lagoon to State Road 878. Public charrettes have been held in County Commission Districts 6 and 7, which encompasses the corridor.

On June 2, 2009, the Board of County Commissioners passed resolution No. R-728-09 requesting a charrette area plan study for the area bounded by the Miami River to the North and East, NW 37th Ave to the West and the Tamiami Canal to the South.

The Poinciana Park study area comprises approximately 115 acres located in the Model City/North Central part of Miami-Dade County.

The charrette process began with Miami-Dade County Chairman Dennis C. Moss sponsoring a resolution for a charrette area planning study in the Richmond Heights Downtown Core.

The Urban Design Center within the Miami-Dade Regulatory and Economic Resources Department met and worked with members of the County’s Citizen’s Independent Transportation Trust, Miami-Dade Transit, the City of Miami Gardens and residents of Miami Gardens to develop a shared long-term Transit-Oriented Development vision for a parcel of County owned land at NW 215th Street and NW 27th Avenue in the City of Miami Gardens.

In May 2013, the Board of County Commissioners approved a Charrette and West Kendall Corridor Study Area, which focuses on Kendall Drive between SW 137th and SW 177 Avenues. This study will provide an opportunity for land owners, business owners, area residents and local elected officials to work together towards a vision for the future of West Kendall.