Flamingo Selected for Pedestrian Safety Program

The Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association is pleased to announce participation in a special program to Create Livable Communities – Safer and More Walkable. The Flamingo Park Neighborhood participates in this program in order to increase community awareness, public education and effective advocacy to build and sustain a more walkable community, safer for pedestrians.

Fifteen communities from across the U.S. have been selected to receive technical assistance and modest grant funding of $2,000 from the Pedestrian / Bicycle Information Center within the Highway Safety Research Center at the University of North Carolina. Participating communities will test the newly developed guidebook entitled A Resident’s Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities. The Resident’s Guide -- designed to improve safety and walkability of neighborhoods -- is available online at: http://flamingomb.org/residentsguide.pdf.

The Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association will use the Resident’s Guide to develop greater awareness, to provide public education and to stimulate effective advocacy in support of pedestrian safety projects and programs, including advocacy for pedestrian amenities in the City of Miami Beach Flamingo Streetscape program.

All residents of the neighborhood are invited to attend and participate in regularly scheduled meetings on the second Monday of each month, 5:00pm for Pedestrian Safety Demonstration Program and at 6:00 pm for other Community Livability matters. Meetings are held at The Seymour, 945 Pennsylvania Avenue, Miami Beach.

Supporting Partner Organizations working on the project, include:Miami Beach Community Development Corporation;Miami-Dade Metropolitan Planning Organization / Bicycle / PedestrianCity of Miami Beach Department of Public Works / Transportation DivisionMiami Beach Police Department.

The Flamingo Park Neighborhood Association is providing community support for streetscape improvements aimed at providing greater pedestrian amenities. Community recommendations evolved from a series of community charrettes and workshops. These have now been formulated into a proposed Streetscape Improvement Program authorized by the City Commission with plans being finalized by the City’s Capital Improvement Projects Department.