Observing 21 years of publishing news & highlights for our South Miami community

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THE LUDLAM TRAIL

SOMI Magazine Publisher’s Perspective It’s been a long trek… In 2003, as then president of Bike Miami, Inc. I had the privilege of coordinating the advocacy efforts among county, municipal and business leaders for the initial $500,000 in federal funding for the Ludlam Trail through the offices of Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. The Congresswoman was and…

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SOMI Eats Fall 2026

Two new spots are opening in SOMI within the coming weeks, a Parisian bakery and night spot where Bar Bella was located and a new LULU Café & Bakery located on the ground level of the Avalon high-rise. You can read about them in our What’s New in Town online feature. VIVAVIE Miami and Minuit…

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New Faces & Places Around Town

South Miami’s Hometown District is excited to welcome new faces.

If you know of any new places or faces around town, please let us know so we can include them here.

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SOMI Arts Fall 2026

AREA STAGE The award-winning not-for-profit theatrical company is headquartered at Sunset Place, with offices, state-of the-art voice and dance studios, rehearsal space and intimate black-box theatre. Founded in 1989 on Lincoln Road in Miami Beach by John and Maria Rodaz the company has enjoyed a distinguished reputation in the South Florida cultural arts scene for…

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SOUTH MIAMI DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

South Miami is burgeoning with new developments, some under construction, others on the drawing boards and others on the minds of landowners. In the SOMIonline Spring issue we covered the approved new AvalonBay Communities South Miami Part Two with its 16 stories towering over our historic designed buildings and a reimagined Dorn Avenue. In this…

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Garcia-Nevitt Day

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Coffee & Pastelitos

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