FIU expansion made the November ballot

FIUSM Staff

After years of planning, the University will take their hopes for expansion put them into the hands of Miami-Dade County voters.

On Wednesday, Sept. 3, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners voted in favor of putting the University expansion plan in a county-wide referndum on Nov. 4.

If passed, the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair and Expo will have to relocate so the University can continue building and growing into the 64 acres of public land that had been leased by the County.

“The current Miami-Dade County Youth Fair and Exposition property is our field of dreams,” said Alexis Calatayud, student government council at Modesto Maidique Campus president.

The ballot language was the topic of interest in the long discussion, which, after several hours, was finally put on the November ballot without any amendments.

The final vote was 12-1, with only District 8 Commissioner Lynda Bell dissenting.

 

 

The story will be updated when more information becomes available. 

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