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<div> We secured the bag — the O, Miami tote bag. Why it matters: The poetry festival releases a new tote bag each year with a different poem on it. These have become must-have collectibles. <hr> The latest: This year's bag features a poem written by a local sixth grader. <ul><li> Kerlande, a student at Morningside K–8 Academy, writes, "I hear and hate, but listen and love. I love where I live and I would never leave." </li></ul> What they're saying: "Reading Kerlande's poem, it conveys a strong desire for more empathy and community in this place," an O, Miami spokesperson tells Axios. <ul><li> "At O, Miami, we want to encourage empathy in a city that is continuously rewriting itself so her poem especially resonated with our team." </li></ul><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Pro tip: The totes are free at O, Miami Poetry Festival events! <a href="https://www.axios.com/signup/miami?utm_source=samsung&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=subs-partner-samsung-miami" rel=nofollow target=_blank> Sign up for Axios Miami for free. </a></div>

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A new art exhibition highlights the importance of Miami's shade trees as a community gathering place and resource to fight climate change."Under a Simple Tree: The Canopy Policy Project," a collection of works by Brandon Clarke, aims to spark a conversation about the inequitable distribution of shade trees in Miami-Dade County.The mixed-media artwork draws on oral histories from different neighborhoods and utilizes natural fibers, leaves and bark.If you go: The exhibition, presented by Hampton Art Lovers and Green Space Miami, opens on Friday at Green Space Miami, located at 7200 Biscayne Blvd.Sign up for Axios Miami for free.

Art exhibit highlights importance of tree canopy in Miami

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LA PAZ COUNTY, Ariz. -- The distressing saga of Amanda Nenigar, a 27-year-old woman who vanished over a month ago, came to a tragic end when her lifeless body was discovered beneath a tree, unclothed and approximately a mile from where her abandoned car was found.

Missing woman found dead a mile from her abandoned car

Data: Zillow; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsMiami homes listed in early June sold for almost $13,000 more than during other times of the year, per a Zillow analysis of 2023 home sales.The big picture: Nationally, May has long been the best month to list your house, but in 2023, sellers made the highest profits in the first two weeks of June, a Zillow study shows.This shift is largely due to mortgage rates, which cooled slightly in June and brought some buyers off the sidelines.The other side: Buyers, if you want to avoid peak pricing, consider shopping outside of the spring and summer months.What's next: Interest rate cuts aren't expected anytime soon, but if those rates do fall in 2024, we may have a second spring market.Sign up for Axios Miami for free.

The best time to sell a home in Miami might be June

Data: Chain Store Guide; Note: Stores under the same brand name have been combined, e.g., Walmart and Walmart Supercenter; Chart: Axios VisualsPublix is again the most popular grocery store in Miami, beating its competitors by a landslide, with nearly 47% of the market in 2023, according to Chain Store Guide, which tracks the retail and food service industries.Mirroring the trends in 2022, Walmart and Costo were the second- and third-most popular grocers, with 15% and 8% of the local market share, respectively.Why it matters: Publix's market domination in South Florida comes as the grocer increased its capital spending for the year to support store openings, remodels and technology improvements, according to Grocery Dive.Last year, the chain opened two new stores in Hialeah and West Kendall, according to the Miami Herald, with plans to open more both in and outside Florida this year.By the numbers: There are 245 Publix locations in the Miami metro area, and the chain reported more than $9.9 billion in sales last year, per the report.Walmart has 44 locations and reported more than $3.2 billion in sales.Costco has 44 stores, which reported more than $1.7 billion in sales.Sign up for Axios Miami for free.

Publix remains king in Miami’s grocery wars

Brickell Avenue is Miami's priciest commercial street for the second time, per a new study by real estate group JLL.It ranked ninth in the country's 15 most expensive streets.Why it matters: Miami seems to buck the trend seen in other major cities, where central business districts have struggled to recapture tenants after the pandemic and as "off-core peripheral urban neighborhoods" become more dominant, per the report.Last year, 54% of the country's most expensive streets were located in such peripheral areas, Axios D.C.'s Mimi Montgomery writes, as opposed to only 39% in 2005.The big picture: According to the report, migration of...

Brickell Avenue is the priciest commercial street in Miami

I'm here to tell you that Happy Hour at Phuc Yea is a must!State of plate: The P.Y. noodles ($10) are the ultimate comfort food. The signature house noodles are bathed in garlic butter, oyster sauce and parmesan.Add on the edamame tostones with hummus ($10) and wash it down with a sweet-and-spicy Say Gay mezcal cocktail ($9).If you go: Offered Wednesday-Sunday from 5pm to 7pm.7100 Biscayne Blvd.Sign up for Axios Miami for free.

Happy Hour in Miami? Try Phuc Yea

Last month, we launched a monthly series to document what Miami sounds like based on the songs we chose to accompany the newsletter.Today, we're debuting April's playlist. Sign up for Axios Miami for free.

Sounds Like Miami: April's Axios Miami playlist

Miami-Dade County Public Schools is proposing boundary changes for 11 schools — three of which will be repurposed — for the 2024–25 school year, a move that's expected to affect around 250 students.Why it matters: While boundary changes are common, it's rare for the district to propose repurposing schools.Parkview and Shadowlawn elementaries and Myrtle Grove K–8 will be "reimagined," officials said.The big picture: The proposed changes, presented last week to the school board, are part of an annual evaluation to determine how schools are being utilized, address enrollment concerns and meet state requirements.Factors considered include enrollment declines, class size mandates,...

Changes are coming for 11 Miami-Dade County schools

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is taking his talents to the kitchen for a new pastry-and-coffee pairing in collaboration with local doughnut powerhouse The Salty.State of play: Butler and his Bigface Coffee brand are launching two new menu items today through April 21 at all The Salty locations.The churro croughnut ($5.50) is made with a 24-hour brioche croughnut tossed in cinnamon sugar, filled with cinnamon mousse and topped with mini churros and caramel glaze.The new Cinnamon Citrus Capp ($6) is a caffeinated concoction of Bigface espresso, fresh orange and cinnamon syrup, and your choice of milk.The pairing is $10 if purchased together.A portion of the sales will benefit Project Backboard, a nonprofit that renovates public basketball courts and installs large-scale, site-specific artwork.Sign up for Axios Miami for free.

Miami Heat star launches new doughnut, coffee at The Salty

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In a disturbing case from Catoosa County, Georgia, 24-year-old Dillan Michael Tennant has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison after being found guilty of two counts of first-degree cruelty to children.

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We secured the bag — the O, Miami tote bag.Why it matters: The poetry festival releases a new tote bag each year with a different poem on it. These have become must-have collectibles.The latest: This year's bag features a poem written by a local sixth grader.Kerlande, a student at Morningside K–8 Academy, writes, \"I hear and hate, but listen and love. I love where I live and I would never leave.\"What they're saying: \"Reading Kerlande's poem, it conveys a strong desire for more empathy and community in this place,\" an O, Miami spokesperson tells Axios.\"At O, Miami, we want to encourage empathy in a city that is continuously rewriting itself so her poem especially resonated with our team.\"Pro tip: The totes are free at O, Miami Poetry Festival events!Sign up for Axios Miami for free.

A Miami sixth grader's poem inspired the O, Miami Poetry Festival tote bag

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We secured the bag — the O, Miami tote bag.Why it matters: The poetry festival releases a new tote bag each year with a different poem on it. These have become must-have collectibles.The latest: This year's bag features a poem written by a local sixth grader.Kerlande, a student at Morningside K–8 Academy, writes, "I hear and hate, but listen and love. I love where I live and I would never leave."What they're saying: "Reading Kerlande's poem, it conveys a strong desire for more empathy and community in this place," an O, Miami spokesperson tells Axios."At O, Miami, we want to encourage empathy in a city that is continuously rewriting itself so her poem especially resonated with our team."Pro tip: The totes are free at O, Miami Poetry Festival events!Sign up for Axios Miami for free.

A Miami sixth grader's poem inspired the O, Miami Poetry Festival tote bag

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