🌱 What projects will Key Colony Beach’s Beautification Committee fund next week?
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- What projects will Key Colony Beach’s Beautification Committee fund next week?
Also on today's calendar: MARATHON CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS @ ISLA BELLA and 4 more events.
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- Thursday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 89 and low of 81 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., temps: high: 90, low: 82.
- Saturday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 92 and low of 83 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 08-11-2026 Beautification Committee Meeting Agenda (keycolonybeach.net) — Key Colony Beach’s Beautification Committee will meet Tuesday, August 11 at 10 a.m. at the temporary City meeting space on The Key Colony Inn’s back patio and via Zoom to review budgets, garden conditions, and several landscaping proposals. Residents can listen in as members consider spending on public works landscaping, the Triangle Garden, a new picnic table, golf course trees, and upcoming beautification awards. 
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Four Summer Indulgences to Enjoy Across Miami (aventuramagazine.com)
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