Lowest Crime Rate in 5 Years(01 of15)
Open Image Modal"In 2012 a total of 27,107 Part 1 crimes were reported in Miami, a low level not seen in our City since 2007.In addition sexual assaults are down by 23 percent while burglaries are down by 17 percent." (credit:AP)
Crime Lower Despite Increased Population(02 of15)
Open Image Modal"The City of Miami had a higher population and a lesser amount of crime." (credit:AP)
More Arrests(03 of15)
Open Image Modal"In 2012 the men and women of the Miami police department affected 29,137 arrests. A 17.4 percent increase versus the prior year." (credit:Getty Images)
Drastic Decrease In Police-Involved Shootings(04 of15)
Open Image Modal"Miami police officers shot only 2 persons in 2012, an 80 percent reduction in comparison to 2011." (credit:Getty Images)
400 Guns Taken Off Streets(05 of15)
Open Image Modal"In the three events we have had we have been able to take more than FOUR HUNDRED weapons, off the streets of Miami. Many of those have been assault rifles." (credit:Getty Images)
Cleaned Up Some Of The Marlins Park Mess(06 of15)
Open Image Modal"During the 2012 Florida Legislative Session, the Administration, working closely with the City Attorney’s Office, and changed State law to relieve the City and its residents from a $1.5 million property tax burden on the Marlins Parking Garage as well as free up approximately $5 million per year in restricted fuel dollars for street lighting operations, maintenance and repairs." (credit:Getty Images)
Plans To Turn Virginia Key Into A Park(07 of15)
Open Image Modal600% More Recycling(08 of15)
Open Image Modal"With a little less than six months into the fiscal year, the City has collected 4,390 tons of recyclable material compared to the two year average of 2,800 tons; this growth has increased the revenue per ton for recycling from $11.69 per ton to $41.00 per ton and realized an approximate year-to-date savings of $465,560. This means that our residents are recycling 600 percent more today than last year providing that our residents will do more if we provide better services." (credit:Getty Images)
Do Good Miami: Make Miami Nicer(09 of15)
Open Image ModalMiami is joining as a chapter of Choose Civility, an initiative led by Howard County Library System in Maryland, to "enhance respect, empathy, consideration and tolerance among all people." (credit:Getty Images)
Do Good Miami: Help Disadvantaged Students(10 of15)
Open Image Modal"Breakthrough Miami provides an academic enrichment program that uses a student-teaching-students model to ensure that motivated, under-resourced middleschool students have access to excellent high-school opportunities, graduate from highschool on time and attend college. Established in 1991 as “Summerbridge Miami”, Breakthrough Miami is an award winning, evidence-based and tuition-free eight year program that gives motivated but disadvantaged students in 5th to 12th grade the tools—and peer relationships—needed to achieve their most ambitious life goals." (credit:Getty Images)
Do Good Miami: Transform Liberty City(11 of15)
Open Image Modal"The Miami Children’s Initiative is a nonprofit organization focused on transforming Liberty City into a prosperous community. In partnership with Liberty City’s residents, youth, religious centers, schools, businesses and non-profit organizations, we seek to address the needs of our community by investing in our children. MCI believes that Liberty City’s strength lies in the undeveloped potential of its youth and that through focused strategic work the potential of each child can be unleashed." (credit:Getty Images)
Do Good Miami: Homebuyer Counseling And Foreclosure Intervention For Low Income Families(12 of15)
Open Image Modal"NANAY, Inc. (National Alliance to Nurture the Aged and the Youth) is a community-based nonprofit organization that promotes the safety and general well-11 being of elders and youth from various ethnic backgrounds. Its Community Center provides free supportive services, which include counseling, transportation, computer classes, recreational activities and exercise activities, community workshops and health screening for elders. Its affiliate organization, NANAY-CEDC provides first-time homebuyer counseling and foreclosure intervention to hundreds of low-to-moderate income families in Miami-Dade." (credit:AP)
Do Good Miami: Encourage Volunteering(13 of15)
Open Image Modal"The South Florida Region American Red Cross, a longtime presence in the City of Miami, is entering into a very exciting partnership with the City of Miami, “Sign Up To Save Lives” which will focus on volunteer recruitment through hands-on mutual effort. The City of Miami is the first city in the nation and will serve as a national and international model to create proactive volunteer recruitment." (credit:Getty Images)
Do Good Miami: Feed The Poor(14 of15)
Open Image Modal"Curley's House is a grass roots non-profit organization that was established in August 2001. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for low-to-moderate income individuals and families and the elderly, by providing bulk food products to these needy residents while still serving as a neighborhood outreach ministry in the City of Miami." (credit:AP)
Do Good Miami: Take Care Of Seniors(15 of15)
Open Image Modal"Teams of volunteers and staff have put in thousands of hours to help beautify city parks, raise the voices of 50+ Miamians to state and federal elected leaders on important issues, and share helpful tips, health advice and other useful information through the 'Café Con Leche con AARP' radio program heard by hundreds of thousands of Miami listeners weekly." (credit:Getty Images)