Civil and Municipal - Jan 22

41 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1 make our community even more connected.” They are also building a new outdoor community space in the village’s downtown core that should be complete within the next eight months. Called “Paradise Park”, the open space will feature enhanced street and landscaping, space for concerts and events, and areas for locals to sit back and relax. “We are going to be able to have many events and new programs,” Williamson adds. “This is going to make the downtown really special.” To help keep the streets safe, Key Biscayne has recently hired a new police chief, Frank Sousa. Sousa was hired based on the needs identified for the community though a citizen survey that went out to residents. “The top things that our folks were talking about were traffic safety, crime prevention, and importantly, police presence,” Williamson says. “I used that as a guide for our police search and I looked for a police chief who KEY B I SCAYNE , FLOR IDA Photo Courtesy of the Chamber of Commerce Photo Courtesy of Kiko Ricote