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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Jane Gilbert was relishing the mild temperatures and gentle breeze of early March as she hurried between meetings. Miami's chief heat officer knows the challenges of a ...
Miami-Dade County in southeastern Florida is home to one thing for sure: Heat. With the official start of summer just around the corner, the county has decided to introduce a new and first-of-its ...
Miami-Dade’s chief heat officer, Jane Gilbert, said she heard mixed messages from residents about whether they want more trees when she toured various communities with PACT members.
[1] [2] [3] Early heat officer positions were created in Los Angeles, Miami-Dade County, Melbourne, Athens, and Freetown. [4] The initiative to create the positions was organized by the Atlantic Council's Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center. [5] [6] Eleni Myrivili is the current United Nations Human Settlements Programme's ...
Jean Monestime is an American politician, real estate businessman and member of the Miami-Dade County Commission since 2010. He is the first Haitian-American to serve as a Miami-Dade County commissioner, as well as the first to chair the commission.
Last summer was the hottest summer of record and Miamians are bracing for another season of staggering heat. Miami-Dade County has appointed the world’s first chief heat officer and tasked her ...
He served as Chairman of the Miami-Dade Delegation from 2007 to 2010 and was appointed to Governor Rick Scott's Health and Human Services Transition Team in 2010. Following his time in the State Legislature, Zapata was elected as a County Commissioner in 2012 and became the first Colombian-American to represent Miami-Dade County residents on ...
In early November, Los Angeles City Council members voted unanimously to create the city’s first chief heat officer position. Three U.S. cities have hired chief heat officers, a sign of an ...