- Sally B. Philips
GREETINGS!

Vol. 2, No. 1 January 28, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
The year is almost a month old, and it's nearly five weeks since I sent out my last news message. I hope everyone has been getting the very elegant SoMi INSIDER. If not, go to this web page: https://www.southmiamifl.gov/95/SoMi-INSIDER-Newsletter, and click on the orange sentence that invites you to subscribe.
MADISON SQUARE
Today was the Grand Opening of the Dollar Store in the Madison Square complex. Commissioner Gil and I were able to manipulate South Miami's ceremonial scissors well enough to cut a lovely yellow ribbon stretched across the store's front steps. The store is the first piece of this complex project to be finished. In the middle of February some of the twenty families selected to live in the building above the store will be moving in. By March 1st, all should have taken up residence. I have heard that 14 of the 20 families who will be moving in are either current residents of the Marshall Williamson area or past residents who want to move back.
As we talked while waiting for everyone to arrive, I learned that the idea for Madison Square started to germinate some time around 1985. So today marked a major step toward fulfilling a long-held desire to revitalize this community.
The Dollar Store was stocked. Just before our little ceremony, milk was being delivered. The store looked full to me, but I was told there were items yet to come. They didn't have the cylinder of gas to fill the mylar balloons, yet. The ATM is yet to be installed. I looked for vinegar and settled for tiny fruit-flavored marshmallows. Someone else bought a mat for her front entry way.
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