Boys & Girls Clubs begin beautification project

Now that the pumpkins are gone and the Christmas trees are packed away (actually sold out), the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the reconstruction of the Hank Kline Club’s US 1 and surrounding property – landscaping, fencework and pavement project. City of Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade’s board members and Club members participated in the ceremony.

With funding from the City of Miami Community Development Block Grant, Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade will remove all large Florida Holly trees and debris on the south side of the building, remove disposal of existing chain link fencing and replace chain link fencing with the construction and installation of an aluminum fence and provide landscaping and sidewalk reconstruction and installation along the south side of the club.

This project will enhance the aesthetic beauty of the club specifically, as well as this part of the City of Miami. All landscaping and sidewalk reconstruction work is for the project in that area.

“We are honored to count with a grant from the City of Miami Development Block Grant for the highly anticipated reconstruction of this specific area of the Hank Kline Club,” said Alex Rodriguez-Roig, Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade. “The Hank Kline facility is where the first Boys & Girl Clubs of Miami-Dade was ever built and a place where children in our community for more than 40 years have had a second home.”

Funding for this project is provided by the City of Miami Community Development Block Grant ($200,000) from the U.S. Department of HUD, requiring SECTION 3, DAVIS BACON, Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action, The Copeland Act, The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standard Act, and all other applicable Federal, State, and local laws and ordinances.