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		<title>MiaSci Encourages You to Take Action to Support County Cultural Funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you may be aware, the proposed Miami-Dade County budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year includes substantial service cuts and workforce reductions to local cultural organizations.
This year’s proposed budget represents a 25% cut to cultural grants funding to more than 400 local cultural organizations, amounting to a total reduction of $2.3 million of support for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miami Science Museum Receives $500,000 Grant From NOAA for Interactive Climate Change Exhibit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Miami Science Museum (MiaSci), in collaboration with Ideum and the Institute for Learning Innovation, was awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to acquire a new spherical display system. The project, entitled: Hurricanes and Climate Change: Local Impacts and Global Systems, will allow visitors to explore the global dimensions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.miasci.org/blog/miami-science-museum-receives-500000-grant-from-noaa-for-interactive-climate-change-exhibit</link>
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		<title>Miami Science Museum Celebrates Successful Launch of MiaSci Community Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miami Science Museum celebrated the launch of MiaSci Community Days on Sunday, August 29th. Over 1,700 residents from Miami-Dade County visited the Museum for the kick off event free of charge. 
MiaSci Community Days is a series of free* admission  opportunities on select weekdays to ensure that each and every member of  the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.miasci.org/blog/miami-science-museum-celebrates-successful-launch-of-miasci-community-days</link>
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		<title>MiaSci Green Roofs 2.0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a year of development and data collection (read about the launch of the project here), the Museum recently finished the first phase of the Green Roof Demonstration Project, an exhibit and research piece for the new Museum. Temperature data from the last year has helped the new Museum’s engineering teams better understand how these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.miasci.org/blog/miasci-green-roofs-2-0</link>
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		<title>Field Operations Awarded Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Architecture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[James Corner Field Operations was recently awarded the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s 2010 National Design Award for Landscape Architecture. The Landscape Architecture Award is given to an individual or firm that has delivered exceptional pieces of work in urban planning or park and garden design. Winners are admired for their continued excellence in embodying great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.miasci.org/blog/field-operations-awarded-cooper-hewitt-national-design-award-for-landscape-architecture</link>
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		<title>AIA 2010 National Convention and Design Exposition: Design as Exploration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 17,000 people from across the nation attended the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2010 National Convention and Design Exposition in Miami last month.
The theme of this year’s convention was “Design for the New Decade” based on the organization’s stance that as a new decade begins in the 21st century, architects and design professionals [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.miasci.org/blog/aia-2010-national-convention-and-design-exposition-design-as-exploration</link>
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		<title>MiaSci’s BIG Delivery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MiaSci received a BIG delivery yesterday. Literally.
Goodyear delivered an 8,000-pound, nearly 12-foot tall tire to MiaSci today for the upcoming Fuels of the Future exhibit. Tires such as these are generally used on large trucks that mine tar sands, a material that contains oil. The tire will be on display in the exhibit as an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.miasci.org/blog/miasci%e2%80%99s-big-delivery</link>
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		<title>Omni CRA Board Votes Unanimously to Release Funds for Site Remediation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The   City of Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (Omni CRA) Board  of   Commissioners passed a unanimous motion late last week to release $2    million for the environmental remediation of the eight-acre site at    Museum Park where the new Miami Science Museum (MiaSci) and Miami [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.miasci.org/blog/omni-cra-board-votes-unanimously-to-release-funds-for-site-remediation</link>
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		<title>Final design for Miami Science Museum opens to the views</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Miami Science Museum released final designs for its new $275 million downtown home at Bicentennial Park
BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI
aviglucci@MiamiHerald.com
The Miami Science Museum has finalized designs for a new $275 million home on Biscayne Boulevard that will combine a retro-modern look with sleek, undulating contemporary lines and an expansive open-air feel, while incorporating the latest green [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.miasci.org/blog/final-design-for-miami-science-museum-opens-to-the-views</link>
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		<title>New Economic Impact Report Findings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent economic impact analysis, construction of the new Miami Science Museum will result in a positive impact on both the City of Miami and Miami-Dade County based on its $300 million total project costs. The estimated one-time City of Miami total economic impacts include: $488.7 million in expenditures of which $183.6 million [...]]]></description>
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