Miami Gardens' Intellectual Center

The city of Miami Gardens is quickly coming into its own. We now have our own Starbucks! Hello?! But seriously, Mayor Shirley Gibson is truly trying very hard to make Miami Gardens a city of progress, sustainability and a place where everyone can safely call home.

But, as I got off the No.83 and headed down the street toward my apartment, I got to thinking about the intellectual heartbeat of the city. Where is it? I started thinking that maybe that intellectual heartbeat might begin its pulse within a local café, say, that very Starbucks. It certainly won’t be in a Walmart, of which the city of Miami Gardens sports two of those, to my chagrin.

Then it hit me. What Miami Gardens needs is a city center. A plaza filled with small, non-vehicular-traffic alley ways where young and old alike can meet and exchange ideas. It’s not impossible. It can be done. Miami Gardens needs an intellectual center. The question is where would we put it?