{"id":6491,"date":"2022-04-17T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T21:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/?p=6491"},"modified":"2024-09-15T17:39:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T21:39:41","slug":"invest-miami-historic-virginia-key-is-looking-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/hat\/invest-miami-historic-virginia-key-is-looking-to-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest Miami: Historic Virginia Key is Looking to the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Diseno-sin-titulo-30-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Diseno-sin-titulo-30-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Diseno-sin-titulo-30-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Diseno-sin-titulo-30-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Diseno-sin-titulo-30-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Diseno-sin-titulo-30-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Diseno-sin-titulo-30-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/virginiakeybeachpark.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Diseno-sin-titulo-30-1.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia Key Beach Park Istorik<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As its name implies, Historic Virginia Key Beach Park is rich with history. <strong>Since it reopened in 2008<\/strong>, however, the park has wasted no time in establishing itself as both an environmental preserve area and a prime site for cultural events. Virginia Key\u2019s history dates back to the 1920s, when it became a haven for the local African American population due to segregation. It remained a segregated zone in the 1950s and was closed by the city in 1982 due to high maintenance costs. In 1999, however, a group of locals that called themselves <strong>the Virginia Key Beach Park Civil<\/strong> <strong>Rights Task<\/strong> Force organized in response to developers looking to buy the land. As a result of their efforts to highlight the value of the park\u2019s history, the city established the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust to oversee its future development.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Virginia Key Beach Park has a rich history dating back to the 1920s. It was once a haven for African Americans during segregation but was closed in the 1980s. 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