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Aventura is an upscale condo community with some of South Florida's best known large-scale condominium projects and apartment buildings. Restaurants, movie theaters and the Aventura Mall are conveniently nearby and downtown Fort Lauderdale and Miami are just 20 minutes away. Since the City's incorporation millions of dollars have been spent on infrastructure improvements including streets, sidewalks, lighting, park development, beautification projects, drainage, pedestrian and safety improvements. The state-of-the-art Government Center provides a one-stop-shop for its' residents and houses all governmental operations, including Commission Chambers, Police Station and administrative offices.
The new $4 million Community/Recreation Center is situated on 2.8 acres of land in a park like setting on the waterfront. This 25,000 square foot facility includes a gym, meeting rooms, computer lab, exercise and aerobic facilities. In order to address the growing number of families with school age children, the City Commission chose to take an aggressive approach to meet its changing demographics. Doors opened Fall of 2003 to the City's first Charter Elementary School built adjacent to the new Community/Recreation Center. The 45,000 square foot state-of-the-art school serves 600 Aventura schoolchildren from kindergarten to 5th grade and is the first municipal run charter school in Miami-Dade County.
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