In pitching a $45 million bailout for the Frost Science Museum’s beleaguered construction effort, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said the infusion of cash would be the last money the nonprofit should ever expect to receive from the county.
But that doesn’t mean millions of dollars in county property taxes won’t provide Frost with a crucial operating subsidy for years to come.
Miami-Dade officials are floating the possibility of a downtown anti-blight district supporting both Frost and its sister property in Museum Park, the Pérez Art Museum Miami. A recent memo by Gimenez listed the subsidies, along with housing projects and other priorities he wants if city and county officials agree to delay the planned retirement of the Omni Community Redevelopment Agency in 2030.