Susannah Bryan

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Susannah Bryan

Susannah Bryan covers several Broward County government beats for the South Florida 蜜兔直播, including Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood. Susannah is an animal lover, Florida native and University of Florida grad. She was also part of the staff that won the 2019 Pulitzer for its coverage of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman 蜜兔直播.

A rendering of the new YMCA facility planned for Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale. (YMCA of South Florida, courtesy)

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Holiday Park just the spot for new YMCA and urgent care center ‘on steroids,’ Fort Lauderdale says

May 11, 2024 at 8:01 a.m.

Fort Lauderdale is saying yes to a free-standing ER and adjoining YMCA at Holiday Park. When the deal is done, Broward Health has agreed to reopen Dottie Mancini Park.

Black olive trees line the median that runs down Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. A long-planned makeover would eliminate the median and its trees. (Carline Jean/South Florida 蜜兔直播)

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Take out trees on Las Olas and you’ll turn into Anywhere, USA, critic warns Fort Lauderdale

May 8, 2024 at 5:28 p.m.

The three-year-old proposal to eliminate the median in favor of wider sidewalks has sparked intense controversy, with critics as far as Denver insisting the trees be left alone.

Mayor Dean Trantalis pulls a copy of the Fort Lauderdale News out of a time capsule Tuesday. The time capsule had been sealed within the walls of Fort Lauderdale City Hall 55 years ago. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida 蜜兔直播)

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Fort Lauderdale opens time capsule hidden at City Hall. So what was inside?

May 7, 2024 at 3:56 p.m.

City officials found a tourism brochure. A copy of the Fort Lauderdale News with a headline about the Vietnam War. A film that shows the construction of City Hall. A...

Fort Lauderdale City Hall, shown here on Feb. 9, 2023, closed for good after being deluged by floodwaters from an April 12 rainstorm. (Susannah Bryan/South Florida 蜜兔直播)

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Fort Lauderdale is opening 1960s-era time capsule hidden in walls of City Hall

May 6, 2024 at 5:40 p.m.

Some are wondering what鈥檚 inside, including Mayor Dean Trantalis. 鈥淲e鈥檙e looking forward to opening it,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 never knew we had a time capsule. They discovered it as they...

An abandoned trailer sits silent Thursday at the Pan American Estates Mobile Home Park in Fort Lauderdale. The park, once home to more than 200 families, is closing to make way for a new development. (Susannah Bryan/South Florida 蜜兔直播)

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Fort Lauderdale upgrade? 978-unit apartment complex could take place of old-time trailer park

May 6, 2024 at 8:07 a.m.

In a sign of the times, a developer wants to build modern apartments on the site of a mobile home park that opened nearly 60 years ago.

Tunnel Top Plaza as seen on April 5 in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The project cost nearly $13 million, more than $2 million than expected. (John McCall/South Florida 蜜兔直播)

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Sticker shock in Fort Lauderdale: Tunnel Top Plaza cost taxpayers close to $13 million

May 2, 2024 at 7:48 p.m.

Initial estimates put the cost at $10.6 million. But the final tally is higher. Critics say they thought they were getting a lush park, not a plaza with artificial turf...

People gather with their possessions on Thursday at Las Olas Oceanside Park along A1A in Fort Lauderdale. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida 蜜兔直播)

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‘Bad for business’: Homeless hot spots in Fort Lauderdale not a good look, critics say

April 30, 2024 at 10:47 a.m.

鈥淲e take investors down to the beach and they see homeless people in tents,鈥� says one business owner. 鈥淵ou have people going to the bathroom on the sidewalk. It鈥檚 like...

Black olive trees sit pretty on Wednesday along Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. A long-planned makeover would eliminate the tree-lined median. But Mayor Dean Trantalis says there may be a way to save the trees. (Carline Jean/South Florida 蜜兔直播)

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Fort Lauderdale mayor wants to save trees on Las Olas, tweak redesign plan

April 25, 2024 at 7:34 a.m.

Fierce protests from critics have made an impact on Mayor Dean Trantalis, who is now talking about a possible compromise. 鈥淲e have to make changes in baby steps,鈥� he says.

With storms growing more intense, city leaders unveil two new vehicles that will help first responders rescue stranded motorists and residents.

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Rescue ready: Dania Beach shores up police fleet with two high-water trucks

April 23, 2024 at 5:44 p.m.

With storms growing more intense, city leaders unveil two new vehicles that will help first responders rescue stranded motorists and residents.

Critics opposed to a long-planned makeover of Las Olas that would eliminate the tree-lined median gather for a 鈥淪ave the Trees鈥� rally Sunday at Tunnel Top Plaza in downtown Fort Lauderdale. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida 蜜兔直播)

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Residents rally to save olive trees that light up Las Olas

April 21, 2024 at 5:53 p.m.

Today, four blocks of olive trees line Las Olas. The trees, 16 in all, were planted decades ago. All 16 trees would be cut down under a long-planned redesign expected...

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