What is
The Overtown Collaborative?
It is a joint effort of three community based development corporations and the
Black Archives, working in close partnership with LISC, the Collins Center, the
Knight Foundation, the Trust for Public Land, and others, to achieve a transformation
of Miami's historic Overtown community. The Collaborative has set the following
GOALS:
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To plan, create and sustain a healthy mixed-income, multi-ethnic community and
a mixed-use neighborhood with adequate public spaces and parklands;
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To use private, public and community capital to build housing and physical development,
create jobs and economic development and contribute to the social and human development
of area residents;
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To affirm and build upon the historic and cultural heritage of Overtown
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To assure the maximum possible benefits to the existing residents and businesses
from a revitalized Overtown; and
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To undertake this neighborhood transformation effort with the significant collaboration
and participation of all Overtown stakeholders and through a broad program of community
participation, community organizing and community-building.
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