| Who We Are The 79th Street Corridor Initiative is an effort to transform Miami Dade County's 79th Street from a fragmented set of residential, commercial, and industrial sites with a reputation as dangerous and undesirable into a cohesive neighborhood conscious of its tangible and intangible assets and directing its future. |
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Overview
The Initiative is led by three local community-based development organizations (the Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc., Miami-Dade Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc., and DEEDCO). While interested in the entire Corridor the Initiative has focused most of its efforts on its western portion which has an unprecedented opportunity for sustainable development.
The Initiative is a planning and advocacy undertaking
that will position this community to take full advantage of these
transportation assets. This effort will be a model of sustainability,
with an integrated approach to neighborhood development that is equally
responsive to jobs and to the environment. The project will expand
opportunities for individual residents, improve the community's quality
of life, and demonstrate that environmental improvements and economic
development can work together to benefit low and moderate income
people. The Initiative will build on the considerable assets of the
community, including tangible assets such as the skills of residents,
public transportation, land available for assembly, undervalued market
potential, home ownership, job access, rail freight, and rights-of-way,
and intangible assets such as the sense of place, knowledge of the
community, and location efficiency process.
