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Partnership Initiatives

The Urban Community Center

Infused with art, music, culture, and special events; The Urban is a welcomed experience to all who visit. Neighbors greet neighbors. Visitors take in the culture. Old friends make new
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District Partnership Initiative

The Historic Overtown Folklife District is within an emerging neighborhood and premier location with excellent opportunities as a Transit Oriented Development. The District area is an assemblage of approximately 25-acres
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Development Implementation Program Highlights

District Partners will lead physical redevelopment and landholdings will be developed as a mixed-income housing community, offering a variety of attainable housing choices that are environmentally responsible, including loft housing
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Overtown Business Boot Camp

Presented by: Urban Philanthropies in partnership with Partners for Self Employment Financial Literacy Training and Business Plan Competition Urban Philanthropies has teamed up with the Partners for Self Employment to
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Advocacy and Rent Subsidy Program

Urban Philanthropies has taken a stand against wholesale gentrification in Overtown as a result of public and private investments in and around Overtown. We have proposed a rent subsidy program
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Pitch Night

Urban Philanthropies is hosting its Pitch Night at Venture Cafe Miami Thursday Night Gatherings to help businesses in Miami’s Overtown community thrive. Join in on the festivities and support your
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About Urban Philanthropies
Urban Philanthropies

Neighborhood business leaders and stakeholders are now partnered as community developers to transform one of Miami’s oldest neighborhoods; reviving the history and spirit of one of Miami’s first Entertainment Districts.