The Allapattah Collaborative CDC

Gentrification is erasing the essence of communities by displacing small business owners with rent increases and a lack of viable opportunities to own their long-term storefronts. This gradual displacement is eradicating Miami's diversity and cultural neighborhoods. Small businesses are ill-equipped to navigate these pressures. There is minimal business and financial training for businesses in the neighborhood; many face barriers to accessing financial resources, and Miami lacks policies and programs to help protect them.

The Allapattah Collaborative, CDC is the outcome of a community engagement process focused on creating an Equitable Development Action Plan which targets the retention and growth of small businesses at risk of displacement in Miami, FL. We are a placed-based initiative that uses Main Street Approach to preserve and expand cultural authenticity and asset building in our community. We revitalize our commercial corridors as we mitigate climate gentrification pressures. Our steering committee is composed of local business owners, residents, service providers, and local experts. The nine (9) member Steering committee met to review data, identify the problem, brainstorm solutions, and identify programs, policies, and process optimization that would ameliorate current community pressures.

We need your help implementing our holistic community development strategy. Our efforts guarantee stronger economic development practices in disenfranchised communities. Our goal is to revive the local micro-economy and boost our neighborhood commercial districts. We preserve vulnerable cultural communities of color by implementing best practices to prevent displacement, build wealth, increase community participation in the community development process and highlight the community's history and uniqueness. We empower, educate, increase community-based ownership, expand services available and support the fabric that knits the community together.

www.AllapattahCDC.org