The Lyric Theater was saved by God and Dorothy Fields. At least that’s how Kamila Pritchett puts it. “It was almost on the verge of demolition by neglect,” said Pritchett, the director of the Black Archives-Historic Lyric Theater. The nearby Miami Heat arena was being built and contractors planned to raze parts of Overtown for parking. A …
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Historic Overtown Calendar We hope that you are as excited and interested as we are, in learning more about the history of Overtown. One of Urban Health Partnerships’ (UHP) community liaisons, Cecilia Stewart, created a calendar to preserve Overtown’s cultural heritage for future generations while enabling others to learn about Miami’s rich African American history. The …
There’s no single sure-fire policy proven to stop gentrification, but there are strategies that can help ensure that the people of Overtown are able to stay in place and benefit from investments in the community. “Community organizing that brings different groups to the same table to identify a shared interest and common struggle is key to …
Going Overtown is partnering with Urban Health Partnerships (UHP) to share the Activate Overtown project throughout the month of December! Activate Overtown seeks to engage residents in thinking about how health is affected by the built environment and what’s influencing neighborhood planning, and to gather ideas and feedback that will be used to make changes …
