A Community-Inspired Urban Greenspace Bringing Miami Together

Miami’s Underdeck will connect two communities – Overtown and Downtown – that have been separated by a highway since the 1960s. Through an unprecedented community outreach and engagement effort, Miami has intentionally centered community in the design of the new, world-class public space that will be built beneath a redesigned highway overpass. The Underdeck’s mile-long heritage trail and outdoor amenities, including an amphitheater, community plaza and children’s play area, will bring people together and bridge communities through shared space and experiences.

"This is the community’s project. We need to ensure that there are a plethora of voices at the table. Not only because that’s necessary to move this forward, but because that is what will make this public space great."

–Rebecca Mandleman, Chair, Underdeck Subcommittee Advisory Group

A Collaborative Effort

Convener

Townsquare Neighborhood Development Corporation (TSNDC)

Collaborators

Adrienne Arsht Center

Biscayne Neighborhood

Association

Catalyst Miami

Circle of One

City of Miami

Community Work Training

Program, Inc.

Downtown Neighborhood

Association

Dunns Josephine Hotel

Eye Urban TV

GFO Investments

Greater Mercy Missionary

Baptist Church

Greater Miami Chamber

of Commerce

Hargreaves Jones

Jacober Creative

Jorge M. Pérez Family

Foundation

LM Genuine Solutions

Miami Heat

Miami Parking Authority

Miami-Dade County

Omni CRA

Overtown Youth Center

Pérez Art Museum Miami

Phillip and Patricia Frost

Museum of Science

Southeast Overtown/

Park West CRA

Simkins Industries

Stearns Weaver Miller

The Health Foundation of

South Florida

The Melo Group

The Urban

Touching Miami With Love

Treo Group

Urban Health Partnerships

Urban Health Solutions

Urgent, Inc.

The JPB Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
William Penn Foundation