Community Redevelopment Plan 2025
A community-driven strategy to make Allapattah thriving, connected, and inclusive — without displacing the people and businesses that define it. Draft · Apr 2025
“Somos Allapattah” — growth that preserves identity
The Plan transforms Allapattah into a thriving, connected, and inclusive urban district — addressing blight, economic disparity, aging infrastructure, and underinvestment while preserving its Caribbean and Latin American culture and preventing displacement. It draws directly on community engagement, including the March 29, 2025 public session (50+ attendees) that produced the "Somos Allapattah" themes.
La Placita as a cultural & economic anchor · urgent transit-stop improvements · an updated community center for youth · a stronger local industrial economy · NW 17th Avenue as Allapattah’s Main Street · and support for transit-oriented development.
Explore the plan
The Plan is organized into four program areas, each with initiatives. Pick a program area, then open any initiative to see its objective, the activities that carry it out, and why it matters.
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Allapattah CRA — TIF Projection Model
Tax Increment Financing is the CRA’s core funding mechanism. Model 40-year revenue on the $2.72B base (4,380 parcels, 2025 roll) — adjust participation, growth, millage, HJR 1 reform, and present value, and add catalytic projects like the 18-acre GSA site.
How the CRA pays for it
Under Florida’s Community Redevelopment Act, the primary funding mechanism is Tax Increment Financing (TIF) — future growth in ad-valorem revenue above a frozen 2025 base is captured and reinvested in the CRA over a 30-year term (sunset 2055). The model uses a .72B base across 4,380 parcels, City of Miami operating millage 7.3900 and Miami-Dade countywide 4.5740, at up to 95% participation.
The 18-acre GSA (City Fleet Management) site is the signature catalyst — a mixed-income residential and economic-driver project — alongside the NW 17th Avenue corridor and Health District/Courts workforce housing. An Affordable Housing Trust Fund / TIF set-aside and TIF-recapture incentives round out the tools.
