HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRA-R-07-0058 Submittal-Derek Cole Presentation•
• Derek Cole, 1010 NW 1 1 th Street Miami
Submitted into the public
record in onnection with
items # 1 on I .- 1.2- i?2
Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
• I thank the CRA board for allowing me this opportunity
• I'm a Native Miamian, Born 1949 at Victoria Hospital
• I've been an Ad Photographer for 30 years
• Living in my studios & creating studios in my residential settings.
• I designed photo studio/lofts beginning in the 1980's during my
early photo years.
• I've been living a successful loft entrepreneurs life .
• Passionate people who own their businesses don't mind living with
their work.
• Because it's not work and this empowers them. Seeing some light
at the end of the tunnel.
• My experience as a loft dweller has made my life much, much
richer.
• The Lofty Ideas project was designed primarily for current & past
Overtown residents.
• This is not a housing project. It's a business development center
creating Community and Economic Development using a total
systems approach holistically. With housing components about
40% affordable
1010 N.W. llth Street #605 Miami, FL. 33136 Tel (305) 667-8188 derek@derekcole.com
• 1500 sq.ft. businesses which you can live in. Giving people open
space to allow their creativity to blossom.
• We expect approximately 500 jobs total.
325 Small business owners / potential staff positions
100 Publix jobs / Welfare to Work
20 Office supply
30 Fast food
2 Cleaners
60 Jazz club and Restaurant
30 Non profits/support for small businesses,
after school programs etc...
7 Management / Maintenance
Gallery and Conference Center
• Plus more jobs in the surrounding area which will affect the total
economy in the Overtown community. A critical mass of small
business people in the light will cause a shift.
• The supportive rental units on 36 would house the people working
in the different businesses on blocks 25 & 36 this will create a
happy work force and a strong sense of community.
• The numbers speak for themselves.
• Thank you so much for your consideration.