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March 25, 2013
SOUTHEAST OVERTOWNIPARK WEST
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Board Chair Michelle Spence -Jones
and Members of the CRA Board
Date: March 15, 2013 File: 13-00342
Subject: Resolution Authorizing Modification to
NANA's Scope of Work for Assistance to
Local Businesses within the Redevelopment
/j�� Area.
From: Clarence E. Woods, III tN" References:
Executive Director
Enclosures: Supporting Documentation; Resolution
BACKGROUND:
It is recommended that the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community
Redevelopment Agency ("CRA") approve and adopt the attached Resolution authorizing modification of the
scope of work presented to the Board by Neighbors and Neighbors Association, Inc. ("NANA") in connection
with the grant authorized by Resolution No. CRA-R-12-0009 to focus on assisting small businesses within the
Redevelopment Area with building capacity and developing skills associated with business sustainability.
Neighbors and Neighbors Association, Inc. ("NANA"), is a non-profit corporation established in 1995 to assist
small businesses though out Miami -Dade County, and has been retained by Miami -Dade County to provide
technical assistance for its Mom and Pop Small Business Grant Program and its Micro Loan Program. In an
effort to extend NANA's programming and assistance to those businesses within the Redevelopment Area, the
Board of Commissioners, by Resolution Nos. CRA-R-09-0005, passed and adopted on January 26, 2009, and
CRA-R-10-0021, passed and adopted on April 26, 2010, authorized the issuance of grants, in a total amount of
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) to NANA, to provide technical assistance and business development training
to small businesses within the Redevelopment Area.
On January 30, 2012, the Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. CRA-R-12-0009, authorized an additional
grant to NANA, in the amount of Thirty -Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000), for the continued technical assistance
and training. However, NANA has recommended that the initial scope of work presented to the Board on
January 30, 2012 be modified to provide more in-depth assistance in the form of capacity building and skills
associated with business sustainability. The modified scope consists of three phases, with Phase I to consist of
a comprehensive business assessment evaluation of each business's management, operations, and financial
practices. Phase II consists of utilizing the results of the evaluation to identify the strengths and weaknesses of
each business. Phase III will assist the businesses with developing targeted business strategies to ensure their
success.
JUSTIFICATION:
Section 2, at page 11, of the 2009 Southeast Overtown/Park West Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan") lists the
creation of jobs within the Redevelopment Area, and the improvement of the quality of life of residents, as a
stated redevelopment goal. Principle 6, at page 15, also provides for the improvement of the neighborhood
economy and the expansion of economic opportunities through the enhancement of existing businesses and
local entrepreneurs, as well as the attraction of new businesses that provide needed services and opportunities.
This Resolution furthers the aforementioned redevelopment goals and principles.
FUNDING:
This Resolution does not expend or commit funding.