OPA-LOCKA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INC
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Mission Statement
We transform under-resourced communities into vibrant, desirable, engaged neighborhoods by improving access to health, education, employment, art, safety and affordable housing.
About This Cause
The OLCDC was established in November 1980 as a non-profit community development corporation to address the distressed housing and unemployment conditions, particularly in the Opa-locka and North Dade County communities, focusing on Opa-locka, Miami Gardens, North Miami, Liberty City, and unincorporated Miami-Dade County, with a catchment area of approximately 250,000 individuals. It began addressing conditions through community organizing and soon expanded to provide community services and develop housing. Over time, tackling the area's lack of affordable housing became OLCDC's major focus. Since 1980, OLCDC has developed and sold 145 single-family homes to low-to-moderate-income first-time homebuyers and, through partnerships with private developers, has built over 2500 units of rental housing. Also, as part of its preservation strategy, OLCDC has rehabilitated the Historic Hurt Building, now its headquarters; the Historic Opa-locka Train Station; and the Stadium Corner Shopping Center—a total of 94,000 square feet of commercial space in Opa-locka. OLCDC also has provided low interest loans and financial counseling to help families buy and repair their homes, trained residents for new careers, and provided new jobs. In 2010, OLCDC received a $20 million multi-year award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Neighborhood Stabilization Program to buy, construct and repair foreclosed and vacant properties throughout North Miami-Dade. These funds have provided OLCDC the opportunity to reengage the community and leverage resources to begin to completely transform the area. Since 2010, OLCDC has engaged experts from across the country to help devise transformation plans, and the revival has begun. It includes rebuilt and repaired houses, new apartment buildings, new streets and landscaping, parks and playgrounds, public art, safer neighborhoods, new programs to improve health and wellness, and education programs for kids.