Over 100-Years-Old Overtown Church Has Been Saved

By Tania Francois, CBS Miami

September 14, 2023

MIAMI - An over 100-year-old church in Miami's Overtown neighborhood has been saved thanks to the areas Community Redevelopment Agency.

Churches are usually where people go to be saved. This time it was the church that needed saving and it was city officials who used their power and their dollars to do just that.

James McQueen is the director of the South East Overtown Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). He says, "You have to maintain your history. This church, from the time Stepford Johnson with the pastor, up until recently was a beacon of hope for the people in his community, a place where they came to rally."

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