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Firm Overview

• The Heritage Continuum: A multidisciplinary firm which revitalizes communities and cities by utilizing a holistic, integrated approach to neighborhood design – one that embraces the cultural and historical fabric of the community as the genesis from which to revitalize.

• Mission: To restore a sense of place and pride to a community by providing opportunities for individuals to live, work, and commune in a sustainable environment.

• Our Creations: Architectural designs, green designs, and smart growth plans to rebuild neighborhoods into self-sustaining communities.

• Focus:

– Building Community

– Historical and Cultural Awareness– Sustainability – Economic Empowerment

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Building Community

• We create spaces that encourage connections between residents, visitors, buildings, and green spaces.

• Our firm integrates all stakeholders and residents into our design process.

• Develop workshops and training programs for residents to actively engage in the renewal of their neighborhoods

• Educate the community in understanding the design practices to create a synergy with the project.

Heritage Continuum’s Approach:• Meet and work directly with CBOs and NGOs and form working collaborations

and MOUs to forward the project

• Door to door canvassing and develop a ‘street team’

• Open meetings for all to participate in design process

• Training workshops/ educational workshops about project’s progress and future impact

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Historical & Cultural Awareness

• The Goal is to create a cultural connection between project and its surroundings.• Our firm celebrates a community’s history and culture, and works to ensure its

preservation by honoring its past while providing for its future. • Conduct due research and utilize historical references to shape the design of the

project.• By project end, a greater awareness and appreciation of the culture to locals and

visitors, alike.

Heritage Continuum’s Approach:• Utilize historic archives for research• Conduct oral history interviews with residents for primary sources of information• Engage in cultural activities and integrate into project design• Provide educational curriculum for schools, repositories, and residents on social

and cultural history• Invite schools to create history reports and art murals/ sculptures for project• Create community art projects which will be implemented into project

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• The Goal is to build Green Neighborhood Developments that are beneficial to the community and the individual as well as the environment.

• Our firm respects historical resources and the existing community fabric by implementing green development.

• We create spaces that are environmentally sensitive by implementing smart location & linkage, Neighborhood pattern & design, and Green infrastructure & buildings.

Heritage Continuum’s Approach:• Define sustainability goals & LEED Certification for project • Set the groundwork and provide support for sustainable pre-project planning• Build team capacity by providing training workshops to improve LEED staff

knowledge • Provide educational workshops about project’s progress and future impact to the

community• Provide a LEED assessment report that indicates LEED credits the project can try to

achieve based on the latest LEED existing building requirements. • Track LEED credit responsibilities throughout the design & construction phase of

the project.

Sustainability

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Economic Empowerment

• Create means in which buildings become economically sustainable

• Design and run professional training and educational workshops to equip residents with means to sustain themselves after project completion

• Encourage residents to take stock in their renewed community and become business leaders and entrepreneurs with guidance from our designs.

Heritage Continuum’s Approach:• Design buildings to include commercial retail spaces and office spaces

• Create a ‘new industry’ for communities (ex. Urban farming/ gardens)

• Train residents for sustainable design work: construction, green roofs, horticulture

• Link residents with micro-financing agencies, define methods for residents to become equity partners in renewal process

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COMPANY APPROACH

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TeamStudies the social, architectural and cultural history for preservation

while embedding contextual clues into project design

Designs to integrate the cultural nuances of the community while addressing its needs

Prepares projects to become LEED certified, and creates sustainable functionality plans for project; LEED APS, Green Advantage Certified

Creates native plant designs which not only beautify the building but carry forth ecologically sensitive practices; MA in Urban Forestry

Work with natural environment to best determine methods of engaging community in landscape designs; study overall community health; hold MPHs and MHAs

Create guidelines for sustainable design plans for community development

Visually capture the story of the project through portfolios, and multimedia, historical art designs, community art projects

Historic Preservationists

Architects

Sustainability Architects

Landscape Designers

Naturalists

Urban Planners

Graphic Designers

Artists

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Qualifications

• Marcia M. Anderson, President– Dade Heritage Trust, Board Member

– HistoryMiami, Board Member

– National Trust for Historic Preservation Diversity Scholar

– Adjunct Latin Professor, Florida Atlantic University

– Masters in Classical Philology, and Museum Studies

– Archaeology Excavations – Trench Supervisor

• Naturalist/ Landscape Design– MPHs, MHA, Masters in Urban Forestry

– Community Gardens Specialists

– Published Works (Articles, Books, and Film)

– Foreign work in Undeveloped Countries

– Multiple Sustainable Initiative Boards

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Qualifications

• LEED –AP BD+C

• Certified Green Professional (NAHB)

• Certified Green Auditing Professional

• OSHA-Certified

• Green Advantage Certification

• Professor of Green Initiatives

• Project Manager

Affiliations:

• City of Miami Green Commission

• Chair, Emerging Green Builders of South Florida

• Florida Yards and Neighborhood Advisory Board Member

• ReThink +ReUse Center Advisory Board Member

• US Green Building Council-South Florida Chapter Member (2008-2009)

LEED-Lorna Bravo

Partnership with Heritage Continuum

• Partnership with Heritage Continuum (HC) means sustainable, community-driven designs that includes the coordinated efforts of all entities necessary for the development of an economically viable city plan and infrastructure.

• HC incorporates cutting-edge environmentally beneficial methodologies into its designs i.e., LEED, native plants, green roofs, pedestrian and bicycle-friendly transportation, sustainable farming, solar and wind innovations, aquaculture and hydroponics

• We optimize our efforts by including targeted training and workshops created to promote project sustainability among residents, local businesses, agencies, and government.

• A holistic approach to design and development, that includes health, nutrition, environmental awareness, historic and cultural preservation

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CULTURAL AWARENESSCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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Cultural Awareness & Community Engagement

• Work with local historic resource agencies

• Develop team-building and community interaction

• Create archival database of historic records

• Composite portfolio created for project scholarship

• Architecture infused with community culture touchstones

• Develop art landscapes and artistic exhibits

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Miami-Dade College Environmental Summer Camp

Working with Local Environmental Agencies – Florida Yards and Neighborhoods

Neighborhood

Tour through Overtown with Dr. Paul George, local historian from the History Miami Museum; applicable to any community

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION

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Projects

Miami, FL• Village of El Portal

– Developing native restoration plan for urban forestry, native plant, and bird sanctuary for the entire Village of El Portal.

• Opa Locka– Designed neighborhood native plant habitat restructure, including urban farms, and

community health empowerment plan

• Overtown– Works with Roots in the City urban farming and designed landscape architecture for

several building projects within the Folklife Village.

• Green Urban Living Center, Miami Dade College– Creator of the wetlands restoration project, and organic garden utilized by residents of

North Miami and the community at Miami Dade College- North Campus.

• Historic Virginia Key Beach Park– Developed wetland restoration plan for mangrove wetland. Included community groups,

youth groups, and private partnerships to create sustainable design plan and plant restoration

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Projects

• The Urban Resources Initiative (URI), New Haven– Implemented community-based forestry projects in New Haven as part of an urban

revitalization program. Worked closely with community groups in designing sites and programs, providing technical advice and material support during the projects’ implementation, and preparing grants for local organizations.

• US Forest Service, Baltimore MD– Monitored and evaluated a $500,000 urban forestry and community development project

(developed as a national model for cities in the US) through the USFS. Aside from evaluating project performance, a primary goal was to: 1). Determine the impact of community forestry on inner city urban development; 2.) Determine the utility and effectiveness of ecosystem management as an approach to urban restoration; 3.) Create a cost-benefit analysis of community forestry programs in urban areas; and 4.) Create a systematic process to monitor and evaluate integrated urban forestry programs.

• Institute for Sustainable Agriculture-Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal– Designed and implemented agroforestry projects in farming villages of Nepal focusing on

integrated rural development.

• Ahmedabad Green Partnership Project – USAID, Ahmedabad, India– Provided technical urban forestry advice to the City Commissioner of Ahmedabad and a

coalition of NGO’s for the implementation of a citywide community forestry project targeting low-income groups.

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Greenscapes Sustainability (Project Experience)

• Community Gardens – Miami, FL– Designed and Manage school and community gardens in Little Haiti, Liberty City, Overtown,

Coconut Grove, Troy Academy, Miami-Dade County Prison System

• Ahmedabad Green partnership Program - USAID. Ahmedabad, India

– Brokered tenure agreements between the city government and over 30 Community-based organizations (CBO's) to manage neglected land inside the city as green spaces for environmental and economic benefits. Designed plots as optimal land use schemes for the CBO's representing slum groups.

• Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Nepal (INSAN) - Kathmandu, Nepal

– Four-year project to create model farms for small land-holders in the Himalayas based on permaculture/ecological based farming systems.

• Tribhuvan University – Kathmandu, Nepal

– Developed curriculum and training material to collect baseline survey information for students conducting rapid rural assessments in rural hill regions of Nepal.

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● Design of native landscaping which is sustainable for the project and building; coordinates with LEED standards; and reduces water and energy consumption.

● Redesign of neglected land in the city as green spaces for environmental health and economic benefits for both residents and tourists.

● In urban areas for example: 1. utilize roofs to generate food, herbs and medicine on lightweight membranes and growing mediums; 2. recapture and circulate gray water for irrigation; 3. incorporate public space in housing areas for food and fruit producing gardens based on agro-forestry principles; 4. and on marginal wasteland in and around public areas

● HC through integrated design and with multiple goals offers a humanistic approach to community development, an approach that takes into account the health and well-being of individual families, as well as the sustainability and health of the entire community.

Greenscapes Sustainability

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Landscape Design

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Environmentally Sensitive• Smart Location & Linkage

– Increased Pedestrian and Bicycle Access– Brownfield Redevelopment– Housing and Jobs Proximity– Long term ecological development and conservation

• Neighborhood Pattern and Design– Walk-able streets– Compact Development– Local Food Production– Access to Public and Open Green Spaces

• Green Infrastructure and Buildings– Certified Green Buildings (Energy Efficiency & Indoor Air Quality Control)– Increase Urban Tree Canopy (Outdoor Air Quality Improvements)– Increase Water Efficiency (recharging local aquifer)/ Wastewater Efficiency– Historic Resource Preservation– Cooling the City (Heat Island Reduction)

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Urban Farms/ Community Gardens

• Creating community, school, and urban gardens that are environmentally and economically beneficial to the community

• Gardens provide healthy alternatives and benefits to overall food source in neighborhood

• Model: Roots in the City garden in Overtown – Miami, FL

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• More access to restaurants & cafes• Farm to market sales• Structured harvest• Maintenance & landscaping

• Produce market/grocery development• Increase production and distribution of locally grown fresh food for residents in all income brackets• EBT ready • Mini grants to local business start-ups

• Development of local product food line through community resident partnerships• Maintenance and management contracts for neighborhood residents & landscaping• Farms must become a training ground and serve as a resource for community education, sustainable urban agriculture and food security.• With the assistance of Heritage Continuum, neighborhoods can achieve this and much more.

Urban Farms/ Community Gardens Potential Revenue Streams

• Provide job training, therapeutic horticulture, and education on nutrition and food preparation for residents

• Create good will• Community workshops and training certification courses for residents

• Free to residents of neighborhood •Certification for completion of set of horticulture classes• Student now the Teacher

• Market production workshops free to neighborhood residents, small fee for others

• Harvesting, canning, packaging, etc.• Horticultural & Edible gardening workshops for public, at fee • Monthly cookouts and cooking demonstrations free to the public• Training classrooms, conference room, and computer lab access

Heritage Continuum Training and Workshops

Heritage’s Approach to Training – Greenscapes & Economic Empowerment

Green Job Training Topics

• Sustainable Land Management

• Native Plants ID & maintenance

• Composting & Soils

• Lawn Care Industry Protocols

• Lawn Care, Equipment & Tools

• Landscape Maintenance

• Seeding and Transplanting

• Irrigation Systems

• Pruning & Ornamental Care

• Annuals, Basic ID & Care

• Rain Gardens & Waste Water Management

• Vermiculture & Permaculture

Green Job Training Topics

•Organic Farming

•Harvesting

•Food Security

•Greenhouse Propagation and Cuttings

•Tree Planting & Maintenance

•Fall Leaf Removal

•Harvesting, Washing & Packaging

•Wholesale and Retail Produce Industry

•OSHA Training Certification

•Job Skills, Interviewing and Resumes

Horticulture Program Topics•Safety, Equipment and Tools•Market Sales and Customer Service•Food Safety•Harvesting, Washing and Packaging•Organic Farming•Composting•Insects on the Farm: Pests and Beneficials•Plant Biology•Intro to Common Vegetable Crops•Vegetable Crop Maintenance•Seeding and Transplanting•Trees Planting and Maintenance•Ornamental Care

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LEED INITIATIVES

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Roadmap to Green Design and Sustainable Practices

● Embark◦ Define sustainability goals◦ Define LEED certification: Utilize LEED for Neighborhood

Development● Build Capacity

◦ LEED training for improving staff knowledge◦ Integrated design process

● Set the Groundwork◦ Pre-project planning◦ Support for⚫ Early stages of project planning⚫ Budgeting⚫ Contracting⚫ Procurement⚫ Compliance

● Reaching milestones◦ Implement LEED

● Scale it up◦ Program administration/performance evaluations and

tracking◦ Green building program

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NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PROJECT DESIGN

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Historic Overtown Village MasterPlan – Miami, FL 2012

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• The Overtown Sustainable Historical Revitalization, Miami, Florida

– Design of the historic Folklife District. Revitalization of historic buildings, new

construction, urban farming, and sustainable design.

• The Hampton House Restoration, Miami, Florida

– Historic preservation and design. Renovation of historic hotel into museum

• The Freedom Tower Construction Documents for Restoration, Miami, Florida

– CAD Manager

• Historic Virginia Key Beach Park, Miami, FL– Design and historical research for outdoor museum and interpretive trails.

Historic Overtown LEED for Neighborhood Development

•Local Food Production. Producing food locally, in individual community gardens.

•Tree Lined and Shaded Street. Reduce urban island effects, improve air quality and reduce cooling loads in buildings.

•Street Network & Walk able StreetsPromote walking by providing safe, appealing, and comfortable streets.

•Access to Civic & Public Spaces. Improve physical , mental health and social capital close to work and home to facilitate social networking.

•Access to Recreation Facilities. Improve physical & mental health and social capital close to work and home.

•Reduced Parking footprint New development is located within existing transit services and will reduce driving.

•Mixed- Income Diverse Communities. Enable residents from a wide range of economic levels to live in a community.

•Bicycle Network. Promote bicycling and transportation efficiency.

•Certified Green BuildingsEncourage the design, construction, and retrofit of buildings thatutilize green building practice.

•Transit Facilities-Reduced Automobile Dependence. Encourage transit use and reduce driving .

NEW CONSTRUCTIONPROJECT DESIGN

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Mahogany Place Building Design Overtown Miami, FL

•211,000 sq ft

•65,000 sq ft garage

•Historic architecture

•Urban Garden/ Roots in the City

•Residential and Commercial/Retail Space

•Studios, 1-3 bedroom lofts

•Office Space/ Incubator Space

•Green Technology

•Opportunities for Community Equity and Home Ownership 38

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Roots in the City: Producing local food for the community

Solar photovoltaic array on the roof provides shade for top level parking and provides on-site renewable energy.

The intent of the Water-efficient Landscaping LEED credit is to “limit or eliminate the use of potable water, or other natural surface or subsurface water resources available on or near the project site, for landscape irrigation.”

Green Roofs: Provides Building Insulation, cutting cooling and heating costs

Historic Architecture: reminiscent of ‘old Overtown’

Mahogany Place

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Green Building

•LEED for New Construction

•LEED for Neighborhood Development

•Miami 21

•Cisterns/ Catchment System

•Green Walls

•Solar Photovoltaic Cells

•Public Transportation

•Bicycle Lanes

•Permeable Pavers

•Bio Retention Planters

•Roots in the City

•Green Roofs/ Native Landscaping

•LEED Feasibility Report

•Integrated Design

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Mahogany Place, Miami, Florida Qualifying for LEED NC-Certification

Mahogany Place, Miami, Florida

LEED Facts:Mahogany Place

LEED V3 New Construction

*Seeking: Silver Certification 50

Sustainable Sites 18/26Water Efficiency 4/10

Energy & Atmosphere 9/35

Materials & Resources 5/14

Indoor Air Quality 11/14

Innovation & Design 5/6

out of possible 110 creditsTotal: *52Regional Priority 0/4

Number of credits required to qualify for various levels of LEED certificationCertified 40-49Silver 50-59 (Required by Miami 21)Gold 60-79Platinum 80 points and above

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LANDSCAPING & SUSTAINABLE SITES Vegetation Can:

• Aid passive solar design• Serve as wind break• Provide pleasant views for

building occupants• Muffle off-site noise

Permeable PaversProvide a sustainable alternative to traditional paving methods. Applying a permeable surface in place of impervious hardscaping allows water to filter through to the subsurface, reduce runoff and allow stormwater to be managed on-site.

Open grid/permeable pavement system

Avoid Heat Island Effect:Place Light color Paving materials with SRI of at least 29

Pedestrian AccessPromote bicycling and transportation efficiency, include reduced vehicle miles traveled

Bio Retention Planters: Creating native habitat by utilizing Recycled Water from stormwater runoff

Roof-top space for green job training & alternative gardening methods (aquaculture, permaculture)

Mahogany Place Farmer’s Market

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• Green Walls

• Public Spaces

• Community Equity

• Farmer’s Market

Convertible Building with Walk-able Green Roof

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Cargo Spaces: Contain offices; market space; food vendors

Performance & Art Space

2nd Avenue & 9th Street Pedestrian Mall

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Artistic Designs

with Neighborhood Significance

Vision for Overtown Folklife Village

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• Our goal is to relay the story of Overtown by creating a niche neighborhood that embraces the cultural history of the past while integrating the concepts o green designs, artistry, and preservation. What makes us Unique?

– Creative, Visionary, Innovative, Progressive

– Mission-Centric

– Community Driven

– Sustainable

Storm Water ManagementOpen grid/permeable pavement systemAvoids Heat Island Effect

Light color Paving materialsBicycle Pedestrian Storage & Access

Promotes bicycling and transportation efficiency

Construction Waste Management-Living Wall SystemsEase of Installation, Modularity & flexibility. The ELT panels can be easily planted and mounted either directly on to a wall surface or on to a stand alone frame.

Roofing MaterialsHigh-reflective– light color Roofing coating to reduce urban Heat Island effect & cutting and cooling heating costs.

Community Educational ProgramWater conservation display through Recycled water.

Native Trees/shadeNative & drought tolerant plants provide

shade to sidewalks. Increase Urban Tree Canopy (Outdoor Air Quality Improvements)

•Smart Location & Linkage•Neighborhood Pattern & Design•Green Infrastructure & Buildings

Overtown’s Story

•Pillars of History•Totem Poles to mark entrances into Folklife Village•Artistic Sculptures throughout Village•Founders of Overtown memorialized in signature art pieces

Totem Pole LegendLeft Top to Bottom:Dr. Solomon FrazierPastor Edward GrahamDr. Ira P. Davis

Right Top to Bottom:Lillie EvansDr. George Pickens, Jr. Annie ColemanPioneer Women’s Group in 1920s

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COLLABORATION WITH HERITAGE CONTINUUM

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What We Bring

– Integrated Design

– Historic Referencing & Sensitivity

– Environmental Restoration

– Native Habitat Restoration

– LEED Certification

– Native Landscaping

– Community Outreach and Mitigation

– Community Garden and Training

– Architectural Design and Documents

– Fresh, Innovative, and Energetic perspective

– Artistic Vision and Overlay

– Work with community to address needs of new construction and revitalization from local and resident perspective

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SCHEDULEHeritage Continuum is on call and available

for immediate response.

We’re ready to hit the ground running!

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Why us?➢ Prior successful working relationship with Private Developers, Construction

Companies, Governmental Agencies, and Non-Profits. Over 30 projects!

➢ Over 30 + combined years’ experience in architecture and green designs for

municipal clients.

➢ Expertise in managing continuing/miscellaneous services contracts.

➢ Proven track record of projects completed on time and within budget.

➢ Multidisciplinary firm – one stop shop!

➢ Strong local presence.

➢ We’re available to start right away!

17980 NE 31ST CT SUITE 1228AVENTURA, FL 33160INFO@HERITAGECONTINUUM.COMWWW.HERITAGECONTINUUM.COM

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