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Miami‑Dade County presents inclusion review to Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board; staff urged to broaden surveys and outreach
Summary
County preservation staff presented statewide and local data showing underrepresentation of women, Black, Latino and other cultural histories in registers and master files, and outlined outreach, survey and policy steps local programs can use to broaden historic preservation.
Miami‑Dade County planning staff gave the Historic Preservation Board a data‑driven briefing on April 13 about diversity and inclusion in historic preservation, urging local programs to expand survey work, update nomination approaches and increase outreach to underrepresented communities.
Adrianne Burke, principal planner, and Sarah Cody, county historic preservation chief, presented county and state statistics showing that a small fraction of National Register and state register listings explicitly document African American, Latino, women’s or LGBTQ+ histories. Burke noted that in Florida fewer than 5% of National Register entries focus on African American history and that local master site files similarly undercount sites associated with underrepresented groups.
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