on Jul 01, 2024

Derek Fleming Receives the 2024 Jason Jenkins Corporate Community Pillar Award

HR&A congratulates Senior Advisor Derek Fleming for receiving the 2024 Jason Jenkins Corporate Community Pillar award from Mayor Levine-Cava, the Miami-Dade County Commissioners, the Black Affairs Board, and the Miami Dolphins Foundation.  

  

Derek was honored for his work in Overtown, a historic African American community in South Florida, where he led a team advising the City of Miami on Master Planning and Redevelopment Strategy for Overtown’s Cultural & Entertainment District. The work involved a mixed-use project encompassing 300,000 square-feet of commercial/retail, 600-unit mix of market rate, workforce, and affordable-income housing, open space, and environmentally sustainable initiatives. Derek was the developer on the first phase of the Plan. His award-winning adaptive re-use of the historic Clyde Killens Pool Hall, where Muhammad Ali, Aretha Franklin, Nat Kjng Cole and others spent time socializing, is a centerpiece to the area’s rebuilding.

  

Dr. Enid Pinkney, an educator, community developer, and activist who has been a vital mentor to Derek, nominated him for the award. Dr. Pinkney’s legacy, including the restoration of the Historic Hampton House, has inspired much of Derek’s work in South Florida and beyond. This recognition reflects HR&A’s growing presence in South Florida and Derek’s work across the country leveraging cultural districts to drive equitable revitalization in all areas of need, in particular BIPOC communities.