MIAMI 2035

The Partnership for Miami was founded to catalyze the leadership, creativity, and resources required to unlock inclusive growth over the coming decades. We believe that through thoughtful collaboration with a range of stakeholders, we can create a Miami that is prosperous and thriving for all its residents.

Our report, A Miami That Works for All, provides research and analysis on the attributes of world-class metropolises, gauges Miami’s performance, identifies new opportunities, and puts forward a set of potential actions to ensure the region reaches its full potential.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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FULL REPORT

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A STRATEGIC AGENDA TO MAKE MIAMI WORK FOR ALL

AFFORDABILITY & LIVABILITY

  • Substantially expand Miami’s stock of affordable and workforce housing

  • Create a world-class multimodal public and private transportation system deeply integrated with housing

  • Ensure a safe and secure environment for residents and visitors

DYNAMIC & DIVERSIFIED ECONOMY

  • Double down on Miami as a global center for sports, arts, culture, and hospitality

  • Deepen Miami’s strengths in real estate, finance, and healthcare, expanding the level of innovation in those sectors

  • Establish Miami as a true innovation and tech hub in a few key areas (climate tech and resilient infrastructure, computational finance, medtech, and life sciences)

EDUCATION & WORKFORCE

  • Make the Miami-Dade school ecosystem the best among large cities in the US

  • Strengthen Miami’s higher education ecosystem to improve STEM talent pipeline, R&D, innovation, and commercialization, and contribute to Miami as an entrepreneurial tech hub

  • Develop an efficient pathway for learning new skills to minimize structural unemployment

GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY

  • Proactively improve our airport (experience and capacity) to match the world’s leading people transit hubs (eg, Dubai and Singapore)

  • Improve PortMiami’s global leadership in cruise operations and its position as the hemispheric hub for trade

MODERNIZED GOVERNMENT SERVICES

  • Make Miami the national leader in permit procedures (eg, planning, construction, or starting a new business) at all levels of local government

  • Improve water and waste infrastructure across the county (sustainable infrastructure, climate resilience, water infrastructure, and a shift away from septic)

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

  • Protect the region’s natural environment (eg, Biscayne Bay and the Everglades)

  • Create an integrated, resilient physical environment (natural and built) at the cutting edge of urban, mixed-use living