Who We Are
Grove Rights and Community Equity, Inc. (G.R.A.C.E.) is a 501(c)(3) Florida nonprofit community-based membership organization that advocates for equitable economic development while preserving the historic black and Bahamian community, culture and residents of Miami’s Coconut Grove Village West (West Grove) neighborhood.
How We Started
Incorporated in August 2019, GRACE was born out of the Coconut Grove Ministerial Alliance Housing and Community Development Task Force, with a mission of not only halting and remedying the mass eviction, displacement, and resegregation of vulnerable black tenants and homeowners, but also to negotiate community benefits agreements in defense of, and reform municipal land use and zoning policies that imperil at-risk tenants and homeowners, and promotes thoughtful and equitable economic development.
Our Mission
ADVOCATE for equitable economic development.
PROTECT vulnerable black tenants and homeowners at risk of eviction and displacement.
RESTORE the rights of the wrongfully displaced.
PRESERVE the community, culture, and history of West Grove and its people.
Community Member Organizations
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Believers of Authority Ministries
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Coconut Grove Ministerial Alliance, Inc.
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Coconut Grove Negro Women’s Club
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Collective Empowerment Group, Inc. of South Fl. (CEG)
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Greater Faith Temple Deliverance Center
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Greater St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church of Miami, Inc.
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St. James Baptist Church
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St. Matthew Community Missionary Baptist Church
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St. Paul Community Development Corporation
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St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
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Coconut Grove Village West Homeowners and Tenants Association(HOATA)
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West Grove Crime Watch
Homeowner and Tenant Vulnerability Assessment
Your input will help identify the legal needs of residents and gather the data needed to fight displacement in the West Grove. This survey is confidential and only takes about 15 minutes to complete. You must be a current or former West Grove resident to participate.
Click Here to Take the Survey
Click Here for the Spanish Version - Versión en Español
Su opinión ayudará a identificar las necesidades legales de los residentes y a recopilar los datos necesarios para combatir el desplazamiento en el West Grove. Esta encuesta es confidencial y solo toma unos 15 minutos completarla. Debe ser un residente actual o anterior de el West Grove para participar.
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