Members of the Overtown Business Association said they are preparing to fight for the future of The Underdeck project after the Trump administration cut $60 million in federal funding they spent four years helping to secure and design.
Association members said they spent four years in planning meetings to help design The Underdeck project to reflect the neighborhood’s needs, complete with bike paths, walking trails, a dog park and other amenities residents requested.
The towering arches were meant to sit above a 33-acre park aimed at reconnecting a historically Black community divided decades ago by the construction of Interstates 95 and 395…