Sunset Salute Otis Pitts

This month the VirginiaKeyBeachParkTrust salutes the late Otis Pitts

Otis Pitts Jr. is a community organizer who has helped to develop and implement an economic agenda for the Liberty City area of Miami, Florida.

In the aftermath of the Liberty City disorders in 1980, Pitts set out to develop an economic environment that would improve the quality of goods and services available to the community, increase the level of entrepreneurial activity, and expand job opportunities. Noted for his successful efforts at team and coalition building, he co-founded the Tacolcy Economic Development Corporation (TEDC), whose members included local leaders from government, banks, foundations, and corporations, as well as neighborhood residents. He and TEDC were responsible for developing Edison Plaza, which was the only shopping center in the community, as well as the first multifamily, low-income housing to be built in Liberty City in decades.

You will never be forgotten. Rest in Paradise!