Miami park addresses environmental challenges

Dec. 2, 2024
The Underline is a linear park in Miami that promotes stormwater management and sustainability.

As a transformative linear park, The Underline, based in Miami, Florida, is a linear park that will  address pressing local and global environmental challenges by restoring Miami’s natural ecosystem. In this interview,  Patrice Gillespie Smith, president and COO of Friends of The Underline, discusses what The Underline is, how it is transforming stormwater management and sustainability and more.

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About the Author

Katie Johns

Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Stormwater Solutions, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Stormwater Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected].