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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBack-Up DocumentsLittle Haiti... ...Where is it and What is it!?! Little Haiti is an area that occupies the north central section of the City of Miami. It's a unique community that has a long and short history of constantly evolving and experiencing challenges and changes. The City of Miami recognized the area in 1975 as Edison - Little River, one of several areas in the City as part of the USHUD program slated to provide federal fund [i.e., Community Development Block Grants-CDBG] for "area of needs" and services to combat poverty. At that time, the Edison — Little River Community Development target Area [CDTA] was bounded by the Biscayne Boulevard to the east, 1-95 to the west, 1-195 to the south, and the Miami City limits [along NW 79th Street/North Miami Avenue/NE 84th Street/Little River inlet]to the north. Around the same time period, the migration of economic refugees from Haiti rapidly descended upon the City of Miami, with most immigrants coming to the north central section of the City. The demographic of the area quickly changed and begin to recognize the culture of the people that made up the citizenry. In 1992, the City of Miami created a program called Neighborhood Enhancement Teams, or NET. This program's initiative was to provide and bring city services closer to the residents and citizens through the NET offices. These NET offices have defined services area. The Edison -Little River [Little Haiti] NET Area was established and its boundaries were defined as the FEC Railroad ROW to the east, 1-95 to the west, 1-195 to the south, and the Miami City limits [along NW 79th Street/North Miami Avenue/NE 84th Street/Little River inlet] to the north. The Edison — Little River CDTA report in 1994-1996 acknowledges the central section of the area [north of 54th Street to 71sY Street] as Little Haiti because of the similar assimilation that occurred in an area southwest of Downtown Miami in the 1950s [Little Havana]. This designation coincides with the Little Haiti CDTA [formerly known as Edison -Little River CDTA] which is recognized by the City of Miami and Miami Dade County as an "area of needs" for USHUD federal funding. In the 1999, the City of Miami Community Development Department created the Consolidated Plan. When the Consolidated Plan was approved in September 1999, the CDTA ceased to exist and were replaced with Community Revitalization Districts/Neighborhood Development Zones [NDZ], which included the Edison/Little River/Little Haiti Neighborhood Development Zone, one of eight NDZ in the City of Miami. With this document, boundaries were adjusted as some edge areas/neighborhoods begin to prosper, and other areas of need became better defined. Within this defined area, neighborhoods associations, business associations, and commerce centers begin to carve out their area of concerns, establish goals and objectives identify needs and services, and seek historical significance. About Little Haiti If you are looking for a quincallerie (hardware store), gros savon (soap), and beurre chaud (bread), then you must make a trip to Little Haiti, the neighborhood where Miami's growing number of Haitians have carved out a place they call their own. Little Haiti's population is approximately 33, 908. Little Haiti captures the flavor of the world-famous Haitian primitive art, rich with colors of the Caribbean. Local Haitians in the surrounding areas have built up businesses along N. Miami Ave. and N.E. 2nd Avenue; excellent examples of this industrious community's strong sense of ethnic pride and entrepreneurial energy. Little Haiti is made up of 14 unique and distinct neighborhoods, each with their own identity and defined boundaries. Featured neighborhoods is historic Buena Vista district is a residential enclave with a mix of Mediterranean style homes, along with Buena Vista West, Buena Vista Heights, Bellaire, and Brentwood to the south. Also in the south section, the Miami Design District is in the midst of a major renaissance. The central section of Little Haiti features the Edison and Little Haiti neighborhoods. The Little River Business District is an area in transition, experiencing a revival with Haitian/Caribbean flair. Along with the 'Historic' Lemon City Commerce Center, these are areas of growing economic importance, becoming one of the major employers in the area and one of the major manufacturing and distribution centers in the city. 54th Street, NE 2nd Avenue and 79th Street are the primary commercial corridors of the community. There are nodes of commercial activities, sports and cultural entertainment [like the Lemon City/Little Haiti French Creole Specialty Entertainment District on NE 2nd Avenue] are developing around the recently developed Little Haiti Cultural Center and the Little Haiti Park and Soccer Complex. Other commercial nodes are slowly developing in other locations along these corridors. The north section of the Little Haiti community features three quaint neighborhoods [Oakland Grove and Little River Central, Little River Gardens] one area could be a potential preservation paradise and the other two areas that has potential for rehabilitation/redevelopment opportunities. --- Ki I 911 14/ Oaklan-d _ Little River Grove Gardens blscaynq Plaza 79th Street Little River Central I .dis)n, Buena Vista West Little River Industrial District Lemon City' Little Haiti 5 entuv o Historic ena Vis East uena Vis Heights Design District le Mead West L al n G Mor Bayia, Magnolia Pkrk -1 Property Search Page 1 of 2 Home Departments Government Employees I Calendar MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER Carlos Lopez-Cantera PROPERTY APPRAISER Call 3-1-1 Property Appraiser Exemptions & Real Estate Tangible Public Online Tax Roll About Us Contact Us Personal Property Records Tools Administration Home Other Benefits The Property Appraiser does not send tax bills and does not set or collect taxes. 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