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It's Official, Miami's Little Haiti is now an Official City Neighborhood

Haitians in Florida cheered Thursday at Miami City Hall when commissioners voted unanimously to designate Little Haiti as an official Miami neighborhood...
PHOTO: Little Haiti Miami Neighborhood Boundaries
PHOTO: Little Haiti Miami Neighborhood Boundaries

Little Haiti neighborhood is now officially bordered to the north on 80th street, to the south on 54th Street, east on NE 2nd St and NE 4th St, and to the was on Interstate 95 (I95).

Formally called Little River and Little Haiti only by word of mouth, now's it's officially called "Little Haiti"

Marlein Bastien, a local Haitian activist told the Miami Herald:

"Now no one can come and erase the name of Little Haiti... f this decision was not made today, in a few years Little Haiti would disappear.

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Patrick Princivil says...

Praise the Lord! The little Haiti neighborwood will be beautiful like port au more »

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Barbara Murphy-bridge says...

CONGRATS LITTLE HAITI! We used to live in the Florida Keys and your neighborhood was a great place to eat when we were in the more »

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