Developers have long been eyeing this area. But redevelopment moved into high gear over the last decade after they transformed an adjacent neighborhood, Wynwood, into a wealthier arts and nightlife district. Sorelle saw it happening in Little Haiti when she returned to Miami after film school in 2014. I started realizing and noticing the changes in the neighborhood, she says. And started seeing a lot of the same developers that were working in Wynwood were buying up properties in Little Haiti.
Little Haiti is a neighborhood known for the colorful storefronts of convenience stores, restaurants and botanicas lining Miami's Second Avenue. People sit on chairs outside the stores and their homes as the occasional rooster struts by. Haitians fleeing poverty and political repression began coming here in the 1970s and '80s. It wasn't until 2016 though, that Miami officially designated the neighborhood Little Haiti.
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