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MIAMI HERALD: Miami commission makes Wynwood Norte district a reality. It’s what residents wanted.

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03/25/2021
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BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI

UPDATED MARCH 26, 2021 09:32 AM

 

Residents and property owners in Wynwood’s working-class residential enclave have re-branded, organized and developed a plan to cope with gentrification. BY WYNWOOD NORTE
A grassroots plan aiming to save the struggling working-class neighborhood of Wynwood Norte from looming gentrification by spurring limited redevelopment won final and unanimous approval on Thursday from enthusiastic Miami commissioners, who have called it a model for other city neighborhoods besieged by real estate speculation.
The 5-0 vote came five months after commissioners initially approved the Wynwood Norte Neighborhood Revitalization District, a special zoning plan seeking to corral development pressure to benefit the historic community, once a predominantly Puerto Rican residential enclave that’s been steadily losing residents and businesses for decades.
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