Miami will have its "Little Santo Domingo"

Commissioner Wifredo Gort said the urban concept will be performed in District 1 .

As already in the tourist areas like Miami , " Little Havana " or " Little Haiti " , this multicultural city in southern Florida (USA ) will before the end of the year with their own " Little Santo Domingo" .

"Right now I'm working on a concept to create a ' Small Santo Domingo ' in District 1 Miami ," confirmed Monday the commissioner Wifredo Gort , who will boost this initiative with the purpose of revitalizing the neighborhood of Allapattah .

Gort , 72 and who came to occupy the mayor of Miami in 1996 for two months by the death of his predecessor , said on its website the hope that , with this initiative, have " the same success as I managed to Little Havana " .

" In the past he forged a plan to develop the area of ​​' Little Havana ' " he said, and today "is a great tourist attraction, where you organize the ' Cultural Friday ' and performances by artists of Latin American community."

The idea is to promote the "Little Santo Domingo" in the neighborhood of Allapattah , informally and is named by many and that, along with Grapeland Heights, forming the so-called District 1 Miami.

Allapattah is seeing the neighbor Wynwood is becoming accelerated marches in trendy Miami and a magnet for artists and powerful real estate investment and modern business .

In the poor neighborhood of Allapattah , whose name comes from the term " alligator " ( alligator ) in the language of the Seminole Indians today live a great mix of Caribbean and Latin American , so that about 75 % of the population is Latino and 20% black .

In Allapattah , as in other areas of southern Florida, many Dominicans live and many of them have not come here directly from their countries , but is often seen arriving from New York.

According to the U.S. Census , Dominicans represent 3 % of the U.S. Hispanic population , but nearly 80 % live in the northeast of the country, especially in New York, where about half (about 675,000 in 2010) .

In Florida lived about 172,450 Dominicans in 2010, also according to the census , and historically have focused largely on Allapattah , although the high concentration that occurred in the 70s is not so certain .

Still, in the stretch of 17th Avenue that runs through this neighborhood were opened some of the first Dominicans business in the region and even today are the majority.

The intention of the authorities is , among other initiatives, fix the facades of the area where the park is Juan Pablo Duarte , honoring one of the " founding fathers" of Dominican Republic , and decorate with Dominican reasons.