Over 20 years ago, the residents of Little Gables lived in a neighborhood
that was deteriorating in quality. Developers wanted to turn the
part of Le Jeune Road that runs through Little Gables into a commercial
strip. The only service received from the County was garbage pick-up.
And when residents called the Miami-Dade Police Department, the
police were surprised to learn that the Little Gables area was their
responsibility. Time and time again, Little Gables seemed to fall
through the cracks. Being neither the City of Coral Gables nor Miami, Little Gables
is part of unincorporated Miami-Dade County, even though it is miles
from the rest of the unincorporated area. In response to this disappointing
state of the neighborhood, a group of concerned Little Gables residents
decided to take control of the situation by forming the Little Gables
Neighborhood Association ("LGNA"). By speaking out and working as
a group, |