Miami Hills and Miami Village

1950 — present

The south side's postwar capture is documented to the ordinance number: the Miami Hills Addition — Lots 1 through 251, platted by the Crown Development Company on the west side of Miami Street north of the Erskine Park ground — was annexed to the city by Ordinance 3760 of 1950 and zoned A-residence in August of that year, the Plan Commission's report and the council minutes of 14 August 1950 carrying the proceeding entire. The neighborhood took the street's name; the Miami Hills Apartments, opened in 1973 with 150 units, and the defense-era Southmore Mutual Housing stand within its bounds as the plan documents list them, and the Hebrew Orthodox Congregation's High Street address stands in the district's institutional record. The street's own naming is not documented in the record reached, and no deeper origin for "Miami" on this ground is supplied.

The neighborhood's modern framework is the city's plan stack: the Miami Hills Neighborhood Plan was adopted in July 2020 (Bill 20-23) within the Southeast planning frame that the Southeast Master Plan of 2018–2019 began; its printed bounds are Donmoyer Avenue north, Miami Street east, Ireland Road south and Fellows Street west. Beside it stands Miami Village, the smaller neighborhood of the Miami Street corridor nearer downtown, whose association — the Miami Village Neighborhood Association — stands in the city's recognized roster and among its IGNITE grant recipients.

Sources:

1. City of South Bend — Plan Commission report and Common Council minutes, 14 August 1950 (Ordinance 3760; the Crown Development Company's 251 lots); Miami Hills Neighborhood Plan (adopted July 2020, Bill 20-23); Southeast Neighborhood Master Plan (2018–2019)
2. City of South Bend, neighborhood organization roster and IGNITE announcements (2023) — southbendin.gov