History of the Village (don't worry, this'll be short!)

Ayala Alabang Village is over 30 years old, and in all those years the village has seen lots of changes. In 1972, the Madrigal family sold a large amount of land to the Ayala Corporation. Little did they know that this land would become the next big real estate hotspot. The village was established phase by phase. Phase 1 became available to the public in 1977. Phase by phase, AAVA became more popular as time passed. It was time to hold elections for barangay positions. The first ever chairman of the barangay was Don Enrique Zobel. When the first La Salle school in the village was built, they named the school after the chairman. Hence, De La Salle Zobel school. Other schools also opened in the village. In 1988, a school for preschool and kindergarten was built, and this school was named The Learning Child. Over the years, it also started accepting grade school students. A religious group called Lighthouse was also built in the village in 1990. From being a small game of volleyball among friends, Lighthouse soon became a Bible study, and later on, a church. Other schools and facilities also rose, like PAREF Woodrose and St. James the Great Parish. The village now has 7 districts, classified according to their location. The village also made 56 townhouses for the convenience of busy residents. Ayala Alabang started with just three residents in Phase 1, and now has over 40,000. The village’s council has gone through a lot to get to where it is today, and no one can deny that AAVA’s hardships have paid off.