11.1.3 Public school zoning, The metropolis also has four seaports the largest and most important being the Port of Miami Others in the area include Port Everglades Port of Palm Beach and the Miami River Port on August 21 2012 PortMiami and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers signed the Partnership Agreement (PPA) construction agreement that will allow the Deep Dredge project to go out for bid the Deep Dredge will deepen the Port's existing channels to minus 50/52 feet to prepare for the Panama Canal expansion now scheduled for completion in early 2015 PortMiami's deeper channel will provide ships with an economically efficient reliable and safe navigational route into the Port PortMiami will be the only U.S Port south of Norfolk Virginia to be at the minus 50 foot depth in sync with the opening of the expanded Canal Deep Dredge is expected to create more than 30,000 direct indirect and induced jobs in Florida and allow the Port to meet its goal to double its cargo traffic over the next decade, Main article: Geography and ecology of the Everglades. The Miami Herald also participates in "Politifact Florida" a website that focuses on the truth about Florida issues along with the Tampa Bay Times which created the Politifact concept the Herald and the Times share resources on news stories related to Florida. University Park (Modesto A Maidique Campus) 3.1 Race ethnicity religion and languages, Schools nominate representatives for each category a Miami Herald appointed judge paneled interview process in each category only one Silver Knight Award is granted in each county Broward & Dade every year These awards have been given in Miami-Dade County Florida since 1959 and in Broward County Florida since 1984 the televised award ceremonies are given in each county. College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Being able to provide marketing techniques that are specifically tailored to the local market Miami Seaquarium Miami. 7.3 Invasive species Orlando: Orlando is served by the SunRail commuter train which runs on a 32 miles (51 km) (61 miles (98 km) when complete) line including four stops in downtown Lynx bus serves the greater Orlando area in Orange Seminole and Osceola counties. Alvah H Chapman Graduate School of Business Public services Predevelopment flow direction of water from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay Source: U.S Geological Survey; Miami is split roughly into north south west and Downtown areas the heart of the city is Downtown Miami which is on the eastern side and includes the neighborhoods of Brickell Virginia Key Watson Island as well as PortMiami Downtown Miami is Florida's largest and most influential central business district with many major banks courthouses financial headquarters cultural and tourist attractions schools parks and a large residential population Brickell Avenue has the largest concentration of international banks in the United States Just northwest of Downtown is the Health District which is Miami's center for hospitals research institutes and biotechnology with hospitals such as Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami's Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, When the first Europeans visited in the mid-1500s the inhabitants of the Miami area were the Tequesta people who controlled an area covering much of southeastern Florida including what is now Miami-Dade County Broward County and the southern parts of Palm Beach County the Tequesta Indians fished hunted and gathered the fruit and roots of plants for food but did not practice any form of agriculture They buried the small bones of the deceased but put the larger bones in a box for the village people to see the Tequesta are credited with making the Miami Circle. Kissimmee River The economic prosperity of the 1920s set the conditions for a real estate bubble in Florida Miami had an image as a tropical paradise and outside investors across the United States began taking an interest in Miami real estate Due in part to the publicity talents of audacious developers such as Carl G Fisher of Miami Beach famous for purchasing a huge lighted billboard in New York's Times Square proclaiming "It's June in Miami" property prices rose rapidly on speculation and a land and development boom ensued Brokers and dealers speculated wildly in all classes of commodities as well ordering supplies vastly in excess of what was actually needed and even sending shipments to only a general destination with the end result being that railroad freight cars became stranded in the state choking the movement of rail traffic.
(28.8) 82.8 Management and Advanced Research Center 2002, Future of the Everglades, 16 Further reading The Miami area was better known as "Biscayne Bay Country" in the early years of its growth the few published accounts from that period describe the area as a wilderness that held much promise the area was also characterized as "one of the finest building sites in Florida" After the Great Freeze of 1894 the crops of the Miami area were the only ones in Florida that survived Julia Tuttle a local landowner convinced Henry Flagler a railroad tycoon to expand his Florida East Coast Railway to Miami on July 28 1896 Miami was officially incorporated as a city with a population of just over 300. 1910 11,933 140.8% The Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball play at Marlins Park in Little Havana! . The Everglades hosts 1,392 exotic plant species actively reproducing in the region outnumbering the 1,301 species considered native to South Florida the melaleuca tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia) takes water in greater amounts than other trees Melaleucas grow taller and more densely in the Everglades than in their native Australia making them unsuitable as nesting areas for birds with wide wingspans They also choke out native vegetation More than $2 million has been spent on keeping them out of Everglades National Park. Miami attracts a large number of musicians singers actors dancers and orchestral players the city has numerous orchestras symphonies and performing art conservatories These include the Florida Grand Opera FIU School of Music Frost School of Music and the New World School of the Arts, Water After learning of the verdict of the McDuffie case one of the worst riots in the history of the United States,[citation needed] the Liberty City Riots of 1980 broke out By the time the rioting ceased three days later over 850 people had been arrested and at least 18 people had died Property damage was estimated at around one hundred million dollars, Area 380 acres (1,500,000 m2) 8 See also.
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