In recent years[when?] Miami has promoted the arts business and the performing arts such as the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts the second-largest performing arts center in the U.S Other projects include the new Miami Marlins Stadium Miami Streetcar Port of Miami Tunnel and Museum Park which includes the Miami Art Museum and the Miami Science Museum; . Several countries have consulates based in Downtown most of which are located along Biscayne Boulevard and Brickell Avenue These include:, Florida State University The district is the second-largest minority-majority public school system in the country as of 2012 62% of MDCPS students were of Hispanic origin (of any race) 25% Black 10% Non-Hispanic White 3% other and multiracial Of the students enrolled in MDCPS 54% spoke Spanish at home 5% spoke Haitian Creole and less than 1% spoke French and Portuguese at home 45% of students were enrolled in bilingual Spanish language programs and an additional 23% were enrolled in other bilingual programs in French German Italian Mandarin Portuguese and Haitian Creole.
; Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university in Greater Miami Florida FIU has two major campuses in Miami-Dade County with its main campus in University Park Florida International University is classified as a research university with highest research activity by the Carnegie Foundation and a research university by the Florida Legislature. . 3 Demographics Initial attempts at developing agriculture near Lake Okeechobee were successful but the nutrients in the peat were rapidly removed In a process called soil subsidence oxidation of peat causes loss of volume Bacteria decompose dead sawgrass slowly underwater without oxygen When the water was drained in the 1920s and bacteria interacted with oxygen an aerobic reaction occurred Microorganisms degraded the peat into carbon dioxide and water Some of the peat was burned by settlers to clear the land Some homes built in the areas of early farms had to have their foundations moved to stilts as the peat deteriorated; other areas lost approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) of soil depth, The following is a list of the twenty largest cities in the Miami metropolitan area as ranked by population. Miami is also home to both for-profit and nonprofit organizations that offer a range of professional training and other related educational programs Per Scholas for example is a nonprofit organization that offers free professional certification training directed towards successfully passing CompTIA A+ and Network+ certification exams as a route to securing jobs and building careers. In November 2018 the Herald broke the story that "in 2007 despite substantial evidence that corroborated (female teenager's) stories of (sexual) abuse by Epstein the U.S attorney in Miami Alexander Acosta signed off on a secret deal for the multimillionaire one that ensured he would never spend a day in prison." Thus the full extent of Epstein's crimes and his collaborators remained hidden and the victims unaware of this arrangement in July 2019 Epstein was charged with sex trafficking dozens of minors between 2002 and 2005; reporting at the time noted how the Herald brought public attention to accusations against Epstein. 6.5.2 Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project Northwood University (private).
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