; . The story of Florida International University's founding began in 1943 when state Senator Ernest 'Cap' Graham (father of future Florida governor and U.S senator Bob Graham) presented the state legislature with the initial proposal for the establishment of a public university in South Florida While his bill did not pass Graham persisted in presenting his proposal to colleagues advising them of Miami's need for a state university He felt the establishment of a public university was necessary to serve the city's growing population. 8 See also In 2010 the city population was spread out with 18.8% under the age of 18 9.4% from 18 to 24 33.1% from 25 to 44 25.0% from 45 to 64 and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older the median age was 38.8 years for every 100 females there were 99.2 males for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.1 males, Lake Clarke Shores Rank City County 2000 Tourism and conventions. Tunnel and Deep Dredge 3.7.4 Medical Library, Main article: Florida Bay R Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business 11.1.1 Elementary schools. I-95 which spans 382 miles in Florida enters the state near Jacksonville and continues along the Atlantic Coast through Daytona Beach the Melbourne/Titusville Palm Bay Vero Beach Fort Pierce Port Saint Lucie Stuart West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale before terminating in Downtown Miami it has interchanges with I-10 in Jacksonville and I-4 in Daytona Beach and there are four auxiliary routes associated with the interstate It is the longest north-south interstate with a total length of 1924 miles and terminates at the Canadian border northeast of Houlton Maine, Brickell (SW 11th Street and 1st Avenue), United Kingdom 407,300,000 359,480,074.29 2.44 4.17 1940s: World War II. Also in 1933 the Miami City Commission asked the Miami Women's Club to create a city flag design the flag was designed by Charles L Gmeinder on their behalf and adopted by City Commission in November 1933 It is unknown why the orange and green colors were selected for the flag One theory is that the colors were inspired by the orange tree although the University of Miami was already using the colors of orange and green for their sports teams since 1926. In its 2018 ParkScore ranking the Trust for Public Land reported that the park system in the City of Miami was the 50th best park system among the 100 most populous US cities down slightly from 48th place in the 2017 ranking ParkScore ranks urban park systems by a formula that analyzes median park size park acres as percent of city area the percent of city residents within a half-mile of a park spending of park services per resident and the number of playgrounds per 10,000 residents, US 1, National Hurricane Center/National Weather Service 1995.
In 2003 the controversial Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiation occurred it was a proposed agreement to reduce trade barriers while increasing intellectual property rights During the 2003 meeting in Miami the Free Trade Area of the Americas was met by heavy opposition from anti-corporatization and anti-globalization protests. As rain continued to fall the slightly acidic rainwater dissolved the limestone as limestone wore away the groundwater came into contact with the land surface and created a massive wetland ecosystem Although the region appears flat weathering of the limestone created slight valleys and plateaus in some areas These plateaus rise and fall only a few inches but on the subtle South Florida topography these small variations affect both the flow of water and the types of vegetation that can take hold, In February 1942 the Gulf Sea Frontier was established to help guard the waters around Florida by June of that year more attacks forced military leaders in Washington D.C to increase the numbers of ships and men of the army group They also moved the headquarters from Key West to the DuPont building in Miami taking advantage of its location at the southeastern corner of the U.S..[citation needed] As the war against the U-boats grew stronger more military bases sprang up in the Miami area the U.S Navy took control of Miami's docks and established air stations at the Opa-locka Airport and in Dinner Key the Air Force also set up bases in the local airports in the Miami area, South Atlantic Some sections of the state feature architectural styles including Spanish revival Florida vernacular and Mediterranean Revival a notable collection of these styles can be found in St Augustine the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement within the borders of the United States.
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