6 Further reading Miami-Dade County holds the majority of sports arenas stadiums and complexes in South Florida Some of these sports facilities are: Miami bass. International campuses Shuttered for two decades Virginia Key Beach was eroded by storms its buildings damaged and vandalized and park lands invaded by exotic plants and animals Beset by declining revenues some City officials began to speculate over schemes to sell off the development rights on Virginia Key as plans leaked a local coalition formed among Miami's grassroots activists protesting any commercial development and asking for a complete restoration and re-opening of Miami's largest park and only public park on the Atlantic Ocean the leadership at City Hall appointed an official community-based civil rights task force to provide a public forum for the park's future, Tri-Rail maintenance facility Since then the Latin and Caribbean-friendly atmosphere in Miami has made it a popular destination for tourists and immigrants from all over the world It is the third-biggest immigration port in the country after New York City and Los Angeles in addition large immigrant communities have settled in Miami from around the globe including Europe Africa and Asia the majority of Miami's European immigrant communities are recent immigrants many living in the city seasonally with a high disposable income. . City served Code Airport name FAA, Central West Florida, In 2008 the State of Florida agreed to buy U.S Sugar and all of its manufacturing and production facilities for an estimated $1.7 billion Florida officials indicated they intended to allow U.S Sugar to process for six more years before dismissing its employees and dismantling the plant the area which includes 187,000 acres (760 km2) of land would then be rehabilitated and water flow from Lake Okeechobee would be restored in November 2008 the agreement was revised to offer $1.34 billion allowing sugar mills in Clewiston to remain in production Critics of the revised plan say that it ensures sugarcane will be grown in the Everglades for at least another decade Further research is being done to address the continuing production of sugarcane in the Everglades to minimize phosphorus runoff! .
Initially most residents wanted to name the city "Flagler" However Henry Flagler was adamant that the new city would not be named after him So on July 28 1896 the City of Miami named after the Miami River was incorporated with 502 voters including 100 registered black voters the blacks provided the primary labor force for the building of Miami.[citation needed] Clauses in land deeds confined blacks to the northwest section of Miami which became known as "Colored Town" (today's Overtown). Physical and social factors of competitive business and social environment Migrants to the region who wanted to develop plantations first proposed draining the Everglades in 1848 but no work of this type was attempted until 1882 Canals were constructed throughout the first half of the 20th century and spurred the South Florida economy prompting land development in 1947 Congress formed the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project which built 1,400 miles (2,300 km) of canals levees and water control devices the Miami metropolitan area grew substantially at this time and Everglades water was diverted to cities Portions of the Everglades were transformed into farmland where the primary crop was sugarcane Approximately 50 percent of the original Everglades has been developed as agricultural or urban areas. High rise construction in Downtown Miami in 2007.
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