Miami Northwestern opened in 1951 to replace D.A Dorsey which was converted into a junior high until schools were desegregated Dade County Public Schools found that it was not operable anymore as a secondary school so it was turned into an adult educational center, Miami-Dade County holds the majority of sports arenas stadiums and complexes in South Florida Some of these sports facilities are:; . . Maintenance facility The Student Advisor is elected by the Miami-Dade County District Student Government Association and sits as an advisor to the Board during Board meetings as a representative of the organization and speaks and responds to questions from the Board on student-related issues. Contents 5.6 Florida Bay 7 Restoration The average apartment sale price was $347,729 in 2010 up 15% from 2009 with the average apartment price at $300 per square foot During the Miami building boom of the first decade of the 21st century 23,628 condominium and apartments were built in numerous high-rise towers that quickly transformed the city Over 85% of these apartments are now occupied as of early 2011 It is estimated that about 550 new residents move to Downtown every month Renters make up 56% of the residents in Downtown! 4.6% Colombian 4.1 Water In 2010 Miami was ranked as the 44th-most bike-friendly city in the US according to Bicycling Magazine 11 Transportation Contents Carlos Albizu University (private); . South Florida By 1913 the Seminole in the Everglades numbered no more than 325 They made a living by hunting and trading with white settlers and raised domesticated animals the Seminole made their villages in hardwood hammocks or pinelands had diets of hominy and coontie roots fish turtles venison and small game Their villages were not large due to the limited size of the hammocks Between the end of the last Seminole War and 1930 the people lived in relative isolation from the majority culture.
. Although scientists made headway in decreasing mercury and phosphorus levels in water the natural environment of South Florida continued to decline in the 1990s and life in nearby cities reflected this downturn to address the deterioration of the Miami metropolitan area Governor Lawton Chiles commissioned a report on the sustainability of the area in 1995 Chiles published the commission's findings in a report that related the degradation of the Everglades ecosystems to the lower quality of life in urban areas the report noted past environmental abuses that brought the state to a position to make a decision Not acting to improve the South Florida ecosystem the report predicted would inevitably cause further and intolerable deterioration that would harm local tourism by 12,000 jobs and $200 million annually and commercial fishing by 3,300 jobs and $52 million annually Urban areas had grown beyond their capacities to sustain themselves Crowded cities were facing problems such as high crime rates traffic jams severely overcrowded schools and overtaxed public services; the report noted that water shortages were ironic given the 53 inches (130 cm) of rain the region received annually. . Miami International Airport 3.1 Population Miami Jai Alai fronton known as "The Yankee Stadium of Jai Alai" Geography Brickell Plaza Mini Park Brickell. The Port of Miami is the world's busiest cruise ship port, Invasive species 11 External links Much of Florida has an elevation of less than 12 feet (3.7 m) including many populated areas Therefore it is susceptible to rising sea levels associated with global warming the Atlantic beaches that are vital to the state's economy are being washed out to sea due to rising sea levels caused by climate change the Miami beach area close to the continental shelf is running out of accessible offshore sand reserves Elevated temperatures can damage coral reefs causing coral bleaching the first recorded bleaching incident on the Florida Reef was in 1973 Incidents of bleaching have become more frequent in recent decades in correlation with a rise in sea surface temperatures White band disease has also adversely affected corals on the Florida Reef. Languages (20.6) 76.1 In a tropical hardwood hammock trees are very dense and diverse, The consistent Everglades flooding is fed by the extensive Kissimmee Caloosahatchee Miami Myakka and Peace Rivers in central Florida the Kissimmee River is a broad floodplain that empties directly into Lake Okeechobee which at 730 square miles (1,900 km2) with an average depth of 9 feet (2.7 m) is a vast but shallow lake Soil deposits in the Everglades basin indicate that peat is deposited where the land is flooded consistently throughout the year Calcium deposits are left behind when flooding is shorter the deposits occur in areas where water rises and falls depending on rainfall as opposed to water being stored in the rock from one year to the next Calcium deposits are present where more limestone is exposed. 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.
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