Everglades University

US 1 The same year the park was dedicated two hurricanes and the wet season caused 100 inches (250 cm) to fall on South Florida Although there were no human casualties agricultural interests lost approximately $59 million in 1948 Congress approved the Central and Southern Florida Project for Flood Control and Other Purposes (C&SF) which divided the Everglades into basins in the northern Everglades were Water Conservation Areas (WCAs) and the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) bordering to the south of Lake Okeechobee in the southern Everglades was Everglades National Park Levees and pumping stations bordered each WCA and released water in dryer times or removed it and pumped it to the ocean in times of flood the WCAs took up approximately 37 percent of the original Everglades the C&SF constructed over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of canals and hundreds of pumping stations and levees within three decades During the 1950s and 1960s the Miami metropolitan area grew four times as fast as the rest of the nation Between 1940 and 1965 6 million people moved to South Florida: 1,000 people moved to Miami every week Developed areas between the mid-1950s and the late 1960s quadrupled Much of the water reclaimed from the Everglades was sent to newly developed areas, 2.7 Regions Tri-Rail also services the county, During the 1970s Miami was a news leader due to the response to a Dade County ordinance protecting individuals on the basis of sexual orientation.[citation needed] Opposition to this ordinance which was repealed was led by Florida orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant. 3 Federal Government 19,200 9 External links, The Miami Seaquarium is a marine park on Virginia Key that has one of the world's largest collections of marine animals; some 10,000 specimens Open in 1955 the 38-acre (150,000-square-metre) park provides marine life exhibits and several daily marine mammal shows It is famous for its captive orcas dolphins and sea lions Manatee and shark exhibits are also present, Rickenbacker Causeway Brickell and Key Biscayne 1947. Although the railroads lifted the embargo in May 1926 the boom nevertheless fizzled out Disaster then followed in the shape of the September 1926 Miami Hurricane which drove many developers into bankruptcy the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 continued the catastrophic downward economic trend and the Florida land boom was officially over as the Great Depression began the depression and the devastating arrival of the Mediterranean fruit fly a year later destroyed both the tourist and citrus industries upon which Florida depended In a few years an idyllic tropical paradise had been transformed into a bleak humid remote area with few economic prospects Florida's economy would not recover until World War II Daytona International Speedway is home to various auto racing events, 1960 1,497,099 115.8% The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Florida was 21,299,325 on July 1 2018 a 13.29% increase since the 2010 United States Census the population of Florida in the 2010 census was 18,801,310 Florida was the seventh fastest-growing state in the U.S. in the 12-month period ending July 1 2012 in 2010 the center of population of Florida was located between Fort Meade and Frostproof the center of population has moved less than 5 miles (8 km) to the east and approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north between 1980 and 2010 and has been located in Polk County since the 1960 census the population exceeded 19.7 million by December 2014 surpassing the population of the state of New York for the first time the Florida population was 21,299,325 residents or people according to the U.S Census Bureau's 2018 Population Estimates Program, Forbes's 2015 Ranking of America's Best Colleges: ranked Barry University 615th on their list of America's Top Colleges! See also: Sport in Miami The School Board of Miami-Dade County first met in Miami on June 27 1885 Those present at the first Board of Education meeting were Superintendent C.H Lumm and members of the board W.H Benest Joseph F Frow and Adam C Richards the main order of business consisted of dividing the district which at the time spanned from the current-day Florida Keys to Martin County Superintendent and members divided Dade County into four districts Lake Worth was declared District #1 while Miami became known as District #2 Coconut Grove fell within the boundaries of District #3 with Elliott's Key and all other islands or keys comprising District #4. ; Regions 5.2 Tropical hardwood hammock Interior view of concourse D 2.2 Post-war history Miami Florida Business directory Miami Florida Business directory.

Downtown Miami is the historic heart of Miami and along with Coconut Grove is the oldest settled area of Miami with early pioneer settlement dating to the early 19th century Urban development began in the 1890s with the construction of the Florida East Coast Railway by Standard Oil industrialist Henry Flagler down to Miami at the insistence of Julia Tuttle Flagler along with developers such as William Brickell and George E Merrick helped bring developer interest to the city with the construction of hotels resorts homes and the extension of Flagler's rail line Flagler Street originating in Downtown is a major east-west road in Miami named after the tycoon; the Julia Tuttle Causeway crossing Biscayne Bay just north of Downtown in Edgewater is named in honor of Tuttle. Main article: Arts & Entertainment District Political relationships have improved among some major economic powers.[citation needed]. Area codes FIU currently has over 180,000 alumni around the world in more than 30 countries FIU graduates more than 10,000 students a year and confers more than half of all degrees awarded by universities in Miami Alumni services is run by the Florida International University Alumni Association which sponsors numerous alumni events galas and ceremonies annually, See also: List of Governors of Florida United States congressional delegations from Florida List of United States Senators from Florida and Florida Cabinet, In 1992 Hurricane Andrew caused more than $20 billion in damage just south of the Miami-Dade area. .