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Since late 2001 Downtown Miami has seen a large construction boom in skyscrapers retail and has experienced gentrification[citation needed], The College of Business is ranked the graduate school 15th for an International MBA in the U.S. and 1st in South Florida. European explorers and settlers Early settlement Central Terminal (Yellow) Corrections department 21% Florida's universities have a number of collegiate sport programs Major college football programs include the Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference Since 1996 Florida has added four additional programs to the ranks of Division I FCS: UCF Knights South Florida Bulls Florida Atlantic Owls and FIU Panthers. . BB&T Center home of the Florida Panthers, The Everglades are a complex system of interdependent ecosystems Marjory Stoneman Douglas described the area as a "River of Grass" in 1947 though that metaphor represents only a portion of the system the area recognized as the Everglades prior to drainage was a web of marshes and prairies 4,000 square miles (10,000 km2) in size Borders between ecosystems are subtle or imperceptible These systems shift grow and shrink die or reappear within years or decades Geologic factors climate and the frequency of fire help to create maintain or replace the ecosystems in the Everglades. Johnson and Wales University (private) Soccer: Miami Gatos (NASL) Miami Toros (NASL), Miami college sports teams Geography Miami Florida Business directory. . Grade 7: 26,053 4.1 Water 2.3% Dominican, Hard Rock Stadium home of the Miami Dolphins of the NFL and plays host to the Miami Hurricanes. Joy Taylor 2009 Host of Skip and Shannon: Undisputed In 1975 school boundaries were created forcing students to attend the schools located within their respective areas This law allowed for any student to attend the closest school regardless of race or ethnicity.

. ! As of 2009 there are approximately 71,000 year-round residents in Greater Downtown (including Downtown's Brickell Park West and Arts & Entertainment District neighborhoods) with close to 200,000 populating the Downtown area during the daytime making Downtown Miami one of the most populous downtowns in the U.S after New York City and Chicago With recent mass construction of high-rise residential buildings and office towers Downtown has experienced large growth with new shops bars parks and restaurants opening up attracting many new residents Along with Brickell Downtown has grown from 40,000 residents in 2000 to over 70,000 in 2009 making it one of the fastest-growing areas in Florida it was estimated in February 2010 that about 550 new residents move to the Downtown area every month as of 2009 over 190,000 office employees work in Downtown and Brickell, FDOT GIS data accessed January 2014 Major airports Pahokee Southern rap is a category of hip hop music that arose from the influences of hip hop culture in New York City and California in the late 1990s in cities such as Miami New Orleans Atlanta Memphis Houston and Dallas Miami and Southern Florida are a major hub and driving force for Southern rap Floridian artists such as Plies Epitaph DJ Laz Trick Daddy Pitbull Flo Rida Stack$ JT Money Carl Lovett Rick Ross Trina Jacki-O Gold Rush Pretty Ricky and 2 Live Crew; SR 112 (Airport Expressway): Interstate 95 to MIA About two-thirds of Florida occupies a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Florida has the longest coastline in the contiguous United States approximately 1,350 miles (2,170 km) not including the contribution of the many barrier islands Florida has a total of 4,510 islands that are ten acres or larger in area This is the second-highest number of islands of any state of the United States; only Alaska has more It is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Much of the state is at or near sea level and is characterized by sedimentary soil Florida has the lowest high point of any U.S state the climate varies from subtropical in the north to tropical in the south the American alligator American crocodile American flamingo Roseate spoonbill Florida panther bottlenose dolphin and manatee can be found in Everglades National Park in the southern part of the state Along with Hawaii Florida is one of only two states that has a tropical climate and is the only continental state with either a tropical climate or a coral reef the Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States and the third-largest coral barrier reef system in the world (after the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef).