Florida Senate - 2018                            (NP)    SR 1842
       
       
        
       By Senator Campbell
       
       
       
       
       
       38-01344A-18                                          20181842__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the Village of Bal Harbour on
    3         the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of its founding.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, the vision for the paradise known as the Village
    6  of Bal Harbour began in 1929 when a Detroit-based real estate
    7  development corporation, headed by industrialist Robert C.
    8  Graham, purchased raw land and began the task of crafting a new
    9  community, and
   10         WHEREAS, on August 14, 1946, the Village of Bal Harbour was
   11  incorporated as Bay Harbour, but the name was changed to better
   12  reflect its location on both Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic
   13  Ocean, and
   14         WHEREAS, despite early resistance from locals, real estate
   15  developer Stanley Whitman developed an open-air mall, Bal
   16  Harbour Shops, which today is recognized as the industry leader
   17  and an ultimate destination for upscale shoppers seeking luxury
   18  merchandise offered by Cartier, Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Prada,
   19  and Sergio Rossi, and
   20         WHEREAS, the Village of Bal Harbour is known as a model
   21  community and is an internationally renowned destination, and
   22         WHEREAS, the Village of Bal Harbour is led by Mayor Gabriel
   23  Groisman, Assistant Mayor Seth E. Salver, and council members
   24  David Albaum, Patricia Cohen, and Jeffrey Freimark, and the
   25  Village Manager is Jorge M. Gonzalez, NOW, THEREFORE,
   26  
   27  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   29         That the Village of Bal Harbour is recognized on the
   30  occasion of the 72nd anniversary of its founding.