Florida Senate - 2009                            (NP)    SR 2764
       
       
       
       By Senator Diaz de la Portilla
       
       
       
       
       36-03173-09                                           20092764__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing April 1 and 2, 2009, as
    3         “Miami-Dade County Days” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, Greater Miami-Dade County is home to thousands of
    6  businesses that employ millions of people and is the site of
    7  foreign consulates, international trade offices, and
    8  multinational Chambers of Commerce, and
    9         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is a center of world finance,
   10  with hundreds of financial institutions and foreign agencies
   11  within its boundaries, and
   12         WHEREAS, the music and film industries have made Miami-Dade
   13  County one of the largest audio and video production centers in
   14  the nation, and
   15         WHEREAS, agriculture continues to provide hundreds of
   16  millions of dollars of economic activity annually in a
   17  diversified industry, with Miami-Dade County one of the largest
   18  producers in the United States of tropical fruits, ornamental
   19  plants, and fish, and
   20         WHEREAS, manufacturing is also a key industry in Miami-Dade
   21  County, with thousands of companies employing many thousands of
   22  individuals, and
   23         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is experiencing a cultural boom
   24  in world-class entertainment and cultural activities, which is
   25  evidenced by the thousands of nonprofit cultural organizations
   26  offering dance, theater, music, visual arts, festivals, and
   27  special events, and
   28         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is a microcosm of the world,
   29  where hundreds of countries are represented and diverse
   30  languages are spoken daily, and
   31         WHEREAS, 20 years ago the late Rep. John F. Cosgrove, as
   32  chair of the then-Dade County Legislative Delegation, worked
   33  with the private sector to create what is now Miami-Dade County
   34  Days in Tallahassee, NOW, THEREFORE,
   35  
   36  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   38         That April 1 and 2, 2009, are recognized as “Miami-Dade
   39  County Days” in Florida.