Florida Senate - 2010                            (NP)    SR 2874
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-05598-10                                           20102874__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing and celebrating the
    3         historical and cultural ties between Miami-Dade County
    4         and the Bahamas and expressing appreciation to Consul
    5         General Gladys Johnson-Sands for her support of the
    6         June 5, 2010, “Li’l Bahamas All Tings Caribbean
    7         Village” in Coconut Grove.
    8  
    9         WHEREAS, Bahamian immigrants cast 162 of the 367 votes that
   10  incorporated the City of Miami on July 28, 1896, and
   11         WHEREAS, the descendents of these immigrant craftsmen,
   12  farmers, and fishermen have contributed much to South Florida’s
   13  emergence as an international destination for hospitality and
   14  tourism, and
   15         WHEREAS, on June 5, 2010, the Bahamian consulate will host
   16  the first “Li’l Bahamas All Tings Caribbean Village” in Coconut
   17  Grove featuring the Junkanoo Jam, which will present the best of
   18  calypso, rake and scrape, junkanoo, and gospel, and
   19         WHEREAS, the Li’l Bahamas All Tings Caribbean Village will
   20  include a Bahamian pavilion promoting sustainable tourism and
   21  hospitality, green living, the marine industry, travel, real
   22  estate, trade and commerce, finance and investment, and arts and
   23  crafts made by emerging and master artists from the Bahamas, and
   24         WHEREAS, the Li’l Bahamas All Tings Caribbean Village is
   25  the brainchild of Consul General Gladys Johnson-Sands, who is
   26  dedicated to the realization of her vision for a new Afro
   27  Bahamian Culture and Commerce Center for Economic, Family, and
   28  Community Development, which will include a cottage industry
   29  business incubator, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   31  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   33         That the members of the Senate recognize and celebrate the
   34  historical and cultural ties between Miami-Dade County and the
   35  Bahamas and express appreciation to Consul General Gladys
   36  Johnson-Sands for her support of the June 5, 2010, “Li’l Bahamas
   37  All Tings Caribbean Village” in Coconut Grove.