Florida Senate - 2013                            (NP)    SR 1820
       
       
       
       By Senator Margolis
       
       
       
       
       35-02946-13                                           20131820__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing April 3 and 4, 2013, as
    3         “Miami-Dade County Days at the Capitol” and
    4         celebrating the 25th anniversary of this event.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, greater Miami-Dade County contains thousands of
    7  businesses that employ millions of people and is the site of
    8  foreign consulates, international trade offices, and binational
    9  chambers of commerce, and
   10         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is a center of world finance,
   11  with hundreds of financial institutions and foreign agencies
   12  within its boundaries, and
   13         WHEREAS, the film and music industries have made Miami-Dade
   14  County one of the largest entertainment production centers in
   15  the nation, and
   16         WHEREAS, agriculture continues to provide millions of
   17  dollars annually in economic activity to Miami-Dade County, and
   18  the agricultural industry has diversified in such a manner that
   19  Miami-Dade County is now one of the largest producers in the
   20  United States of tropical fruits, ornamental plants, and fish,
   21  and
   22         WHEREAS, manufacturing is also a key industry in Miami-Dade
   23  County, with thousands of companies employing tens of thousands
   24  of individuals in manufacturing jobs, and
   25         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is currently experiencing a
   26  cultural boom in world-class entertainment and cultural
   27  activities, which is evidenced by the thousands of nonprofit
   28  cultural organizations offering dance, theater, music, visual
   29  arts, and various festivals and special events, and
   30         WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County community is a microcosm of
   31  the world in which scores of countries are represented and
   32  diverse languages are spoken daily, and
   33         WHEREAS, 25 years ago, the late Representative John F.
   34  Cosgrove, as chairperson of the former Dade County legislative
   35  delegation, worked with the private sector to create what is now
   36  Miami-Dade County Days in Tallahassee, NOW, THEREFORE,
   37  
   38  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   40         That the Florida Senate recognizes April 3 and 4, 2013, as
   41  “Miami-Dade County Days at the Capitol” and celebrates the 25th
   42  anniversary of this event.