HR 9091 2003
1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing April 2 and 3, 2003, as "Miami-
3	Dade County Days."
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5	WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is a center of world finance,
6	with many financial institutions and foreign agencies within its
7	boundaries, and
8	WHEREAS, Greater Miami-Dade County is the site of
9	approximately 50 foreign consulates and numerous international
10	trade offices and bi-national Chambers of Commerce, and
11	WHEREAS, the film and television industry has made Miami-
12	Dade County one of the largest production centers in the nation,
13	and
14	WHEREAS, agriculture continues to provide significant
15	economic activity, and the industry has diversified such that
16	Miami-Dade County is one of the largest producers in the United
17	States of tropical fruits, ornamental plants, and fish, and
18	WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is experiencing a cultural boom
19	in world-class entertainment and cultural activities, which is
20	evidenced by the nonprofit cultural organizations offering
21	dance, theater, music and visual arts, and festivals and special
22	events, and
23	WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade community is a microcosm of the
24	world, in the number of countries represented, languages spoken
25	daily, and languages taught in the community's schools, and is a
26	hub from which nonstop flights take passengers to Latin America
27	and the Caribbean, and at which trade flourishes in the
28	continental United States port located closest to Africa, and
29	WHEREAS, it can be no overstatement that today Miami-Dade
30	County is recognized as one of the world's most diverse, most
31	exciting communities and is aptly referred to as the "Gateway
32	of the Americas," NOW, THEREFORE,
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34	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
35	Florida:
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37	That the House of Representatives is pleased to recognize
38	Wednesday and Thursday, April 2 and 3, 2003, as "Miami-Dade
39	County Days."