HR 9133

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution recognizing April 14, 2005, as "Hillsborough
3	County Day."
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5	WHEREAS, Hillsborough County was organized as a county in
6	1834 and is now comprised of some 1,050 square miles with a
7	current population exceeding 1.1 million people, and
8	WHEREAS, the county is home to three municipalities: Plant
9	City, chartered in 1885; Tampa, chartered in 1887; and Temple
10	Terrace, chartered in 1925, and
11	WHEREAS, Hillsborough County is culturally diverse, a
12	microcosm of the State of Florida with a breadth of available
13	lifestyles, including a strong, urban core, smaller Main Street
14	municipalities, a flourishing suburbia, community living for the
15	active elderly, and rural areas for those who choose pastoral or
16	agrarian lifestyles, with an average 2004 housing cost of
17	$183,000, and
18	WHEREAS, Hillsborough County is the western anchor of the
19	burgeoning I-4 corridor and is the state's epicenter of business
20	and commerce, creating more than 21,000 jobs in 2004, dropping
21	its unemployment rate to almost its pre-recession level of 2.9
22	percent in early 2001, and projecting an increase in effective
23	buying income of 26 percent by 2009, and
24	WHEREAS, Hillsborough County has a wealth of cultural
25	facilities and programs, including Lowry Park Zoo, the "Number
26	One Zoo in the United States for Kids," with an estimated
27	regional economic impact of $72 million and the Tampa Bay
28	Performing Arts Center, listed among the top 20 performing arts
29	centers in the United States based on the number of tickets sold
30	in 2004, with an estimated regional economic impact of $93
31	million, NOW, THEREFORE,
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33	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
34	Florida:
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36	That April 14, 2005, is recognized as "Hillsborough County
37	Day" as the Florida House of the Representatives celebrates the
38	"Flavors of Hillsborough" at the State Capitol.

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