Senate Bill sb2364

    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 2364

    By Senator Joyner





    18-1883-07

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing April 11, 2007, as

  3         "Hillsborough County Day."

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  5         WHEREAS, Hillsborough County was once home to native

  6  peoples called the Tocogaga Indians who were followed by

  7  Spanish conquistadors, the English who held the area as part

  8  of its empire, the Seminole Indians, runaway slaves, settlers

  9  seeking farmland, and, ultimately, those today embarking on

10  careers in business and industry, and

11         WHEREAS, Hillsborough County's "pioneer" era was

12  roughly bracketed by Florida becoming a United States

13  Territory in 1821 and the arrival of Henry B. Plant's railroad

14  in 1884, the era ending when the railroad connected Tampa to

15  the outside world, and

16         WHEREAS, Hillsborough County was created by the Florida

17  Legislature in 1834 and covered an area of approximately

18  14,600 square miles - all or part of 24 present-day counties

19  in an area larger than eight states at that time, and

20         WHEREAS, the discovery of phosphate and the development

21  of the shipping and cigar industries brought immigrants from

22  Cuba, Italy, Spain, Puerto Rico, and other areas around the

23  world, and mechanization and industrialization rapidly

24  followed, and

25         WHEREAS, Hillsborough County now consists of 1,050

26  square miles with a population density of about 1,177 people

27  per square mile. The county has the 8th largest public school

28  district in the nation with 84.1 percent of its residents over

29  the age of 25 holding high school diplomas and 27 percent

30  holding a minimum of a bachelor's degree, and offers excellent

31  postsecondary educational opportunities and other unmatched

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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 2364
    18-1883-07




 1  amenities conducive to making Hillsborough County an

 2  outstanding place to work productively and to raise a family

 3  safely, NOW, THEREFORE,

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 5  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 7         That April 11, 2007, is recognized as "Hillsborough

 8  County Day" as the Senate celebrates "Flavors of Hillsborough"

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