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Senate Resolution

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A resolution recognizing April 10, 2008, as "Hillsborough

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County Day" in Tallahassee.

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     WHEREAS, Hillsborough County was organized as a county in

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1834 and extends across some 1,050 square miles with a current

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population exceeding 1 million people, and

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     WHEREAS, Hillsborough is home to three municipalities -

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Plant City, chartered in 1885; Tampa, chartered in 1887; and

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Temple Terrace, chartered in 1925, and

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     WHEREAS, Hillsborough County today is a multicultural,

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diverse community, a microcosm of the state of Florida, offering

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a breadth of lifestyles including a strong urban core, two

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smaller municipalities having a Main Street ambience, a

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flourishing suburbia, community living for the active elderly,

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and sufficient rural areas for those who choose more pastoral or

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agrarian lifestyles, and

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     WHEREAS, Hillsborough is the western anchor of the Florida

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High Tech Corridor consisting of 23 counties, the largest of the

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seven member counties of the Bay Area Legislative Delegation, and

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the epicenter of business and commerce for the region with top-

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notch and ever-improving and expanding transportation systems to

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serve people and move goods via the Tampa International Airport,

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the Port of Tampa, and the interconnecting Interstate Systems,

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and

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     WHEREAS, Hillsborough offers an almost unlimited menu of

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opportunities ranging from state-of-the-art health care and  

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seamless K-12 through state university education to cultural

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events and historic districts, beaches, parks, and prestigious

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sporting events, NOW, THEREFORE,

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

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     That the Florida Senate recognizes April 10, 2008, as

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"Hillsborough County Day" and joins the rest of the legislative

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community in celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of "Flavors of

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Hillsborough" at the State Capitol.