HR 9043

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution designating Wednesday, April 1, 2009, and
3	Thursday, April 2, 2009, as "Miami-Dade County Days."
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5	WHEREAS, Greater Miami-Dade County contains thousands of
6	businesses that employ millions of people and is the site of
7	foreign consulates, international trade offices, and bi-national
8	chambers of commerce, and
9	WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is a center of world finance,
10	with hundreds of financial institutions and foreign agencies
11	within its boundaries, and
12	WHEREAS, the film and music industry have made Miami-Dade
13	County one of the largest production centers in the nation, and
14	WHEREAS, agriculture continues to provide millions in
15	economic activity to Miami-Dade County, and the agricultural
16	industry has diversified in such a manner that Miami-Dade County
17	is now one of the largest producers in the United States of
18	tropical fruits, ornamental plants, and fish, and
19	WHEREAS, manufacturing is also a key industry in Miami-Dade
20	County, with thousands of companies employing tens of thousands
21	of individuals in manufacturing jobs, and
22	WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is currently experiencing a
23	cultural boom in world-class entertainment and cultural
24	activities, which is evidenced by the thousands of nonprofit
25	cultural organizations offering dance, theater, music, and
26	visual arts, and festivals and special events, and
27	WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County community is a microcosm of
28	the world, in which hundreds of countries are represented, and
29	diverse languages are spoken daily, and
30	WHEREAS, 20 years ago the late Representative John F.
31	Cosgrove, as chair of the then Dade County legislative
32	delegation, worked with the private sector to create what is now
33	Miami-Dade County Days in Tallahassee, NOW, THEREFORE,
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35	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
36	Florida:
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38	That Wednesday, April 1, 2009, and Thursday, April 2, 2009,
39	are designated as "Miami-Dade County Days."

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