Florida Senate - 2010                            (NP)    SR 2834
       
       
       
       By Senator Diaz de la Portilla
       
       
       
       
       36-03851-10                                           20102834__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing April 21 and 22, 2010, as
    3         “Miami-Dade County Days” in Florida.
    4  
    5         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is home to thousands of
    6  businesses, from corporate giants to family owned “moms and
    7  pops,” and is the site of foreign consulates, international
    8  trade offices, and multinational 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  located within its boundaries, and
   12         WHEREAS, the music and film industries have made Miami-Dade
   13  County one of the largest audio and video production centers in
   14  the nation, and
   15         WHEREAS, the vast and soaring skyline and burgeoning
   16  population belies a thriving agricultural industry that
   17  continues to provide hundreds of millions of dollars of economic
   18  activity annually, with Miami-Dade County one of the largest
   19  producers in the nation of tropical fruits, ornamental plants,
   20  and fish, and
   21         WHEREAS, manufacturing remains a vital segment of the
   22  Miami-Dade County economy, and
   23         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is experiencing a cultural boom,
   24  hosting world-class entertainment, cultural activities,
   25  festivals, and special events, and supporting a host of
   26  nonprofit, cultural organizations that offer dance, theatre,
   27  music, and visual arts, and
   28         WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is a multicultural microcosm of
   29  the world where many languages are spoken and where the
   30  population is representative of hundreds of countries around the
   31  globe, and
   32         WHEREAS, the celebration of Miami-Dade County Days in
   33  Tallahassee was the brainchild of the late Representative John
   34  Cosgrove, who, as chair of the Dade County Legislative
   35  Delegation, worked with the private sector to create what has
   36  become a highly anticipated annual event, NOW, THEREFORE,
   37  
   38  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   39  
   40         That April 21 and 22, 2010, are recognized as “Miami-Dade
   41  County Days” in Florida.