HR 9125

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution designating April 21-22, 2010, as "Miami-Dade
3	County Days" at the Capitol.
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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
8	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	within its boundaries, and
12	WHEREAS, the film and music industries have made Miami-Dade
13	County one of the largest video and audio production centers in
14	the nation, and
15	WHEREAS, agriculture continues to provide hundreds of
16	millions of dollars annually in economic activity to Miami-Dade
17	County, and the agricultural industry has diversified in such a
18	manner that Miami-Dade County is now one of the largest
19	producers in the United States of tropical fruits, ornamental
20	plants, and fish, and
21	WHEREAS, manufacturing is also an important industry in
22	Miami-Dade County, with thousands of companies employing several
23	thousand individuals in manufacturing jobs, and
24	WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is currently experiencing a
25	cultural boom in world-class entertainment and cultural
26	activities, which is evidenced by the thousands of nonprofit
27	cultural organizations offering dance, theater, music, and
28	visual arts, and festivals and special events, and
29	WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County community is a microcosm of
30	the world, in which scores of countries are represented and
31	diverse languages are spoken daily, and
32	WHEREAS, 21 years ago the late Representative John F.
33	Cosgrove, as chairperson of the former Dade County legislative
34	delegation, worked with the private sector to create what is now
35	Miami-Dade County Days in Tallahassee, NOW, THEREFORE,
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37	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
38	Florida:
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40	That April 21-22, 2010, are designated as "Miami-Dade
41	County Days" at the Capitol.

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