Title: Miami-Dade County Days

Summary: Recognizes April 6 and 7, 2011, as "Miami-Dade County Days."

Full Text:
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is a center of world finance, with hundreds of financial institutions and foreign agencies within its boundaries, and WHEREAS, the film and music industry have made Miami-Dade County one of the largest production centers in the nation, and WHEREAS, agriculture continues to provide millions in economic activity to Miami-Dade County, and the agricultural industry has diversified in such a manner that Miami-Dade County is now one of the largest producers in the United States of tropical fruits, ornamental plants, and fish, and WHEREAS, manufacturing is also a key industry in Miami-Dade County, with thousands of companies employing tens of thousands of individuals in manufacturing jobs, and WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is currently experiencing a cultural boom in world-class entertainment and cultural activities, which is evidenced by the thousands of nonprofit cultural organizations offering dance, theater, music, and visual arts, and festivals and special events, and WHEREAS, the Miami-Dade County community is a microcosm of the world, in which hundreds of countries are represented, and diverse languages are spoken daily, and WHEREAS, years, ago the late Representative John F. Cosgrove, as chair of the then-Dade County legislative delegation, worked with the private sector to create what is now Miami-Dade County Days in Tallahassee, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: That April and 7, 2011, are recognized as  Miami-Dade County Days.