Everglades University

14 Notes Modes: importing and exporting tourism and transportation licensing and franchising turnkey operations management contracts direct investment and portfolio investments, 2.4.2 Growth as a global city Housing characteristics and costs The Freedom Tower built in 1925 is a local historic landmark and a symbol of the city. SR 924 (Gratigny Parkway) Miami Lakes to Opa-locka, Middle schools: 12.2 Cooperation agreements, This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message); Palmetto Estates 5 References The Miami River in 1935 By 1913 the Seminole in the Everglades numbered no more than 325 They made a living by hunting and trading with white settlers and raised domesticated animals the Seminole made their villages in hardwood hammocks or pinelands had diets of hominy and coontie roots fish turtles venison and small game Their villages were not large due to the limited size of the hammocks Between the end of the last Seminole War and 1930 the people lived in relative isolation from the majority culture. Unlike a consolidated city-county where the city and county governments merge into a single entity these two entities are separate Instead there are two "tiers" or levels of government: city and county There are 34 municipalities in the county the City of Miami being the largest. 6 9174 7 Broadcasting 14 References Mangonia Park Tri-Rail Metrorail has stops throughout Miami with connections to Miami International Airport all Metrobus lines Tri-Rail and Amtrak the main bus station in Downtown is located next to the Arsht Center at the Adrienne Arsht Center Station; Grade 3: 28,679 NBA basketball player Florida has 22 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Forty-three of Florida's 67 counties are in a MSA. Education White Non-Hispanic: 31.1% [1,887,819] Private schools Treasure hunters from the Bahamas and the Keys came to South Florida to hunt for treasure from the ships that ran aground on the treacherous Great Florida reef some of whom accepted Spanish land offers along the Miami River at about the same time the Seminole Indians arrived along with a group of runaway slaves in 1825 the Cape Florida Lighthouse was built on nearby Key Biscayne to warn passing ships of the dangerous reefs. 1.3 Cuban and Latino influences School board members 1920 29,571 440.5% Contents Oakland Park 10 Communities Florida has 2 cities in the top 25 cities in the U.S with the highest average credit card debt Miami and Tampa.

5 Headquarters 9 References Orlando: Orlando is served by the SunRail commuter train which runs on a 32 miles (51 km) (61 miles (98 km) when complete) line including four stops in downtown Lynx bus serves the greater Orlando area in Orange Seminole and Osceola counties. Main article: Seminole 46%, In 1972 the state made personal injury protection auto insurance mandatory for drivers becoming the second in the nation to enact a no-fault insurance law the ease of receiving payments under this law is seen as precipitating a major increase in insurance fraud Auto insurance fraud was the highest in the nation in 2011 estimated at close to $1 billion Fraud is particularly centered in the Miami-Dade metropolitan and Tampa areas. Following the 1959 Cuban revolution that unseated Fulgencio Batista and brought Fidel Castro to power most Cubans who were living in Miami returned to Cuba Soon after however many middle class and upper class Cubans moved to Florida en masse with few possessions Some Miamians were upset about this especially the African Americans who believed that the Cuban workers were taking their jobs.[citation needed] in addition the school systems struggled to educate the thousands of Spanish-speaking Cuban children Many Miamians fearing that the Cold War would become World War III left the city while others started building bomb shelters and stocking up on food and bottled water Many of Miami's Cuban refugees realized for the first time that it would be a long time before they would get back to Cuba in 1965 alone 100,000 Cubans packed into the twice daily "freedom flights" from Havana to Miami Most of the exiles settled into the Riverside neighborhood which began to take on the new name of "Little Havana" This area emerged as a predominantly Spanish-speaking community and Spanish speakers elsewhere in the city could conduct most of their daily business in their native tongue By the end of the 1960s more than four hundred thousand Cuban refugees were living in Dade County; ; 1.5 2000s to 2010s A cross section of fresh water ecosystems in the Everglades with relative average water depths. 1 7656 Source: PRISM Climate Group Indian Creek Population and registered voters as of 7/2/2019 2.2 1940s: World War II. Lauderhill Climbing ferns overtake cypress trees in the Everglades the ferns act as "fire ladders" that can destroy trees that would otherwise survive fires, Buena Vista Design District Liberty City Little Haiti Little River Lummus Park Overtown Spring Garden and Wynwood. 3 Military Drainage 1940s: World War II (27.8) 78.4 17 Notes, The Miami Metropolitan Area has the highest GDP of all the metro areas in Florida with $344.9 billion in 2017 This is more than twice the number of the next metro area the Tampa Bay Area which has a GDP of $145.3 billion the economy of Florida is driven almost entirely by its nineteen metropolitan areas in 2004 they had a combined total of 95.7% of the state's domestic product.