Nova Southeastern University (private) In recent years[when?] Miami has promoted the arts business and the performing arts such as the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts the second-largest performing arts center in the U.S Other projects include the new Miami Marlins Stadium Miami Streetcar Port of Miami Tunnel and Museum Park which includes the Miami Art Museum and the Miami Science Museum; Miami Florida Business directory Florida has three NFL teams two MLB teams two NBA teams two NHL teams and one MLS team Florida gained its first permanent major-league professional sports team in 1966 when the American Football League added the Miami Dolphins the state of Florida has given professional sports franchises some subsidies in the form of tax breaks since 1991. On November 13 1997 voters changed the name of the county from Dade to Miami-Dade to acknowledge the international name recognition of Miami Voters were acting pursuant to home rule powers granted to Dade County including the ability to change the name of the county without the consent of the Florida Legislature the change in name also addressed a source of public dissatisfaction with the name "Dade" which was chosen to honor Francis L Dade who had been killed in the Dade Massacre in the 1830s the massacre did not occur in South Florida but in the west central part of the state in present-day Sumter County near Bushnell There is also a Dade City which is closer to the site of the massacre. . (32.7) 91.9 After the watershed events of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 the state of Florida began investing in economic development through the Office of Trade Tourism and Economic Development Governor Jeb Bush realized that watershed events such as Andrew negatively impacted Florida's backbone industry of tourism severely the office was directed to target Medical/Bio-Sciences among others Three years later the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced it had chosen Florida for its newest expansion in 2003 TSRI announced plans to establish a major science center in Palm Beach a 364,000 square feet (33,800 m2) facility on 100 acres (40 ha) which TSRI planned to occupy in 2006. .
The state has a near monopoly on saw palmetto berries an alternative medicine used to treat prostate and urinary disorders, In 1939 Florida was described as "still very largely an empty State." Subsequently the growing availability of air conditioning the climate and a low cost of living made the state a haven Migration from the Rust Belt and the Northeast sharply increased Florida's population after 1945 in the 1960s many refugees from Cuba fleeing Fidel Castro's communist regime arrived in Miami at the Freedom Tower where the federal government used the facility to process document and provide medical and dental services for the newcomers As a result the Freedom Tower was also called the "Ellis Island of the South." in recent decades more migrants have come for the jobs in a developing economy. . First Presbyterian Church (1898) Barry College was founded as a women's college by a pair of siblings: Rev Patrick Barry Bishop of St Augustine and his sister Rev Mother Mary Gerald Barry OP then prioress of the Adrian Dominican Sisters the construction of what was then the Barry College for Women began in 1940 in what had previously been "a tract of tropical vegetation." the empty lot was soon transformed into the main campus in Miami Shores FL the original campus consisted of five buildings Mother Barry served as president from 1940-1961. ! . 5.2 Real estate The Miami metropolitan area also includes several urban clusters (UCs) as of the 2000 Census which are not part of the Miami Urbanized Area These are the Belle Glade UC population 24,218 area 20,717,433 square meters and population density of 3027.6 per square mile; Key Biscayne UC population 10,513 area 4,924,214 square meters and population density of 5529.5 per square mile; Redland UC population 3,936 area 10,586,212 square meters and population density of 963.0 per square mile; and West Jupiter UC population 8,998 area 24,737,176 square meters and population density of 942.1 per square mile, Tropical hardwood hammock Major professional and D-I college teams (attendance > 10,000), Other faith Miami Florida Business directory.
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