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. All potable water resources have been controlled by the state government through five regional water authorities since 1972! The Herald also co-sponsors spelling bees and athletic awards in South Florida.[citation needed]. Cor Jesu Chapel See also: Architecture of Miami and Architecture of Jacksonville. City Commission FG? (FIJI) SSS F?? The city is a major music production city and attracts many annual music festivals such as Ultra Music Festival. ; Coconut Creek 52,909 43,566 Broward The College of Business is ranked the graduate school 15th for an International MBA in the U.S. and 1st in South Florida, (24.3) 75.3 Fontainebleau The site of the campus was originally used for a general aviation airport called Tamiami Airport (not to be confused with Kendall-Tamiami Airport) which was in operation from the 1940s until 1967 the airport had three runways and was used for pilot training among other purposes Construction on the FIU campus began in 1965 and the airport closed in 1969 At the time very little was located around FIU and the campus was called University Park as Miami grew west the area came to be known as University Park after the university's campus name.

. The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League was founded in 1993 as an expansion team They have made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1996 They play in nearby Sunrise at the BB&T Center, In accordance with measures set forth by the state any school that had been graded as a D or F on the FCAT the previous academic year were put on an academic probation by the school board giving the administration three years to bring the school's grade up to a C or higher before taking drastic measures such as firing all teachers and administrators or removing funding for extracurricular activities.[citation needed]. Five geologic formations form the surface of the southern portion of Florida: the Tamiami Formation Caloosahatchee Formation Anastasia Formation Miami Limestone and the Fort Thompson Formation the Tamiami Formation is a compression of highly permeable light colored fossiliferous sands and pockets of quartz 150 feet (46 m) thick It is named for the Tamiami Trail that follows the upper bedrock of the Big Cypress Swamp and underlies the southern portion of the Everglades Between the Tamiami Formation and Lake Okeechobee is the Caloosahatchee Formation named for the river over it Much less permeable this formation is highly calcitic and is composed of sandy shell marl clay and sand Water underneath the Caloosahatchee Formation is typically very mineralized Both the Tamiami and Caloosahatchee Formations developed during the Pliocene Epoch, Since its signing the State of Florida reports that it has spent more than $2 billion on the various projects More than 36,000 acres (150 km2) of Stormwater Treatment Areas have been constructed to filter 2,500 short tons (2,300 t) of phosphorus from Everglades waters an STA spanning 17,000 acres (69 km2) was constructed in 2004 making it the largest manmade wetland in the world Fifty-five percent of the land necessary to acquire for restoration has been purchased by the State of Florida totaling 210,167 acres (850.52 km2) a plan to hasten the construction and funding of projects was put into place named "Acceler8" spurring the start of six of eight large construction projects including that of three large reservoirs However federal funds have not been forthcoming; CERP was signed when the U.S government had a budget surplus but since then deficits have renewed and two of CERP's major supporters in Congress retired According to a story in the New York Times state officials say the restoration is lost in a maze of "federal bureaucracy a victim of 'analysis paralysis'" CERP still remains controversial as the projects slated for Acceler8 environmental activists note are those that benefit urban areas and regions in the Everglades in desperate need of water are still being neglected suggesting that water is being diverted to make room for more people in an already overtaxed environment, National protected areas 11 External links Chambers of commerce. . . Kendall West BSicon STRq.svg Amtrak (Silver Service) Virgin Trains USA (Virgin Trains USA) and Tri-Rail (Tri-Rail) The Metromover is free and has three loops throughout Downtown Brickell and the Arts & Entertainment District There are Metromover stations at roughly every two blocks in the area. 2.1 San Juan Campus, 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 In a tropical hardwood hammock trees are very dense and diverse, Frost Art Museum at Florida International University Greater Bethel AME Church (1927).