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Florida's economy ranks among the largest in the world as of 2018 the gross state product (GSP) is about $1.0 trillion the fourth largest economy in the United States Florida is responsible for 5.0 percent of the United States' approximate $20.9 trillion gross domestic product (GDP) as of 2018 Florida's nominal GDP is larger than all but 15 countries in terms of Purchasing Power Parity it is larger than all but 24 countries in the 20th century tourism industry construction international banking biomedical and life sciences healthcare research simulation training aerospace and defense and commercial space travel have contributed to the state's economic development, 13 See also The land seemed to inspire extreme reactions of both wonder or hatred During the Second Seminole War an army surgeon wrote "It is in fact a most hideous region to live in a perfect paradise for Indians alligators serpents frogs and every other kind of loathsome reptile." in 1897 explorer Hugh Willoughby spent eight days canoeing with a party from the mouth of the Harney River to the Miami River He sent his observations to the New Orleans Times-Democrat Willoughby described the water as healthy and wholesome with numerous springs and 10,000 alligators "more or less" in Lake Okeechobee the party encountered thousands of birds near the Shark River "killing hundreds but they continued to return" Willoughby pointed out that much of the rest of the country had been explored and mapped except for this part of Florida writing "(w)e have a tract of land one hundred and thirty miles long and seventy miles wide that is as much unknown to the white man as the heart of Africa.", African American labor played a crucial role in Miami's early development During the early 20th century migrants from the Bahamas and African-Americans constituted 40 percent of the city's population.:25 Despite their role in the city's growth their community was limited to a small space When landlords began to rent homes to African-Americans around Avenue J (what would later become NW Fifth Avenue) a gang of white men with torches marched through the neighborhood and warned the residents to move or be bombed.:33; CR 992 Coral Reef Drive extension of SR 992 School of Arts and Sciences The Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project's final construction project was straightening the Kissimmee River a meandering 90-mile (140 km)-long river that was drained to make way for grazing land and agriculture the C&SF started building the C-38 canal in 1962 and the effects were seen almost immediately Waterfowl wading birds and fish disappeared prompting conservationists and sport fishers to demand the region be restored before the canal was finished in 1971 in general C&SF projects had been criticized for being temporary fixes that ignored future consequences costing billions of dollars with no end in sight After Governor Bob Graham initiated the Save Our Everglades campaign in 1983 the first section of the canal was backfilled in 1986 Graham announced that by 2000 the Everglades would be restored as closely as possible to its pre-drainage state the Kissimmee River Restoration project was approved by Congress in 1992 It is estimated that it will cost $578 million to convert only 22 miles (35 km) of the canal the entire project was to be complete by 2011 yet as of 2017 the project is "more than halfway complete" and the new completion date is 2020.

University Park (Modesto A Maidique Campus) Fort Lauderdale 165,521 152,397 Broward Miami Florida Business directory SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway): Downtown to SW 137th Ave via MIA. Lincoln Road Later years, Tyler Kinley Baseball player Economy, The Interfraternity Council (IFC) comprises 13 fraternities the Panhellenic Council (PC) is made up of 7 sororities the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) comprises 6 historically black organizations (4 fraternities and 2 sororities) the Multicultural Greek Council (MGC) consists of 9 cultural organizations for Latinos Asians and South Asians (5 fraternities and 4 sororities).