Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade County has 2.5 million people living on more than 2,000 square miles;
County has 32 municipalities; largest is City of Miami, next is Hialeah;
Unincorporated Miami-Dade is largest local government in Southeast USA;
Budget of $5 billion;
Fourth largest school district in nation.

Polyglot Community

Gateway to the Americas - and the World

Miami-Dade County has a workforce of more than one million multi-lingual, multi-skilled men and women;
More than 100 financial institutions;
Largest number of custom brokers and freight forwarders in US;
Florida is number one trading partner of all regional countries, except Mexico;
More than 300 Fortune 500 multinational corporations have regional and worldwide headquarters in Miami-Dade County;
100 foreign consular offices and foreign trade offices;
Bidding for the site of the Permanent FTAA Secretariat -- Home of Temporary FTAA Secretariat;
Hosted first Summit of the Americas in 1994;
Sister City and Sister Port agreements with 26 cities in Latin America, Africa and Europe;
Two-way trade figures with Latin American / Caribbean more than $40 billion in first half of year;
More tropical vegetables grown than any US county;
Live flowers importing capital of the US.

Port of Miami

Busiest passenger cruise port in world;
One of busiest deep-water container ports in nation -- largest in Florida;
More than half the cargo from Latin American and the Caribbean flows through the Port;
Port has more than 40 shipping lines, sailing to 132 countries and calling on 362 ports;
Last year, port moved more than 4 million tons of cargo.

Miami International Airport

MIA moves more cargo to and from hemisphere countries than any US airport;
More international cargo flights than any the US airport;
More scheduled non-stop cargo flights to Latin America and the Caribbean than Orlando, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Tampa, and JFK airports combined;
Constructing $4 billion airport improvement project - including 4th runway.

Good Neighbor

Fire Rescue assist at disasters throughout world - including World Trade Center.

Safe Community

Invested additional $50 million in Operation Safe Streets, Robbery Intervention Details, Tactical Narcotics Teams, Warrants Bureau and Truancy Sweeps, Citizens’ Watch, Victim Services;
Violent crime down by 5 percent.
Robberies, burglaries and auto thefts down.

Arts and Culture

Performing Arts Center with two major auditoriums -2,500 seat theater for opera and ballet, and 2,200-seat concert hall - under construction;
World-class Children’s Museum, Miami Museum of Science and the Miami Art Museum;
Jackie Gleason Theater, Coconut Grove Playhouse and hundreds others attract major international performers;
Florida Grand Opera at Miami-Dade County Auditorium;
New World Symphony - one-of-a-kind orchestra-training program;
World-famous Miami City Ballet -- fastest-growing ballet company in US.

Tourism, Sports and Recreation

More than 10 million overnight guests annually;
South Beach rivals Riviera as international tourist attraction
Great gourmet restaurants;
Many of the grandest hotels in the world;
Famous attractions: Parrot Jungle, Monkey Jungle, Fairchild Gardens, and many, many more;
Home of Miami Dolphins, Florida Marlins, Miami Heat, Florida Panthers; the University of Miami Hurricanes, and the Orange Bowl Classic;
Finest golf courses in the world;
Endless tennis courts, magnificent beaches.

Education

County has eight colleges and universities -- including Miami-Dade Community College, nation's largest community college.

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