Miami-Dade County has operated under a unique metropolitan system of government a "two-tier federation" since 1957 This was made possible when Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1956 that allowed the people of Dade County (as it was known) to enact a home rule charter Prior to this year home rule did not exist in Florida and all counties were limited to the same set of powers by the Florida Constitution and state law. . . FIU has a center on Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami at 1101 Brickell Avenue dubbed "FIU Downtown on Brickell" FIU's College of Business Administration has had classes at the Burdines Building on Flagler Street and the Metropolitan Center had offices at 150 SE 2nd Ave since 2004 in August 2011 FIU expanded its Downtown center to 1101 Brickell with the expansion of course offerings for the College of Business Administration and the School of International and Public Affairs as well as with FIU's research center the Metropolitan Center Most programs in Downtown are graduate-level evening courses geared for Downtown professionals and residents as of Spring 2011 there were approximately 500 students enrolled at the Downtown center with plans to grow the center to over 2,000 students by 2021. . Miami Florida Business directory Wellington, Everglades Hall 2002 4 Treasure fleet Fire protection at the airport is provided by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department Station 12.
. Physical and social factors of competitive business and social environment, Population % change Shuttered for two decades Virginia Key Beach was eroded by storms its buildings damaged and vandalized and park lands invaded by exotic plants and animals Beset by declining revenues some City officials began to speculate over schemes to sell off the development rights on Virginia Key as plans leaked a local coalition formed among Miami's grassroots activists protesting any commercial development and asking for a complete restoration and re-opening of Miami's largest park and only public park on the Atlantic Ocean the leadership at City Hall appointed an official community-based civil rights task force to provide a public forum for the park's future.
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