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Public organizations with their main offices in Downtown include the central offices of the Beacon Council the Downtown Development Authority Miami-Dade County government Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami Police Department and Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation as well as numerous City of Miami departments despite city hall's location in Coconut Grove, 1880 269,493 43.5% Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, Miami Florida Business directory Contents Sloughs or free-flowing channels of water develop in between sawgrass prairies Sloughs are about 3 feet (0.91 m) deeper than sawgrass marshes and may stay flooded for at least 11 months out of the year and sometimes multiple years in a row Aquatic animals such as turtles alligators snakes and fish thrive in sloughs; they usually feed on aquatic invertebrates Submerged and floating plants grow here such as bladderwort (Utricularia) waterlily (Nymphaeaceae) and spatterdock (Nuphar lutea) Major sloughs in the Everglades system include the Shark River Slough flowing out to Florida Bay Lostmans River Slough bordering the Big Cypress and Taylor Slough in the eastern Everglades. 2 Superintendent of schools, Miami Silver Service Main article: Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Facilities Air Transport International Everglades Hall upperclassmen apartments; Lamme and Oldakowski identify several demographic political and cultural elements that characterize South Florida and distinguish it from other areas of the state Many of its differences appear to be driven by its proportionately higher level of migration from the northern U.S states and from the Caribbean and Latin America particularly in the densely populated Miami area Politically South Florida is more liberal than the rest of the state While less than 10% of people in either North or Central Florida felt their area was liberal over a third of South Floridians described their region as such 38% characterized the area as conservative; 26% as moderate This tracks with South Florida's demographics and Lamme and Oldakowski's findings parallel Barney Warf and Cynthia Waddell's research on Florida's political geography during the 2000 Presidential election the economy in South Florida is very similar to that in Central Florida Compared to the more diversified economy in North Florida tourism is by far the most significant industry in South and Central Florida with a much smaller but vibrant agricultural industry, The western side of Miami includes the neighborhoods of Little Havana West Flagler and Flagami Although at one time a mostly Jewish neighborhood today western Miami is home to immigrants from mostly Central America and Cuba while the west central neighborhood of Allapattah is a multicultural community of many ethnicities. 6 Schools 3.3 South Terminal (Red), Geography 3 Demographics Other companies with offices in an unincorporated area not in any CDP:, 1980s and 1990s Demographics The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 brought 150,000 Cubans to Miami the largest transport in civilian history Unlike the previous exodus of the 1960s most of the Cuban refugees arriving were poor some having been released from prisons or mental institutions to make the trip During this time many of the middle class non-Hispanic whites in the community left the city often referred to as the "white flight" in 1960 Miami was 90% non-Hispanic white but by 1990 it was only about 10% non-Hispanic white. The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library contains more than 710,000 items including 2,600 periodical titles 5,000 audiovisual items 150 electronic databases and an "excellent Catholic American collection." the library also contains a collection of documents pertaining to Operation Pedro Pan. Exploration Park West is the neighborhood just west of Museum Park east of NW 1st Ave south of I-195 and north of NE 6th St Park West was primarily known for its nightclubs and in recent years has been the talk of much revitalization and project proposals for the revitalization of the area By the end of 2015 most of the nightclubs along the former club row west of the MetroMover from the Freedom Tower station to the Eleventh Street Station have been demolished to make way for planned construction of Miami World Center Park West is directly served by the Miami Metrorail at: Historic Overtown/Lyric Theatre Station and by three Metromover stations on the Omni Loop, (28.2) 79.5 Western North Atlantic 5 Culture and contemporary life. Lastly a joint venture and wholly owned subsidiary are two more entry modes in international business a joint venture is when a firm created is jointly owned by two or more companies (Most joint venture are 50-50 partnerships) This is in contrast with a wholly owned subsidiary when a firm owns 100 percent of the stock of a company in a foreign country because it has either set up a new operation or acquires an established firm in that country.

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