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Pompano Citi Centre is a primarily open-air shopping mall in Pompano Beach, Florida. The center consists of a big box retailer strip, in addition to a small lifestyle center section. The mall's main anchor stores are JCPenney , Lowe's , Ross Dress For Less , Big Lots , and Pet Smart .
The original idea for the Florida Splendid China theme park was that of Josephine Chen, a former educator from Taiwan. In 1988, Chen toured a prototype park, "Splendid China Miniature Scenic Spot", in Shenzhen, China operated by China Travel Service (CTS). This park is close to Hong Kong. 3.5 million people visited the park during the first year.
Pompano Park opened in 1964. [1] It was billed as "The Winter Home of Harness Racing", as its tropical South Florida location made it an ideal alternative for horsemen, when most of the racetracks to the north are subject to racing in snow, ice, and bitter cold conditions. The track operated its live racing meet for about ten months out of ...
Tequesta Indians lived in the area. [12]The city's name is derived from the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), a fish found off the Atlantic coast. [13]There had been scattered settlers in the area since at least the mid-1880s, but the first documented permanent residents of the Pompano area were George Butler and Frank Sheen and their families, who arrived in 1896 as railway employees. [3]
China Life Insurance Company Limited (short China Life, simplified Chinese: 中国人寿保险; traditional Chinese: 中國人壽保險; pinyin: Zhōngguó rénshòu bǎoxiǎn) is a Beijing-headquartered China-incorporated company that provides life insurance and annuity products. China Life is ranked No. 94 on Fortune 2015 Global 500 Company list.
A 75 km 2 area [64] surrounding the peak of Mt Mian (2,440 m), [63] considered holy since at least the Spring and Autumn period (8th–5th centuries BC), [65] most famed as the scene of Jie Zhitui's supposed immolation by Duke Chong'er of Jin c. 636 BC [64] and thus the home of China's Cold Food and Tomb-Sweeping Festivals, [66] the site of ...
Pompano Beach is a Tri-Rail commuter rail station in Pompano Beach, Florida, United States. With 109,000 passengers in the first six months of 2011, it is the 10th-busiest Tri-Rail station. [ 1 ] In 2015, the station had about 800 weekday riders.
The final transfer of air park property occurred in 1981 when 10 acres (40,000 m 2) in the southwestern section of the air park property were purchased by the Pompano Elks Club. These transfers account for the current total 650 acres (2.6 km 2) of the air park. Pompano Beach Air Park is owned by the City of Pompano Beach.