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The Stephen P. Clark Government Center, known also as Government Center, Miami-Dade Center, or County Hall, is a skyscraper in the Government Center district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States. It is the headquarters building of the Miami-Dade County government. Many county offices are located in or near the building.
The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners is the governing body of unincorporated Miami-Dade County and has broad regional powers to establish policies for Miami-Dade County services. The government provides major metropolitan services countywide and city-type services for residents of unincorporated areas.
A Government Center district sign with the Stephen P. Clark Government Center and Miami-Dade County Courthouse in the background. Government Center is a district in the western portion of downtown Miami, Florida, bound roughly by I-95 and West (NW/SW) 3rd Avenue to the west, South (SW/SE) 1st Street to the south, North (NE/NW) 5th Street to the north, and East (NE/SE) 1st Avenue to the east.
The election to replace Jean Monestime as Miami-Dade County’s District 2 commissioner centers around narrowing the prosperity gap in an area on the northern end of Miami with some of the lowest ...
Position abolished by a 1992 federal court ruling invalidating Dade County's electoral system and ordering a restructuring of county government. [4] Position recreated in 1996. Voters renamed the county Miami-Dade County the following year. [5] 5: Alex Penelas: October 1, 1996: November 6, 2004: Democratic 6: Carlos Alvarez: November 6, 2004 ...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to serve as ambassador to Panama. Trump described Cabrera as "a fierce fighter for ...
City of Miami Commission Districts Map 2019. The mayor of Miami, currently Francis Suarez, is the city's executive and is directly elected; the mayor appoints a city manager to act as Miami's chief administrative officer. Five city commissioners are also elected from single-member districts of which they are residents.
The Dade County Sheriff's Office was created in 1836 to serve the newly created County of Dade, which originally consisted of the area comprising the present-day counties of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin. In the early years, the entire area was policed by as few as three deputies on horseback, and Dade's sheriffs were appointed by ...