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City 1920 369 Altha: Calhoun: 496 1.3 sq mi 3.5 km 2: Mayor–council Town 1946 329 Anna Maria: Manatee: 968 0.74 sq mi 1.9 km 2: Mayor–commission City 1923 278 Apalachicola† Franklin: 2,341 1.9 sq mi 5.0 km 2: Mayor–commission City 1831 54 Apopka: Orange: 54,873 34.6 sq mi 89.5 km 2: Mayor–commission City 1882 187 Arcadia† DeSoto ...
The Turlington Building in Tallahassee, headquarters of the Department of Education. Florida is unique among U.S. states in having a strong cabinet-style government. Members of the Florida Cabinet are independently elected, and have equal footing with the governor on issues under the Cabinet's jurisdiction.
Pinetop–Lakeside is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. According to 2020 census, the population of the town is 4,557. [3] It was founded in 1984 when the neighboring towns of Pinetop and Lakeside merged. Pinetop–Lakeside is a popular summer resort and second-home area for Arizona desert residents.
Miami-Dade County was the first in Florida to certify hurricane-resistant standards for structures which the Florida Building Code subsequently enacted across all requirements for hurricane-resistant buildings. Many other states reference the requirements set in the Florida Building codes, or have developed their own requirements for hurricanes ...
In 2023, DeSantis announced he would rename the district to Central Florida Tourism Oversight District instead of dissolving it, and replace five-board members which had been selected by Disney, with a new board with five members hand-picked by the governor. [10] This was approved by the Florida state legislature on February 9 and 10, 2023.
The Ralph D. Turlington Florida Education Center, [2] commonly known as the Turlington Building [3] and colloquially known as The Razor, is an 18-story building [1] in downtown Tallahassee, Florida. It is the second tallest building in Tallahassee after the Florida State Capitol. [4] The building was completed in 1989. [1]
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building in Tallahassee, the largest of the agency's headquarters buildings.. By the mid-1960s, when the federal government was becoming increasingly involved in initiatives designed to protect the country's environmental interests, Florida had four agencies involved with environmental protection: the Florida Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund ...
Six sites are in state parks and managed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. [2] Also included is a site determined eligible for National Historic Landmark status, [3] and a list of historical sites in Florida managed by the U.S. National Park Service which also have national significance. [4]