Sunrise, Florida City of Sunrise Incorporated as Sunrise Golf Village (city) June 22, 1961 Incorporated as Sunrise (city) March 2, 1971 Sunrise is a town/city in central-western Broward County, Florida, United States, in the Miami urbane area.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a total populace of 84,439.
It is a principal town/city of the Miami urbane area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 citizens at the 2015 census.
1.3 Sunrise "lost" by Google Maps By 1961, this improve of 1.75 square miles which Johnson titled Sunrise Golf Village had less than 350 residents.
In 1961, Norman Johnson was appointed by Governor Farris Bryant as the first mayor of Sunrise Golf Village.
According to "City of Sunrise Golf Village," a booklet produced by the City in 1969: "On January 10, 1967, (a date called for by City Charter) Sunrise Golf Village emerged from a developer's operation into a no-charge town/city under complete control of its residents.
The City of Sunrise Golf Village which comprises 3 1/2 square miles, has no air pollution or drainage problems, all paved streets, and street lighting throughout the entire City." a former Miami eveningclub owner who was drawn to Sunrise Golf Village by the Upside-Down House.
Originally known as Sunrise Golf Village, the City had a populace of 4,300 and comprised just 1.75 square miles by 1967.
Then, amid the 1970s as Broward County began to push west the City experienced its first real growth.
In 1971, the City, by popular vote, changed its name to the City of Sunrise.
By October 1984, the City had reached an estimated populace of 50,000.
In the early 1990s, Sunrise worked to put its financial home in order, rebuild its transit framework and establish itself as a center for company headquarters.
Thanks in large part to these shopping and entertainment destinations, Sunrise has turn into one of Florida's top tourist draws.
Its locale at the center of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties in close adjacency to the Florida Turnpike and I-95, and bordered by the Sawgrass Expressway, I-75 and I-595 makes Sunrise accessible to region residents and visitors alike.
Sunrise operates its own utility services (water, wastewater and natural gas), as well as municipal fire-rescue and police departments.
The City also maintains its own fitness of parks, as well as a soccer club, golf course, tennis club, playgrounds and swimming pools.
The Sunrise Civic Center includes a 300-seat theater, an art loggia, an athletic club, and banquet facilities.
Sunrise is also home to eleven enhance schools.
In September 2010, Sunrise was lost by Google Maps.
If websurfers used Google Maps to get driving directions or locate a company in Sunrise they were redirected to Sarasota, Florida. This was the third time Sunrise was "lost". 2010 Enumeration Sunrise Broward County Florida In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2000, Sunrise had the 107th highest percentage of Cuban inhabitants in the US, at 2.29% of the city's population, and the sixtieth highest percentage of Colombian inhabitants in the US, at 2.44% of the city's populace (tied with Weehawken, New Jersey.) It also had the fourteenth most Jamaican-populated region in the US, with 7.6% of all residents, and the fifty-third highest concentration of Haitians (tied with Lake Alfred and Miami Gardens' Bunche Park neighborhood) at 2.8% of the population. The City of Sunrise operates under a commission/manager form of government, led by a mayor and four town/city commissioners who are propel to four-year terms on a non-partisan basis.
The commission-appointed town/city manager oversees the day-to-day operations of Sunrise.
Sunrise is a full-service town/city with a elected array of departments, including: Finance and Administrative Services, City Attorney, City Clerk, City Manager, Community Development, Leisure Services, Information Technology, Human Resources, and Public Works.
The Sunrise Utilities Department operates a water and wastewater fitness that spans approximately 70 miles and serves more than 200,000 residentiary and commercial customers.
Sunrise's tax base includes Sawgrass Mills, Sawgrass International Corporate Park, IKEA and other commercial developments.
Sunrise's roster of corporate people includes: Coventry Healthcare; AT&T - Regional HQ; United Healthcare; Mednax - HQ; Parallon Workforce Solutions - Corp HQ: Black - Berry; General Dynamics; Broadspire - HQ; Publix; Interim Services; Fox - Conn; Andrx; BHA Engineering - HQ; HG Holdings - HQ; MDR Fitness - HQ; S&B Industry - HQ; Grant Thornton - Regional HQ; Cigna Healthcare; Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL); Marsh Insurance - Regional HQ; Core - Logic; New York Life; Pet Supermarket - HQ; T-Mobile; Sunshine Health - HQ; International Bullion Brokers - HQ; Bolton Medical - U.S.
HQ; Synergistix - HQ; HBO - Latin America HQ; GL Homes - HQ; Prudential Florida Realty - HQ; Federal-Mogul - South America HQ; Martin Professional - U.S.
Gallo Winery - South America HQ; Chubb Insurance - Latin America HQ; Wendy's - Latin America HQ; IKEA; American Express Headquarters.
The City of Sunrise announced a New Homebuyer Incentive Program on January 20, 2012.
Under this innovative new program, The City of Sunrise will reimburse homebuyers up to $2,000 for select improvements to a newly purchased single-family foreclosure or short sale home.
The new program is an accomplishment to attract new inhabitants to Sunrise - and benefit existing inhabitants by helping to advancement the appearance and property values in Sunrise neighborhoods. Sunrise is home to 11 enhance schools eight elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school directed by Broward County Public Schools. Higher education is offered by close-by enhance and private establishments, including Broward College, Barry University and Nova Southeastern University.
Sunrise's BB&T Center is the home of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.
In 2015, the small-town girls youth soccer club Sunrise SC recorded 3 state championships out of 6 age groups (U14, U15, and U17).
In 2010, Sunrise rather than the complete renovation and rebranding of its executive course, Seven Bridges at Springtree Golf Club.
The City also operates the 15-court Sunrise Tennis Club, three pools, and more than 250 acres of park land.
The Sunrise Suns Wheelchair Basketball Team originally began as a recreational team under the umbrella of Spinal Cord Injury Support Group, Broward chapter.
Sunrise hosts affairs throughout the year in celebration of holidays, seasons and other occasions.
Giveaways include BPA-free water bottles that can be filled throughout the day at the City's complimentary water station.
This event is held each November in City Park.
US town/city erased from Google maps BBC World News America.
If A City Disappears From Google Maps, Does It Still Exist? Sutter, John D.: Google Maps 'loses' primary Florida town/city CNN.com, September 22, 2010.
"MLA Data Center Results of Sunrise, Fla.".
"City of Sunrise, FL : Schools & School Programs".
City of Sunrise official site
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