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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
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April 9, 2004
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Street codesignation of Northwest
17`l' Avenue from Northwest 14`h
Street to Northwest 1711' Street
Miami, Florida, as "Don Jose
Gonzalez Curbed() Way"
RECOMMENDATION
The City of Miami Street Codesignation Committee recommends that the City of Miami
Commission adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the street codesignation of NW
17th Avenue from NW 14th Street to NW 17th Street, as "Don Jose Gonzalez Curbelo
Way."
BACKGROUND
Jose Gonzalez Curbelo was a Cuban patriot and early emigre to America where he
established himself in the cigar business, In 1873 he founded the "Orden Caballero de la
Luz," a Cuban fraternal benevolent association that assisted Cuban revolutionaries in
their efforts to overthrow Spanish colonial ties and end slavery in the island -nation. This
order has endured and to this day fosters charitable causes,
Fiscal Impact: None
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