The Great City of Pembroke Pines, Part 2

In 1980, property from Flamingo Road to U.S. 27 wasCharles Dodge started a Charter School System. As
incorporated into Pembroke Pines, doubling the sizeof 2006, Pembroke Pines had the largest Charter
of the city. This expansion included the property thatSchool System in the county.
is currently C.B. Smith Park as well as the HollywoodThe city is also home to campuses for Broward
Sportatorium and the Miami-Hollywood MotorsportsCommunity College and Florida International University.
Park.The city's population has grown from (1990 pop.
The city's expansion was a major effect of Hurricane65,452) to an estimated 2005 population of 148,000.
Andrew in 1992. Thousands of southern Miami-DadePembroke Pines was also home to the most
County residents moved northward to Browarddangerous road intersection (Pines Boulevard and
County, many to Pembroke Pines.Flamingo Road) in the United States in 2001. In 2005
The population greatly increased as former ownersa vote was passed by city residences on a bond
of destroyed homes spent their insurance money oninitiative to allow the city to begin construction to
an inland city. The resulting boom ranked the City ofredesign the area.
Pembroke Pines third in a list of Fastest GrowingThe intersection has been expanded with additional
Cities in the United States in 1999.east/west Pines Boulevard lanes.
Over the years, the sudden and unplannedAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the
overpopulation has caused problems, especially incity has a total area of 89.2 km² (34.4
schools. In 2003, Charles W. Flanagan High School hadmi²). 85.6 km² (33.0 mi²) of it is land
close to 6,000 students, making it the mostand 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²) of it (4.01%) is
populated high school in Florida.water, making it one of the largest cities in Broward
In response to Broward County's inability to keep upCounty, and largest city by total land area.
with demands, Mayor Alex Fekete and City Manager