Hollywood, Florida is the principal city in the South Florida Metropolitan Area (comprised of the three most populous counties in Florida: Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach). Hollywood is the shining star along Florida's southeast sugar-sand coastline. This 12th largest city in Florida is home to approximately 146,000 people, according to the 2006 Census population estimates, sharing an area of 27 square miles of land.

Hollywood, Florida turned the first shovel of sandy soil that began the birth of the town in 1920 when developer Joseph W. Young, Jr. purchased the first square mile of what would become his dream for Hollywood-By-The-Sea. Young was a resident of southern California and brought that area's eclectic style of Moorish and Spanish architecture with him. Those architectural designs are still quite prominent today. He had carved a plan for the entire city including wide boulevards, elaborate parks and numerous scenic vistas as well as a trendy 1920's City Beautiful Movement concept called the Arcade, combining retail space with apartments and courtyards.

Cutting a 30-foot pathway between the pristine Hollywood, FL beaches and the town proper is the famous Broadwalk in Hollywood. Sans motor vehicles, this pedestrian walkway is a wide comfortable way to cruise the beaches and navigate between shopping and restaurants on the beachfront. While the Broadwalk itself is a popular destination in Hollywood , it is also home to many events. The Beach Theater for example has weekly free concerts like the “ Gypsy Blue Acoustic Revue ” and “ Dancing Under the Stars.” Entertainment and tourism doesn't stop at the Broadwalk; it just begins there. Downtown Hollywood offers a stunning array of vibrant storefronts, quaint brick-lined sidewalks, a diverse restaurant selection and unique boutiques. Shopping for unique items is easy, but it could be time-consuming with the abundance and diversity of retail stores in Hollywood, FL.

Looking for something a bit more exciting than shopping, eating and lying on the beach?  Hollywood, FL can help you kick it up a notch at one of the two Seminole Indian gaming facilities. The Seminole Indian Casino has over 1,000 slot machines, more than 40 poker tables, as well as bingo and electronic bingo. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is a grand destination for gamers with 2,500 of the most popular Vegas-style slots and 50 poker tables on the casino floor. The poker provisions include high-limit tables and non-smoking poker rooms.

From preschool to university degrees, Hollywood Florida residents do not need to travel to find high quality examples at every educational level. The number of certified preschools, at 45, outnumber what you would find in urban centers twice Hollywood 's size. Private grammar through high schools abound to complement the award-winning public school system. A wide variety of colleges and universities are within easy commuting distances of Hollywood , offering business, technical and law programs.

Hollywood , Florida is part of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida, which serves Broward County. The 17th Judicial Circuit serves a community encompassing 1,197 square miles in South Florida and containing a population of 1.8 million. Florida currently operates under a two-tier trial court system of circuit and county courts, established in 1972. In the circuit and county trial courts, disputes are resolved by jury trials or by non-jury trials. County Courts are courts of limited jurisdiction where misdemeanor and civil cases are heard. In the Circuit Courts, which are the highest state trial courts in Florida, felony, civil, family, juvenile and probate matters are heard.

There are four area courthouses: the Broward County Judicial Complex, 201 Southeast 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301; the North Regional Courthouse, 1600 West Hillsboro Boulevard, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442; the South Regional Courthouse, 3550 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, FL 33021; and the West Regional Courthouse, 100 North Pine Island Road, Plantation, FL 33324.

Recent News

< Back to About Florida