Pompano Beach is a haven for visitors to enjoy, a pleasant place to live, and a destination for a wide variety of businesses to call home.

Pompano Beach and North Broward County are also become known as an integral part of the "Internet Coast." This corridor of high-tech companies includes Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties and features a growing region for technology-focused industry with the benefits and potential of the area a major draw to companies in the information technologies arena. The Internet Coast region was name the #1 location in the country for successful growth of small businesses by Entrepreneur Magazine and Dun and Bradstreet.

Though the City of Pompano Beach has come a long way from its beginning as a tiny seacoast town,the booming population and economic growth have not changed the lifestyle in Pompano Beach. It remains informal as a small coastal town and the pace is leisurely.

This fish has it all. Gourmets consider it a delight. Both sport and commercial fisherman eagerly seek it. Fun to catch on hook and line with artifical or natural bait. Netted by commercial fisherman and now bred in ponds with some success. Average weight is approximately 1 to 2 pounds, but occasionally a fish can weigh up to 6 or 7 pounds.