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==Economy== [[File:Belle Glade Industrial Park.jpg|thumb|Belle Glade Industrial Park]] The [[cane sugar mill]] of the "[[Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida|Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative]]" (SCGC) is located at Belle Glade. During the crop season the factory employs 550 people.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121207021121/http://www.scgc.org/release10.pdf press release of SCGC, added 2011-04-24]}}</ref> As of Feb. 2013, the official unemployment rate was about 15%; however, the town's mayor suggested the actual unemployment rate was closer to 40%. The number of jobs available locally dropped as local agriculture shifted from [[vegetables]] to [[sugarcane]], a more highly mechanized crop.<ref name = "ovaska" /> The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Belle Glade Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/belle-glade-1340-nw-avenue-l-belle-glade-fl-1354504 Post Office™ Location - BELLE GLADE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902223322/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/belle-glade-1340-nw-avenue-l-belle-glade-fl-1354504 |date=2012-09-02 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on August 26, 2011.</ref> The [[Florida Department of Corrections]] operated the [[Glades Correctional Institution]] in an [[unincorporated area]] in [[Palm Beach County, Florida|Palm Beach County]] near Belle Glade.<ref name=DC01>"[http://www.dc.state.fl.us/facilities/region4/406.html Glades Correctional Institution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926231733/http://www.dc.state.fl.us/facilities/region4/406.html |date=2011-09-26 }}." [[Florida Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 26, 2011.</ref> It was founded in 1932, employed about 350, had a capacity of 918 inmates <ref name=DC01/> and was scheduled for closure in December 2011.<ref name=PBP01>Kam, Dara, and Jennifer Sorentrue, [http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/state-regional/rep-bernard-state-prisons-chief-says-glades-prison/nLyBS/ "Rep. Bernard: State prisons chief says Glades prison will close Dec. 1"], Palm Beach ''Post'', September 21, 2011.</ref>
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