Melbourne is the 30th largest city in Florida and voted #1 Tech Hub in Florida and #1 Best Place to live near the Beach. There are 85,000 residents who call the 38-square-mile "Harbor City" their home. In 1969 the city was expanded by merging with nearby Eau Gallie. Evidence for the presence of Paleo-Indians in the Melbourne area during the late Pleistocene epoch was uncovered during the 1920s. Melbourne offers many things to see and do and it is the home of Eastern Florida State College (EFSC), Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), Webster University, Keiser University, Gleason Auditorium, Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts where many famous bands, singers, ballet dancers, Brevard Symphony Orchestra, talk-show hosts and performers come on stage, as well as home of many high-technology companies such as Norththrop Grumman, Harris, Embraer, Thales Avionics, Collins Aerospace, Rockwell Collins, Lockheed Martin, Artemis, L3 Communications, Health First, just to name a few. Melbourne houses the Historic Downtown Melbourne, one of the area's premier entertainment and shopping destinations, the Eau Gallie Arts District (EGAD) home of the Foosaner Art Museum as well as numerous art galleries and studios. First Friday Art Walk, EGAD in Bloom which is a flower and garden festival and a food bazaar, plus ArtWorks EGAD Festival all are fun events happening in Melbourne. Melbourne has many beautiful Museums, such as the Rossetter House, American Muscle Car Museum (privately owned and only open to the public during charity events), Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science, Ruth Funk Center for Textile Art, Liberty Bell Memorial Museum where one can see an exact replica of the Liberty Bell, and the famous Green Gables Historical House. Melbourne has its own International Airport and a Mall called Melbourne Square Mall. Melbourne has a Zoo, too. There are plenty of wonderful restaurants to try from, many with amazing waterviews such as Grills Riverside Seafood, Pineda Crossing Bar & Grill, Squid Lips, Captain Katanna's Dockside, Ichabod Dockside Bar & Grill, Chart House, Bonefish Willy's just to name a few. West Melbourne has been booming with residential construction in the recent years along with commercial growth, too. Hammock Landing is one of the newest built open-air shopping and dinning destinations with stores like Kohls, Ulta, Marshall and Target. From The shores of the Indian River and the Eau Gallie Arts District, stretching to Brevard's western border, the St. John's River, there are many different types of properties and commercial buildings in West Melbourne. The New Haven Avenue, home of Historic Downtown Melbourne Village is one of the area's busiest shopping districts, shops, various restaurants, and pubs, including Meg O'Malleys, Matt's Casbah, Groucho's Commedy Club and antique stores. It is also home of the Henegar Center for the Arts, the Melbourne Civic Centers, and the Strawbridge Art League. The Art Festival takes place in Downtown Melbourne every Spring, while the Melbourne Main Street Fall Art Festival is held in November. The perfect year-round climate of the Space Coast coupled with the beauty of its natural surroundings lends itself to a golfer's paradise. If you would like to golf then check out Crane Creek reserve Golf Course, Mallards Landing Golf Course and Palm Gardens Golf Course. There are 12 zip codes in Melbourne 32901, 32903, 32904, 32905, 32907, 32908, 32909, 32934, 32935, 32937, 32940, and 32951.
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