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Doral, Florida (U.S.)

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[Doral, Florida] image by Masao Okazaki, 29 September 2023
based on photo

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Description of the Flag

According to this image, the flag of Doral, Florida, consists of a blue field with 7 gold stripes. The city seal is emblazoned in the middle.
Indy, 27 September 2023

The photo on this page shows the flag is probably 3x5: https://doralfamilyjournal.com/the-city-of-doral-repeals-retirement-plan-for-elected-officials/
Also shown by this CC video: https://www.facebook.com/cityofdoral/videos/1008577773766849
Masao Okazaki, 27 September 2023

Regarding the history of (El) Doral, here's the following: "In the late 1950s, real estate pioneer Doris and Alfred Kaskel purchased 2,400 acres of swampland between NW 36 Street and NW 74 Street and from NW 79 Avenue to NW 117 Avenue for about $49,000 with the intention of building a golf course and hotel. In 1962, the Kaskel's dream came true when they opened a hotel and country club that featured the Blue, Red and Par 3 golf courses. They named it Doral - a combination of Doris and Alfred. In the second year of operation, the Kaskels hosted the first Doral Open Invitational, Florida's major PGA event. After ownership changed through the years, Donald Trump bought the Club in 2012 for $150 million and its name changed to Trump National Doral Golf Club.

By the early 1980s, Doral experienced its first residential growth spurt, when Alfred's and Doris' grandson Bill developed Doral Estates, followed by a joint venture with Lennar to build Doral Park (Country Club). Both communities were named after the hotel, a trend that was to be repeated many more times.

Incorporation began in earnest in 1995 with the realization that residents were paying a very high price for services received; they wanted more services at a reasonable price. The County met the first attempt at incorporation with a year's deferral. Doral had been classified as a "donor community," meaning that the taxes paid were more than the cost of operations. With the deferral, incorporation efforts intensified even more.

In 1996, the first election of the Community Council was held. The City of Doral elected its first Mayor, as his replacement to the Community Council: Juan Carlos Bermúdez. At the time, Bermudez was president of One Doral, a Community-based Action Coalition (civic organization, non-profit) formed to counteract the perceived influence of the West Dade Federation of Homeowners Association, Inc. (WDFHA) (established in 1989) on the Council. The Miami Herald reported that Bermudez intended to create a transparent government in Doral by bringing a balance to the table. One Doral and the West Dade Federation were instrumental in the incorporation process, as well the Doral Community Coalition.

In January 2003, following a seven year battle, 85% of the voters in Doral voted in favor of incorporation."
Sources: https://www.cityofdoral.com/about/doral-history
https://www.cityofdoral.com/about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG5wTvfQs5c
https://www.cityofdoral.com/about/doral-turns-20
https://www.miamidade.gov/global/government/commission/district12/about-commissioner-bermudez.page
https://www.miamidade.gov/global/government/commission/district12/sobre-el-comisionado-bermudez.page
and https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doral

Images:

One Doral, black and white logo:

[Doral, Florida] image located by Esteban Rivera, 28 September 2023

screenshot from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG5wTvfQs5c at 4:31

Doral flag, indoor variant:

[Doral, Florida] image located by Esteban Rivera, 28 September 2023

cropped image from the original:
https://communitynewspapers.com, source: https://communitynewspapers.com.
This is a commemorative event for the 15th anniversary (August 21, 2018) of the City's first Council meeting showing an indoor flag with thicker equal stripes.

Here's another picture showing the flag (again indoors): https://pbs.twimg.com (source: https://twitter.com/Cityofdoral). Both pictures date 2018. There's also evidence (dated 2014) that the flag reported by Indy is in use since at least that date as seen here in the following picture gallery:
https://web.facebook.com/media/

Esteban Rivera, 28 September 2023

Broader bars variant

[Doral, Florida] image by Masao Okazaki, 29 September 2023
based on photo

The flag of Doral comes in at least 2 versions.
Version 1 has metallic gold bars, with narrow bars at the top and bottom. https://www.youtube.com
Version 2 has bars of all the same size in a non-metallic gold. The seal has a blue outer rim. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
Masao Okazaki, 29 September 2023

Alternate city seal flag

[Doral, Florida] image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 October 2005

The Doral town flag is the town seal on a white background.
Eugene Ipavec, 10 October 2005

Seal

[City seal] image located by Paul Bassinson, 24 June 2019

Source: https://www.cityofdoral.com/
Paul Bassinson, 24 June 2019