Reading time: 3 mins We have seen this play before. No wonder development in Boca seems to proceed in fits and starts. And no wonder such development gives our residents starts and fits.

Reading time: 2 mins Here’s the latest regarding the broken negotiations between United Healthcare and the Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

Reading time: 3 mins On October 21, 2019 Boca Raton’s design consultant, EDSA, presented their initial Wildflower and Silver Palm Park site plans for approval. This article provides information on the site plans as well as the latest project schedule.

Reading time: < 1 min To be frank, this soon-to-be park was going to be ‘leased’ for 45 years for private commercial development; and was only saved by the hard work of residents who petitioned the City Council to have the question of commercialization put before the people for a vote.

Reading time: 2 mins Would you consider donating to BocaFirst? No donation is too small. We are an advertisement free site snd not beholden to advertisers or benefactors. It’s your donations that help us keep going.

Reading time: < 1 min The “Missing In America Project” (MIAP) interred 19 Veterans and 5 Spouses at the South Florida National Cemetery.

Reading time: 3 mins Virgin Trains USA has proposed a “ground lease and option agreement” for a Brightline train station, parking garage and mixed-use residential hi-rise next to the library in downtown Boca Raton.

Reading time: 3 mins Although there are some good transportation connectivity examples in Boca Raton, much still needs to be done to mitigate increasing vehicle use and traffic.

Reading time: 3 mins Objective and anecdotal evidence suggests that traffic congestion in the City has become worse and is a trend that will continue.

Reading time: 6 mins Ranked Choice Voting has thus far predictably been mocked and criticized by the special interest minority who have the most to lose.