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SOLVED: Palmetto Park Road – Boca’s Big Scar.

February 6, 2025

The problem with Boca’s Government Campus.

February 5, 2025

EVALUATION: The Government Campus Proposals.

February 5, 2025

A Look at Boca Raton’s Planned Mobility Development Outcomes

February 2, 2025

Boca Raton’s Vision Zero Neighborhood Outreach

January 20, 2025

Previous Posts

  • The Watchdog

    The Center For Arts & Innovation Announces Termination of Agreement With City.

    by BocaFirst January 9, 2025
    by BocaFirst January 9, 2025

    Reading time: 4 minsThe Center highlighted challenges with fundraising timelines, the need for public sector funding assurances, uncertainty around development rights, and milestone structures.

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    Breaking down the breakdown of The Center for Arts and Innovation in Boca Raton

    by Alan Neibauer January 9, 2025
    by Alan Neibauer January 9, 2025

    Reading time: 3 minsCertainly, a grand and ambitious effort to redefine the amphitheater and empty land on the north side of Mizner Park. It would foster art, dance, performance, and art education. A multi- million campus of creativity and entertainment, planned to break ground in 2025, completed in 2029.

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  • Pedestrian/Bike Advocacy

    CRASH INVESTIGATION: A Preventable A1A Crash Fatality.

    by Les Wilson December 23, 2024
    by Les Wilson December 23, 2024

    Reading time: 7 minsThe Palm Beach County TPA and Boca Mayor Scott Singer should be screaming bloody murder about this preventable a1a crash. Even cavemen eventually made the connection between sex and babies.

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  • Pedestrian/Bike Advocacy

    Boca Raton A1A Safety Upgrades Needed

    by Jim Wood December 23, 2024
    by Jim Wood December 23, 2024

    Reading time: 4 minsThe recent cyclist fatal crash highlights Boca Raton A1A safety upgrades needed. The details on…

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    City of Boca Raton 2024 Presidential Precinct Election Vote Results

    by Jim Wood November 24, 2024
    by Jim Wood November 24, 2024

    Reading time: 2 minsThis article provides the City of Boca Raton 2024 Presidential Precinct Election vote results. We also provide a graphical view of the margins of victory in each city precinct.

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  • Pedestrian/Bike Advocacy

    Boca is a Vision Zero City. The Real Deal.

    by Jim Wood November 22, 2024
    by Jim Wood November 22, 2024

    Reading time: 3 minsYou might think that being a Vision Zero City is a just another public relations stunt. It’s not. Vision Zero is in fact a philosophy for developing city transportation infrastructure. It’s focused on the goal of revamping and forging a city where fatalities and serious injuries on roadways are brought down to zero. Vision Zero cities have access to money and methodologies to achieve this goal.

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    Coastal Catastrophe.

    by Jessica Gray November 20, 2024
    by Jessica Gray November 20, 2024

    Reading time: 2 minsIt’s like a bad game of coastal whack-a-mole: every time we think we’ve saved our beaches; another developer comes along. Not to mention the City of Boca Raton who deliberately fast – tracked and kept the meeting under wraps to minimize public turnout.

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    Boca Council Looks Gift Horse in the Mouth.

    by Les Wilson October 16, 2024
    by Les Wilson October 16, 2024

    Reading time: 6 minsOn a related note, in a special meeting Monday Oct 21, the City Council will vote on Resolution 97-2024 to approve or deny the “Landlord Plan” for the privately funded Center for Arts and Innovation to be built in Mizner Park. With tens of millions raised from donors from around the world, the Center for Arts and Innovation complex would be the crowning jewel and capstone of Boca’s prized Mizner Park.

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  • Boca Viewpoint

    Recommendations for FDOT US1 Project in Boca Raton

    by Strong Towns Boca Raton Chapter October 16, 2024
    by Strong Towns Boca Raton Chapter October 16, 2024

    Reading time: 4 minsThe Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is planning an upgrade to US1 (Federal Highway) in…

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  • Pedestrian/Bike Advocacy

    A Resident’s Analysis of Boca’s Mobility Infrastructure

    by Jerome Tranie October 13, 2024
    by Jerome Tranie October 13, 2024

    Reading time: 3 minsWhile West Palm Beach leads the way and converts its alleys into pedestrian and bike ways, Boca Raton gives its alleys away to developers. We need to utilize our potential and reap the benefits of alternative mobility infrastructure.

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