Research articles from BocaFirst contributors and related information about issues of governance and community in Boca Raton.
Reading time: 4 mins While Florida passes the NY, NJ, CT criteria based on the percentage of positive test results versus the number of tests given, it fails based on the percentage of cases in the state population.
Reading time: 3 mins A formal evaluation of the IDG as represented by the test case building designs is supposed to be completed by the city so lessons learned can be used to improve future building designs in the downtown. This should be completed before any more downtown buildings are approved with the Interim Design Guidelines.
Reading time: 2 mins Those of us who live in Florida live with storms. Really big storms. We call…
Reading time: 2 mins On June 23, 2020 the Boca Raton city council passed resolution 80-2020 authorizing the staff to proceed with project planning for Wildflower and Silver Palm Park
Reading time: < 1 min BocaFirst is announcing the addition of a BocaFirst Podcast named “Boca Soul Connexion” or “bocasoulX” for short. Focussed on the entrepreneurial people and happenings around town, this easy listening podcast is aimed at informing residents about little known things and people in Boca Raton.
Reading time: 2 mins At BocaFirst we have focused our COVID-19 statistics research on Boca Raton, Palm Beach County and the State of Florida. We also research related cities for comparison purposes. One city that caught our attention recently for its relatively large number of COVID-19 cases is Immokalee, Florida.
Reading time: 3 mins How does COVID-19 affect me? Am I toast? Below are graphics of how COVID-19 affects different age groups in PBC.
Reading time: 2 mins some new features planned for Silver Palm Park will not be included in this phase of development. Staff was tasked with updating the feature list and providing a development timeline.
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Reading time: < 1 min On April 29 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the plan to start a Phase One opening of Florida for all counties except Palm Beach, Broward and Dade.