Research articles from BocaFirst contributors and related information about issues of governance and community in Boca Raton.
Reading time: 3 mins The problem with claiming that the VTUSA study satisfies the legal criteria is that there are no City costs factored into the economic impact study.
Reading time: < 1 min UnitedHealthcare members enrolled in employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid plans have restored access to 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: 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.
Reading time: 3 mins Green spaces and land use within Florida has changed dramatically over the past 20 years primarily due to human activities – meaning overdevelopment