When it comes to visionaries for what is Boca Raton’s achilles heel for becoming a walkable city to live, work and play, nobody holds a candle to the work by it’s most experienced and tenured urban planning and architecture professionals in the Workshop 344 citizen collective. There’s no arguing the point. It just is. There’s no comparing it to the Alta proposal City leaders spent $2M for. We think it cracks the paradox of downtown’s Palmetto Park Road: Urban Place or Highway for Barrier Island?
“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”
WINSTON CHURCHILL
ICYMI, Workshop 344 just released a “mini documentary” Vision Video that brings lifetimes of experience and years of work to life. Scroll down to read their press release and watch the video.
WORKSHOP 344 PRESS RELEASE: February 5, 2025
WORKSHOP344+, A Citizen Collective on a mission to enhance walkability, connectivity and placemaking in the 344 acres of Downtown Boca Raton, Florida and beyond.
The professional landscape continues to change with a rise in passionate, local professionals of various industries. Workshop 344+ is a volunteer group full of local citizens of east Boca Raton, Florida focused solely on enhancing walkability, connectivity and placemaking in Downtown Boca. They have 5 signature projects they would like to focus on with the first major project: Palmetto Park Road.
Former Deputy Mayor, Andrea O’Rourke, stated, “We’ve been here many times before with respect to Palmetto Park Road. We are now in a moment. This is an opportunity to infuse our rooted story into this signature street to help enhance safety, walkability, connectivity and sharing a true sense of place.”
Workshop 344+ has a Citizen Collective full of architects, landscape architects, urban planners, former city council, land-use attorneys, commercial real estate experts, marketing professionals and more. They have united to help bridge the gap to city planners, city council, the community and other important stakeholders.
The goal is to stay rooted in the City of Boca Raton’s origin story and have that be felt from locals and visitors through placemaking in signature areas.
About Workshop 344+:
Workshop 344+ is a Citizen Collective who meet regularly to helpenhance walkability, connectivity and placemaking in Downtown Boca Raton. You can join theconversation at www.workshop344.com.
