boca raton city council

Reading time: 7 minsUn-blighted city buildings and public lands that bring only the traffic and intensity needed to run the city and police station will be redeveloped into a series of 8-story high-rises for what urban planners call a Transit Oriented District that brings all their traffic and intensity into one of the worst congested areas in east Boca Raton. The older privately owned properties will remain.

Reading time: 7 minsBoca’s Government Campus proposal trades irreplaceable city assets for uncertain benefits. Once the land is developed, it cannot be recovered. Here are ten financial issues for why this project is not in Boca’s best interest.

Reading time: < 1 minBoca Raton’s Federation of Homeowners Associations are collecting questions from the public via a Google Form.

Reading time: 6 minsWe can rebuild and improve our city government campus while maintaining and preserving the invaluable natural elements and tree forests that make this city so special, unique and desirable.

Reading time: 3 minsIn memory of John Gore, we look at the de-beautification of Boca Raton. Notably, we examine the long term effect of the adoption of new architectural guidelines by the 2015 Boca City Council (against the wishes of residents) called the Interim Design Guidelines, was the perfidious moment that started a 10 year run on boxy buildings and, consequently, the erasure of Boca Raton’s unique and historic Mizner inspired look.

Reading time: 4 minsThis is a fable about the Mayor of Mouse Town and its Council. Of course, any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental. Next fable: The mythical unicorn and Aletto Square.

Reading time: 4 minsMayor Scott Singer and council is giving away 31 acres of public land downtown to developers. Boca residents must act now to save Boca.

Reading time: 7 minsAs a resident advocate blog, we advocate for livability, walkability and whatnot. In this case, 40 year resident land use attorney Bonnie Miskell is one of us and gives the lowdown on the government campus proposals.

Reading time: 3 minsMayor Singer is clearly the main driver accelerating the Government Campus project into the current request for proposal process telling staff to make the process end on April 1. And if criticized for fast-tracking the redevelopment, Mayor Singer says they’ve been “talking about it” for two years. While true, context matters.