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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Reading time: < 1 minImproving the cycling and pedestrian infrastructure enhances everyone’s quality of life.
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Reading time: 4 minsBocaFirst is rallying the people of Boca Raton to express informed interest about the quality of life in Boca and to stand up to interests that have agendas inconsistent with quality of life of Boca Raton residents
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Reading time: 6 minsLooking at individual frames of the video at the time of that statement, I found unusual reversed and double exposed images. And as shown below, you can see that the flags flip to the other side, and one frame appears as a double exposure.
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Reading time: 7 minsShowing the project was ill-conceived in this economic environment, Aletto is converting to residential units after bring approved as Class A office space.
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Reading time: 5 minsTaking control of pushing their pet projects through the system, Boca’s Council bypassed staff and resident objections to the beleaguered Aletto hi-rise downtown. Vote wisely March 19th.
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Pedestrian/Bike Advocacy
The Proverbial Crash Waiting to Happen has Happened.
by Les Wilsonby Les WilsonReading time: 3 minsLike Gulfstream, Boca Raton has underinvested in its pedestrian and bike infrastructure at the behest of the attorney toting few but at the cost of everyone else. The Boca Raton Bike Club issued a resolution drawing attention to the Town of Gulfstream for failing to support road improvements to A1A.
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Reading time: 5 minsThe bike crash occurred in Gulfstream where A1A is narrow and residents notably have opposed state initiatives to widen and modernize A1A. Are you the problem or the solution?
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Pedestrian/Bike AdvocacyThe Watchdog
Vision Zero Lessons Learned for Boca Raton from Two Other Cities
by Jim Woodby Jim WoodReading time: 4 minsDallas is a warning to cities who treat Vision Zero as just a press release and fail to implement systemic changes to funding and city staffing.
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Walk, Bike or Roll to School 2023
by Les Wilsonby Les WilsonReading time: < 1 minAddison Mizner enjoys a high level of participation in walking, biking and rolling to school. City Council and community leaders came out to experience it. I asked them what they thought about it and the state of mobility in Boca Raton.