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March 2021
Council Corner: What’s Next...
By Andrea Levine O’Rourke,
Boca Raton City Council
Member, Deputy Mayor, and
CRA Chairperson
During the past year,
the City of Boca Raton
was tasked with the
unexpected … providing a
safe environment during a
global pandemic! We have
risen to the occasion and
continue to work on safety and funding programs for those
in need. Please take some time to watch the comprehensive
“2021 State of the City Address” by Mayor Singer, which
premiered on Feb. 17. It will be eye-opening to see how we
have fared through the pandemic. It also highlights how the
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City functions and the amenities that are offered. To view socialize or even work, we found our residents made
this important message, go to: myboca.us. great use of our public, outdoor spaces. Even our libraries
I am going to put COVID-19 and vaccines aside for opened for safe curbside pickup.
today and focus on some of the many positive things that To add to what we already offer, we continue to work on
are happening in our City. more. Boca’s Waterfront Comprehensive Plan will include
Boca Raton is called the “City within a Park” for good our 48th park. We have embarked on construction for the
reason. Along with five miles of beautiful oceanfront long-awaited Wildflower and Silver Palm Parks. These two
beaches, we have 47 parks. In our parks we offer parks, that will artfully connect under the bridge, sit on the
recreation that includes a variety of golf, tennis, pickleball, northwest and southwest corner of the Intracoastal Waterway
swimming, playgrounds, ball fields, basketball courts, at Palmetto Park Road. Along with improving and adding
sand volleyball, boat launches, picnic areas, pavilions, to the public boat launch at Silver Palm, Wildflower will
nature trails, bicycle trails, dog park, and dog beach. We feature children’s interactive play areas, including a water
even have a butterfly garden and a carousel. All of this feature. Built-in seating will be constructed so visitors may
within alluring open green space. enjoy intracoastal views of passing boats. The park will
During the pandemic, one of the great lessons we include a gracious walking promenade, benches, picnic
learned was how important these amenities are to our tables and a passive kayak and paddleboard launch. Adding
residents. While we were limited in our ability to gather, to the ambiance will be handsome public art sculptures on
loan to us from the Boca Raton Museum of Art. Yes, we are
venturing to art beyond the walls, thanks to the museum.
These parks will offer the ability to access all of the
other parks along the waterway by boat. I like to call it our
“blueway.” Other Intracoastal parks include Gumbo Limbo,
Spanish River, Red Reef, Lake Wyman/Rutherford (currently
under renovation). Ocean Strand, now in the planning stage
in conjunction with the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Parks
District, will be our 49th park when complete. We are also
working together on a new ADA accessible viewing tower
now under construction at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, a
Boca Raton treasure.
I am excited to share news of a major donation to the City
of Boca Raton. The Boca Raton Resort and Club gifted our
city with the recreational facility at the Boca Raton Country
Club. This gift includes an 18-hole championship golf course,
along with tennis, swimming and club/meeting rooms. The
city will assume operations October 2021. During the interim
we are assessing the potential of the property and how it
aligns with the needs of the community. At the same time,
we are looking forward to working with the Beach and Parks
District on a recreational site at Ocean Breeze in Boca Teeca.
It offers great potential. The district has already put out a
“request for ideas.” Pickleball, walking paths, an executive
course are a few ideas I have heard bandied about. Over 200
acres offers amazing opportunity.
Along with recreation and green space, several initiatives
dear to me are placemaking, art, culture and pedestrian
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to our community that speaks to all walks of life. Take a trip
YOU NEED EXPOSURE & to our downtown area to see the colorful new mural on the
stage doors at the Mizner Park Amphitheater. It’s a perfect
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wayfinding signs, banners and safer crosswalks throughout
the area.
If you check out downtown Boca on the Internet, you
will find many special entertainment opportunities, including
PENDING restaurants for safe dining or pickup curbside. There are
several fun self-guided walking tours.
The Historic Museum and Visitor Center is now under
a major renovation and will be completed soon. The Boca
Raton Museum of Art is beautifying its entrance and adding
a very special sculpture garden.
The Brightline will start construction in the near future.
This will enable locals to get to Miami, West Palm Beach or
Orlando without having to deal with traffic or hours behind
the wheel. When the Brightline is complete, last mile services
to downtown, major employers and other hubs will follow.
While the great outdoors adds to our enjoyment, we
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educational institutions, the growing campus of Baptist
Health, the Boca Raton Airport serving international
travelers, and a developing business innovation center
PENDING (BRIC) on the old IBM campus, where the PC was invented.
We are poised and ready for the next great invention to come
out of Boca.
While Florida is quickly becoming a haven for many
northerners, we are working to assure a continued and
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