Page 10 - Boca Club News - June '24

Page 10, Boca Club News
Memo from County Tax Collector Anne M. Gannon:

How We Stay Busy…and Hurricane Preparedness Tips!

By Anne M. Gannon, Constitutional leads the state in total agriculture sales and Belle Glade is a drivers previously resided are New York, New Jersey,
Tax Collector serving Palm Beach top supplier of vegetables, fruits, and sugar cane. California, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
County. You can reach her office With the motto “Her soil is her fortune,” the city celebrates • For the 2023 tax year, the top Palm Beach County
by Email: ClientAdvocate@ its agricultural heritage every year with its Annual Black taxpayer was FPL, paying $133,632,115.20 in property tax.
taxcollectorpbc.com. Phone: (561) Gold Jubilee. Earning its name from the city’s rich soil or Get Your Hurricane Guide. June 1st marks the start of
355-4271. “Black Gold,” the jubilee is a celebration of the soil’s ability another Hurricane Season. Hurricanes are part of the reality
Last month, I had the pleasure to produce bountiful harvests. of living near the coast and major hurricanes are becoming
of attending several community We look forward every year to interacting with our more and more prevalent. However, the key to navigating
events as I do throughout the year. western community clients and answering questions about hurricane season is to be prepared and have a plan. This year,
Frequently, other elected officials are also in attendance as the services we provide. Thank you to everyone who came to help you prepare, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
we are all committed to the residents of Palm Beach County. by to visit our booth and ask our team questions. Administration had declared May 5th-11th as National
At many of these events, we discuss the importance of the Fun Facts About the TCO! You already know that when Hurricane Preparedness week; visit noaa.gov/hurricane-prep
upcoming election in November and how crucial it is that you need to pay your property taxes, renew your driver for more information.
everyone eligible to vote does so. The change in Florida Law license or renew your vehicle registration, you turn to the Tax Preparing Before Hurricane Season. Take advantage of
now requires voters to re-request mail ballots after every Collector’s Office. But did you know these fun facts about the Home Hardening Sales Tax Exemption. The exemption
general election cycle. So, if you have requested mail ballots our agency? is for the purchase of impact-resistant doors, windows,
in the past and have not yet re-requested mail ballots for • On average, we service more than 3,000 clients each day and garage doors, going on now until June 30th. For more
the 2024 elections I urge you to do so to ensure you receive in our six service centers. Wait times have gone down by information, visit floridarevenue.com/homehardening.
your ballot and vote. You can visit the Palm Beach County more than 36 minutes since before the COVID pandemic. Hurricane Guide. Do you know where the closest
Supervisor of Elections website at www.votepalmbeach. • Last year, our Client Care & Research Center answered grocery store to you that is powered by a generator is located?
gov/voters/vote-by-mail to check the status of your mail 237,868 phone calls and received 45,246 email inquiries. Or the closest gas station with emergency power transfer
ballot request or to request a ballot be mailed to you for the • Each month, we electronically distribute more than switches? These are important things you should know
upcoming elections and let your voice be heard! 40,000 satisfaction surveys to clients who visit our service when preparing for hurricane season. Even relatively minor
And this month I want to wish all our fathers a very Happy centers in person or contact our office by phone. 83.5% hurricanes can leave you without power and water for a few
Father’s Day! of survey respondents rated our service as “Exceptional” days. Make sure you are prepared by having enough food,
Celebrating Belle Glade’s Agricultural Heritage. When or “Very Good.” water, and medical supplies for your family members and
you think of Palm Beach County the first thing that may • Typically, 65% of property owners pay their property your pets. For a comprehensive list of supplies, visit pbctax.
come to mind is beaches; with our 47 miles of coastline, it’s taxes during the month of November. com/hurricane-guide-request/ to view and request a copy of
easy to see why. But did you know that Palm Beach County • The top five states from where newly licensed Florida our pocket-size hurricane guide.
Happenings Outside Boca
Happenings Outside Boca

Three Hit Musicals Headline Lauderhill’s 2025 Season

W i t h Bri ght l i ne “The 2024 ‘Broadway at LPAC’ Season had the best The Lauderhill Performing Arts Center has hosted
train travel making it attendance since the inception of the series,” says Lauderhill hundreds of theatrical events and productions since it opened
even more pleasurable City Manager Desorae Giles-Smith. “‘A Chorus Line’, its doors in January 2016 and has grown its audiences to
for Boca residents to ‘Memphis’ and ‘Hello Dolly!’ proved to be the perfect include theatre patrons from not only Broward County, but
extend their range of live trifecta of shows for our audience. Lauderhill is looking from Miami/Dade and Palm Beach counties as well.
theater opportunities, this forward to another spectacular season in 2025!” The Lauderhill Performing Arts Center is located at 3800
announcement will come as The ACM Theatricals creative team for all three NW 11th Place (33311), adjacent to Central Broward Park
good news: The “Broadway musicals will once again include South Florida’s theatrical and Broward County Stadium on the northeast corner of
at Lauderhill Performing duo of Artistic Director Michael Ursua and Choreographer Sunrise Boulevard and State Road 7. For more information
Arts Center Series” will Alex Jorth. about LPAC visit https://www.lpacfl.com or call the box
kick off their 2025 lineup Arts Center Management is a multi-faceted theatre office at (954) 777-2055.
with three musicals: “9 to management, consulting and production company whose For more information about ACM Theatricals, Producer
5”, “Legally Blonde” and focus is to help theatres and theatre companies improve their Kevin Barrett, or the Broadway at LPAC Series, please
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s programming and operations. The company was founded contact Kevin Barrett at kevinbarrettgm@gmail.com / 954-
“South Pacific”. Subscriptions are now on sale and single by ACM President and CEO Kevin Barrett in 2014. 234-5982.
tickets will go on sale September 1st.
Subscriptions to the Broadway at LPAC Series are
available for as low as $99 for all three shows. Patrons may
contact the LPAC Box Office at (954) 777-2055 for more
information.
The 2025 Broadway at LPAC Series:
“9 to 5”. January 16th–February 2nd, 2025. Music and
Lyrics by Dolly Parton. Book by Patricia Resnick. Based
on the Twentieth Century Fox Film.
“Legally Blonde”. February 27th–March 16th. Book
by Heather Hach. Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe,
Nell Benjamin. Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and
the Metro-Goldwyn Mayer motion picture.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific”. April
10th – 27th. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar
Hammerstein II. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua
Logan. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,
“Tales of the South Pacific,” by James A. Michener.