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Council Corner: Boca Raton’s 100th

Spring – Embracing Boca’s Centennial

By Boca Raton City Councilman service to our people, for which we are thankful. Likewise, due diligence and planning to make the project even better
Marc Wigder. Councilman Wigder, the City Council has approved planning and construction for all our residents for generations to come. Public input has
a 15+ year resident of Boca Raton, of a new centrally located state-of-the-art police station to been, and continues to be, an important part of the process,
is a business attorney, investor and improve efficiency and response time, with a substation in so please attend any meeting we have or go online to find a
Adjunct Professor of Business Law our downtown to serve that area. lot of information about it and register on the city’s website
at Florida Atlantic University. His Reimagining how and where the city provides its services is at Myboca.us for updates. And while you are there, leave a
innovative startup, Greenhouse a critical component of our next chapter as well, as Council is comment or idea.
Offices, is headquartered in Boca working with the Terra/Frisbee group to responsibly reimagine As the city celebrates this Centennial year there are so
Raton and infuses sustainability into our government campus in an innovative public/private many reasons to celebrate, and many events to enjoy. It can all
small business commercial real estate. He is a former chair partnership. By allowing the private sector to participate in be found at Boca100.com, dedicated to all things Centennial.
of the Boca Raton Community Development Agency, Chair this important project the taxpayers will significantly benefit With a list of events, a gallery, Boca 100 merch and Boca
of the Boca Raton Affordable Housing Committee, Chair of from literally hundreds of millions of dollars in direct revenue. history, it has a wealth of information. So please check it out
the Boca Raton Audit Committee, past Vice Chair of the Boca At the same time our collaborative and combined planning and stay up to date on the incredible events scheduled for
Raton Community Advisory Panel and past Vice-Chair of the resources allow the city to complete these community-oriented Memorial Day weekend in late May, and more throughout
Citizens’ Pedestrian and Bikeway Advisory Board. He lives in infrastructure, civic and recreational facilities with higher this historic year.
Woodfield Country Club with his wife, Fran, and three children quality–and more quickly! As always, we are available and interested to hear your
who are in high school and college. He is always out walking To that end we have entered into an Interim Agreement to ideas to make Boca Raton even better than it already is.
neighborhoods, so please call to schedule a walk in yours. protect the interests of Boca Raton with clear timelines and Please contact me at mwigder@myboca.us or call at (561)
One hundred years ago the Town of Boca Raton was deliverables, during which we will engage on comprehensive 334-9709.
incorporated. With the arrival and vision of Addison Mizner
resort; the Army Air Force Base and secret Radar installation From the Desk of Commissioner Marci
in the 1920s and his Cloister Inn, now The Boca Raton
during World War II, now FAU; the original IBM Campus in
of Arthur Vining Davis in the ’80s–Arvida, now including Woodward: A Message from Marci
the 1960s and ’70s, now BRiC, and planned developments

the Park at Broken Sound, Boca has grown and evolved,
but perhaps more spectacularly excelled as a world-class Commissioner Woodward, a 20-year I proudly represented District 4 in two packed days with
destination we all love to call home. resident of Boca Raton, was elected our state legislators and leaders in Tallahassee for PBC Day!
Serving the people of Boca Raton over the past several in November 2023 as Palm Beach Traffic improvements and transit were high on the list and we
years as your City Councilman, and together with Mayor County District 4 Commissioner. had constructive discussions with FDOT Secretary Perdue.
Singer, my Council colleagues and many talented and She serves on the following boards I have dual roles when representing PBC on transportation
dedicated staff members, we continue to keep our success of directors as a representative issues as a county commissioner but also as the county’s
story going as we complete 100 years as a city and begin the of the county commission: Palm representative on the SFRTA (TriRail) board.
next chapter of Boca’s amazing story. As Florida Atlantic Beach Transportation Planning As the current chair and rep for the county I had a thorough
University’s new President Adam Hasner is fond of saying, Agency; South Florida Regional discussion on the future of our partnership with the state and
“Boca Raton is on the move!” Transportation Authority (TriRail); Treasure Coast Regional the future of commuter rail in South Florida. It was a good
Our second century dawns with a focus on world class Planning Council; CareerSource Palm Beach County; Palm start, but only the beginning; much more is to come.
services, responsible growth and public safety as key Beach Cultural Council and Value Adjustment Board. Ms.

priorities. Boca Raton’s dedicated police force and fire Woodward graduated from the University of South Carolina- From the Desk of Commissioner Marci Woodward
department continue to provide award-winning public Aiken with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. on page 12

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