County
Celebrates Avenue A Revitalization Project Kick-Off
 County officials attended a kick-off ceremony on April 1 to
celebrate the start of a revitalization project along West Avenue A in Belle
Glade. The four-block commercial corridor will soon undergo an $8.3 million
makeover, which will include the rehabilitation of the town’s historic City
Hall and 37 commercial properties on West Avenue A from South Main Street to
4th Street. The project is expected to be completed in 2012.
Sixty
percent of funding for the project was provided by grants from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Section 108 Loan Program
and the Brownfields Economic Development Initiative Grant Program. The
remainder of funding came from private banks and business owners. Palm Beach
County’s Economic Development Office will oversee the project and manage the
HUD funds approved for the project.
The
first property that will be revitalized will be Glades Gas & Electric
Corporation, a family-owned business that first opened in 1929, which is where
the ceremony took place. That project should be completed by this summer.
During
the kick-off ceremony, Economic Development Office Director Kevin Johns said
the vision of the Avenue A project is to restore and regenerate Belle
Glade’s downtown area and to “put businesses on the map as an example of what
Belle Glade is all about.”
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PBC
Extension to Hold Iguana Management Symposium
![MPj03139080000[1]](issue_50_files/image002.jpg) Released and feral Iguanas have become a major nuisance pest in
southeastern Florida. They damage seawalls, landscapes and plants and may
spread Salmonella bacteria.
The
Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service Department will be holding an
Iguana Management Symposium on Tuesday, April
28, 2009 from 9 a.m. to noon at 559 North Military Trail, West
Palm Beach in the Exhibit Hall.
The
Symposium is free to the public and will include displays by vendors who
specialize in iguana management.
For
more information, contact the Cooperative Extension Service Department at
561-233-1725.
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Criminal
Justice Commission to Host Weed and Seed Community Breakfast
![MPj04049520000[1]](issue_50_files/image003.jpg) The Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission is pleased to
announce that the Weed and Seed program will host a community breakfast on
Wednesday, April 8. The breakfast will be held at the Salvation Army
Community Center, 600 Rosemary Ave. in West Palm Beach, at 8:30 a.m. The
keynote speaker for the event will be U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta.
Many
people who support the Weed and Seed program throughout Palm Beach County will
be recognized at the breakfast, including law enforcement, elected officials,
educators and nonprofit workers.
The
Criminal Justice Commission funds Weed and Seed projects in cities such as
Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, and Delray Beach. Belle Glade and
Gramercy Village both have active Weed and Seed sites sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Justice.
Weed
and Seed is a crime prevention strategy located in over 200 cities
nationwide. The goal of the program is to work with law enforcement
agencies to “weed” out crime and “seed” in community support through
neighborhood participation, after-school programs, crime prevention programs,
economic development, and gang and drug resistance programs.
For
more information regarding Weed and Seed, please call Weed and Seed Program
Administrator Rosalind Murray at 561-355-2332. To make reservations to attend
the free breakfast, call Cerina Anderson at
561-243-7632.
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Seabreeze Amphitheater in Carlin Park To Open with Jazz
![MPj04387070000[1]](issue_50_files/image004.jpg) The Jupiter High School Jazz Combo will treat area residents to
live music during the dedication of the new Seabreeze Amphitheater in Jupiter
on Saturday, April 18. The public is invited to bring blankets and lawn chairs
and join in the dedication celebration 10 to 11:30 a.m. Admission is free.
The
Carlin Park amphitheater has long been a popular setting for a wide variety of
special events and music and theatrical performances. The amphitheater has
recently been transformed into an outdoor venue that truly captures the essence
of South Florida outdoor entertainment
Seabreeze
Amphitheater includes a covered stage with sound and light rigging and power.
The amphitheater also includes dressing rooms, a green room, private restrooms,
and storage for props and costumes. The outdoor grass festival seating
can accommodate up to 1,500 people.
Seabreeze
Amphitheater is operated by the Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation
Department and is located in Carlin Park, 750 South SR A1A, in Jupiter.
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Free Tennis Day at John Prince Park
 John
Prince Park Tennis Director, Coach Danny King and tennis professionals from the
Swing With the King Inc. will be hosting a free tennis event on Saturday April
18, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the John Prince Park tennis courts in Lake Worth. This
event is open for all ages and tennis experience levels and includes free
tennis clinics, games, and prizes.
For
additional information contact Coach Danny King at (561) 441-2204.
John
Prince Park tennis courts are operated by the Palm Beach County Parks and
Recreation Department and are located in John Prince Park at 2520 Lake Worth
Road in Lake Worth.
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