Reason to Celebrate!

This invitation was sent out by the Greater Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce announcing the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new mixed use building at the southeast corner of Federal Hwy. and 2nd Avenue North. It will take place next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

I consider this one of the best projects that we reviewed and approved while on the Planning and Zoning Board. Think about what was there (wish I had a picture, the image is burned into my mind however). The derelict gas station/car "fix it" place on the corner and the empty building in the middle of the property - right in the midst of our downtown.

In its place we have a nicely designed (thank you architect David Lawrence!) building with soon to be lush (pray for rain) tropical landscaping. Retail will be on the first floor, with office on the upper two floors. A new population will be introduced into our downtown environment - invigorating our already buoyant restaurant economy and helping nurture new retail establishments.

This building also represents the restraint that the City has shown in approving projects with a lower scale overall height than our neighboring coastal municipalities. This will be the only "Class A" office building that I know of in the City of Lake Worth - for now. More are on the way...

It really is O.K. to feel good about this building.