Monday, June 16, 2008

Delray Beach's Old School Square: From eyesore to ideal

No, we're not another Delray Beach. We actually have many more important community assets than that community, but we are split and without adequate leadership to meet the challenges. In some ways, I think that our very strengths are what hold us back. Even if we don't try hard, we can get by. Well, in the new realities brought to us courtesy of the economy and Amendment 1, we will not have that luxury. Do we have the resources to be the home of last resort of the very low and low income persons that some what to live here? What if that vision actually plays out? Who wins in that scenario? What do we lose as a community?

The article highlights some of the reasons and the ingredients involved in turning around Delray Beach. No, we don't have to become another Delray Beach in order to be successful. What we do have to become is a better Lake Worth - doing so would outshine all the other communities that share this South Florida region.