In tour of Glades, out-of-town site consultants learn there’s more to Palm Beach County than the beach

It is good to see some targeted effort from on-high for economic development for western Palm Beach County and the Belle Glade area. Those that visited saw potential more than problems according to this article. Many people are not aware that the area around Lake Okeechobee had far more development and population than the coast during the county's formational years. With the advent of the train, automobile and then airplanes, that soon changed. Click title for link to article.

The idea, said Business Development Board President Kelly Smallridge, was to showcase a corner of the county that needs all the economic development it can get. Unemployment in the Glades tops 30 percent.
While residents of coastal Palm Beach County think of the Glades as far from civilization, site consultants who visited the farming community had a different take.
“I don’t see it as a remote area,” said Juan Gallardo, principal at Hickey & Associates in Miami. “You’re surrounded by a huge population and great infrastructure.”