Found something interesting today.

Here’s an excerpt from today’s Lake Worth Herald:

“[R]equest for a Major Site Plan to allow for the construction of a 189 unit mixed use apartment complex, and a request for a Sustainable Bonus Incentive Program to increase the building height, to include one, five-story building and four, three-story buildings. The site is located approximately 200 feet west of the 10th Avenue North and Boutwell Road intersection, within the Mixed-Use West Zoning District (MU-W).”

By the way, are you a new or recently new resident
of this little City of Lake Worth?

Have you heard anything about the Park of Commerce (POC)? It’s an area west of I-95 generally east and west of Boutwell Rd. between Lake Worth Rd. and 10th Ave. North.

So. Is this something new? That place called
the “Park of Commerce”?

No, it’s not. Many past City administrations have tried, and failed, to make this area a major contributor to the City’s commercial tax base giving homeowners less of a burden. Some former electeds were so desperate to have something happen in the POC — anything at all — even a chicken farm was suggested at one point.

 When did the City seriously start considering a POC? Click on image to enlarge:

This is the Lake Worth Park of Commerce Citizens’ Master Plan, Charrette Draft Report prepared by the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council
in October 2001.

Now that we’re heading into elections once again here in this little City of Lake Worth know that the POC for many years has been used as a political football to frighten the public about ‘evil developers’ because so few understand what and where the POC actually is.

And who knows, on the topic of ‘political footballs’, there might even be a protest against the POC once again, just like there was two years ago! By the way, can you believe it’s been two years since the last protest here in our City? Hard to believe, but it’s true.