News: Palm Beach County News
Tiara Residents to Return Soon
The Tiara on Singer Island the condominium devastated by hurricanes four years ago is close to final inspections. If all goes as planned, final building inspections will begin next week. That means residents should be able to begin moving back into their long-abandoned homes on August 8, building officials said. The Tiara has had a $140 million makeover since the 2004 storms. The 42-story building got new hurricane resistant sliding doors and windows, balcony railings and a sprinkler system just to name a few.
Restored to it's original glory homeowners are happy to be at home again. For additional information contact us at One World Realty Inc. for additional information.
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August 2008 Palm Beach County Events
Palm Beach County has events going on all year long. There is always a concert series and festivals, guided tours and nature exhibits, or greenmarket to visit.
Max Planck Society gets grant from Palm Beach County
The Palm Beach County Commission approved the contract July 22nd. Max Planck will get $39.4 million from the county this year, $15.6 million in 2011, $13.1 million in 2013, $13.4 million in 2015 and $5.3 million in 2017. All of the grant money is being financed through revenue bonds. The state of Florida came to an agreement in March with Max Planck for $94 million, and has disbursed $10 million from Florida's Innovation Incentive Fund. The addition of Max Planck will create 135 high-wage jobs at the bio-imaging center. The commission approved one charge to the proposal. Max Planck would have committed 3 percent of the royalties it receives every year from the medicines it develops to educational programs in Palm Beach County from 2018 to 2038.
Max Planck President Peter Gruss said he doubted there would be any significant royalties from its Florida operation while it's just getting started, building a permanent laboratory and hiring its first scientists. Max Planck has only two people in Florida and doesn't expect to begin meeting with architectural firms until after it completes another agreement with the county and Florida Atlantic University to sublease 6 acres of land south of Scripps Florida. Max Planck won't start hiring scientists until the end of the year or early next year, when it moves into temporary quarters being vacated by Scripps at the Florida Atlantic University campus.
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July 2008 Palm Beach County Events
Palm Beach County has events going on all year long. There is always a concert series and festivals, guided tours and nature exhibits, or greenmarket to visit.
June 2008 Palm Beach County Events
Palm Beach County has events going on all year long. There is always a concert series and festivals, guided tours and nature exhibits, or greenmarket to visit.
May 2008 Palm Beach County Events
Palm Beach County has events going on all year long. There is always a concert series and festivals, guided tours and nature exhibits, or greenmarket to visit.
Government Affairs Update - No Impact Fee Increase in 2008
This last week, in a 4-2 vote, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners voted to postpone a 9.3% increase in the impact fees until April 2009. Citing that the housing market needs time to revive, discussion circulated around the true effects of raising impact fees at this time. The 2007 impact fee report has been under works with Palm Beach County and Gold Coast Builders Association since the passage of the last increase in October of 2005. Additional decisions that were made include the following: Authorize modifying Article 13, ULDC, create a public buildings impact fee credit provision when civic site lands are donated without specific, identified issues; Authorize modifying Article 13, ULDC, to decrease impact fees for Law Enforcement (residential land uses), as calculated in the report of the impact fee consultant; and Deny the establishment of a new Solid Waste impact fee.
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April 2008 Palm Beach County Events
Palm Beach County has events going on all year long. There is always a concert series and festivals, guided tours and nature exhibits, or greenmarket to visit.
March 2008 Palm Beach County Events
Palm Beach County has events going on all year long. There is always a concert series and festivals, guided tours and nature exhibits, or greenmarket to visit.
Abacoa in Jupiter is coming alive!
Celebrating 23 years, ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival has grown from a small, local art show to a nationally recognized fine arts festival attracting more than 150,000 art lovers and collectors. ArtiGras will be held President’s Day Weekend, February 16, 17 & 18, 2008 at Abacoa Town Center in Jupiter, Florida. Produced by the North Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce, ArtiGras was recently named one of the top 50 fine art festivals in the country and features 300 juried artists along with artist demonstrations, Youth Art Competition, ArtiKids children’s interactive activity area, Private Art Preview, Celebrity Art Auction, entertainment and more!
FAU Jupiter host art exhibit by Daniel Petrov, an exhibit of his oil and acrylic painting by this famous Bradenton artist. This exhibit will be through February 29 at the Student Resources building at the FAU Abacoa campus.
New business open at Abacoa, welcome to our new neighbors the Willow Home & Garden shop, Abacoa sunglass Shop, Xpress Fitness and Main Street Station.
Spring training is just around the corner. This spring training promises to be full of energy as the Florida Marlins and St. Lucie Cardinals get ready for their 2008 season. Roger Dean Stadium will host 32 games starting on Tuesday February 26. Come watch the many teams coming to town like the World Champion Boston Red Sox, LA Dodgers, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Oriels, Washington Nationals, Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins.
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February 2008 Palm Beach County Events
Palm Beach County has events going on all year long. There is always a concert series and festivals, guided tours and nature exhibits, or greenmarket to visit.
