The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District will turn 50 years old in March and is busy making plans to celebrate.
On April 11 district commissioners will have a meet-and-greet session at Sugar Sand Park.
“We’ll display some of the old drawings and some of the old photos and things like we have inside some of the cases at Sugar Sand,” Briann Harms, the district’s executive director, said at the board’s Jan. 15 meeting.
Other ideas include a park cleanup barbecue and even a trivia contest.
“There’s a lot of history in the district. ... Some people like trivia — I do. So, it will be fun to learn about our community and about the history of our parks along the way,” Harms said.
At their Jan. 2 meeting, commissioners reelected Erin Wright to chair the district, Robert Rollins to be vice chair and Craig Ehrnst to be secretary-treasurer.
They also voted to pay $1,806 a month for January, February and March to keep the restrooms clean at the Glades Road soccer fields they rent from Florida Atlantic University, up from $1,492 a month last year, a 21% increase.
—Steve Plunkett
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