By Mary Thurwachter,
In this down economy, where cities are doing everything they can to balance budgets —including Boca Raton’s putting up parking meters in Mizner Park and at the beach — good news continues to come out of South County.
For starters, there is encouraging news on the real estate front: A 6,900-square-foot penthouse at One Thousand Ocean in Boca Raton sold for $10.4 million.
That was the highest-priced condo purchase in the county and the first penthouse closing at One Thousand Ocean at the mouth of the Boca Raton Inlet.
Secondly, the George Snow Scholarship Fund gave out a record $433,000 to 63 Florida students during its annual awards reception at Royal Palm Yacht Club. Besides cash grants, the Snow Scholarship Fund awarded students a backpack loaded with useful tools, not the least of which is a laptop computer.
Thirdly, Highland Beach will sparkle with red, white and blue for the Fourth of July for the 20th year in a row, thanks to the hard work and generosity of a local Realtor and her son. Susan Epling started her tradition of flag-planting, she said, to teach her son about patriotism and giving back to the community.
You can read more about all three of these stories in this month’s Coastal Star. After all, we can all use some uplifting news during these trying times.
And we can all honor the good works and generosity of the people who live here, as we celebrate our freedom to … buy stunning homes, send deserving scholars to college and patriotically adorn the town for the Fourth of July.
— Mary Thurwachter,
Managing Editor
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