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Dozens of Highland Beach residents and elected officials board buses headed to the County Commission chambers in West Palm Beach on May 7 in hopes of stopping or altering the building of Milani Park at the south end of Highland Beach. Tim Stepien/The

Dozens of Highland Beach residents boarded buses Tuesday and headed to the Palm Beach County Commission meeting where they unsuccessfully opposed the county's plans for the future Milani Park. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Rich Pollack

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By Rich Pollack

Highland Beach’s battle to stop the controversial Milani Park was dealt a pair of powerful blows in April, with county leaders saying they are developing the park based on 15-year-old town approvals — and with the Milani family blessi

Residents packed a Feb. 1 meeting with Palm Beach County Commissioner Marci Woodward to oppose the county’s plans for the Milani Park site in Highland Beach. They at least want parking spaces on the west side of the project curtailed (below).
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Several hundred Highland Beach residents turned out Feb. 1 for a meeting hosted by Palm Beach County Commissioner Marci Woodward at the town library, where they strongly objected to the county's plans for the proposed Milani Park in their town. INSE

Enticements to develop Milani land aim to scuttle county’s plan

By Rich Pollack

Highland Beach town leaders have offered the Milani family several favorable land-use adjustments in exchange for their vocal opposition to development of a beachfront p

By Rich Pollack

Highland Beach town leaders this week agreed to continue negotiations with the Milani family, offering several favorable land-use adjustments in exchange for the family’s vocal opposition to development of a beachfront park on land th

By Rich Pollack

With a Feb. 1 meeting hosted by county leaders just weeks away, Highland Beach condo presidents from nearly two dozen buildings gathered last month to brainstorm a strategy aimed at stopping the county’s long-delayed development of Mi

By Joel Engelhardt

As Palm Beach County’s population grows, the share of public beaches for every resident drops.

And that makes it hard for the county to meet its target to have 0.18 acres of developed beach access for every 1,000 residents.

In fact

If built, Milani Park would provide access to Yamato Rock, a prime snorkeling location. Photo provided

By Rich Pollack

Recognizing that just saying “No” won’t stop construction of the controversial Milani Park, Highland Beach commissioners are now pl

By Rich Pollack

Highland Beach residents will get a chance to pitch their objections to the development of a beachfront county park directly to the decision makers, but they might be swimming upstream if they hope to change their minds.

At the invit

Residents object to plan for beach access, cite safety concerns

By Rich Pollack

Highland Beach residents were dealt a setback in their 36-year battle to prevent development of a beachfront park when county commissioners agreed recently to move forwar

Highland Beach used a drone to take photos of 106 people who turned out at the planned Milani Park near high tide Nov. 18 in an effort to show the county that 42 parking spaces would be enough. The parking area is at upper left. Photo provided

By Ric

Town plans aerial photo to show how crowded beach would be

By Rich Pollack

A potential compromise in plans for the initial development of the county’s long-disputed Milani Park is gaining traction, while a proposed second phase concerns Highland Be

Parking for the county’s proposed Milani Park would be in the grassy area west of A1A (upper left). Photo provided

By Rich Pollack

For more than 30 years, Highland Beach and residents of the Boca Highland Beach Club and Marina have fought county pla

Joan Weir and her daughter, Louise Glover, stroll Highland Beach near Yamato Rock, a limestone outcropping slated to become part of Milani Park. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star

By Rich Pollack

Louise Glover remembers when she and her friends would gath

By Rich Pollack

The sign proclaiming the large open space at the south end of Highland Beach to be the future location of Cam D. Milani Park is likely to remain there for at least another five years.
What will happen to the 5.6-acre property — and

By Rich Pollack

    Highland Beach Town Commissioner Carl Feldman wants to make sure a large chunk of county-owned property at the south end of town known as Milani Park doesn’t become Milani parking lot.
    Feldman, who is running for mayor in March

A 5.4-acre parcel at the south end of Highland Beach is the future site of the county’s Milani Park.

The land won’t be developed as a park for at least four years, but trespassers are holding

parties there, building bonfires and perhaps disturbing tu