Michael and Clara Klein were the first two visitors to Boca Raton’s newest waterfront park, walking by just as a park ranger unlocked the pedestrians-only gate at Ocean Strand Park during its ‘soft opening’ Feb. 27. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Michael and Clara Klein, who touted themselves as the first two visitors to Ocean Strand Park, walk through Boca Raton's newest waterfront park after its opening on Feb. 27. The park is 14 acres of land between Spanish River Blvd. and Palmetto Park
By Steve Plunkett
The new Ocean Strand Park, scheduled for most of 2022 to open by the end of December, will open no sooner than next month.
“We are only waiting on some of the benches, fencing and signage to be delivered and installed,” said Briann H
Plans to develop Ocean Strand into a passive park have won final approval from the city.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the vacant property between Spanish River and Red Reef parks, announced the successful end of the permi
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District is a finalist in a contest that could yield $75,000 toward the development of Ocean Strand Park.
Ocean Strand is one of 10 contenders that survived the cut in the National Recreation and Park Association’
By Steve Plunkett
Work to open a “minimal” park at Ocean Strand will not begin until February at best.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the undeveloped 14.8-acre tract west of State Road A1A, must have its revised plan for t
Statewide honors include 9 first places
By Larry Barszewski
The Coastal Star took home 20 Florida Press Association awards during ceremonies July 16, including the top investigative prize for its coverage of Delray Beach’s troubled water system.
Jud
By Steve Plunkett
An indigenous tribe that populated what is now Ocean Strand is casting a centuries-old shadow over plans to quickly turn the land into a minimal park.
An archaeology team’s discovery of an ax-like adze, fashioned from a whelk shell
A new gate at the entrance to Ocean Strand will give pedestrians access to a 6-foot-wide mulch trail leading to the Intracoastal. Bicyclists can coast down the park’s old asphalt road. The current gate will continue to keep cars out. Kayakers can pad
By Steve Plunkett
Ocean Strand, 15 acres on State Road A1A that the public has owned for decades but not been able to enjoy, will open in six months as a limited-use park.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which paid $11.9 million for t
A developer offered $67.5 million to buy Ocean Strand, which extends across A1A. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District can’t sell the undeveloped Ocean Strand parcel, the district’s lawyers det
By Steve Plunkett
The undeveloped Ocean Strand parcel, 15 acres straddling State Road A1A from the Atlantic to the Intracoastal Waterway, cannot be sold, its owner has been told.
“The expressed intent under our special act is to acquire, operate and
Robert Comparato offers to eliminate the development rights for 2500 and 2600 North Ocean and to provide $51.5 million in cash in exchange for Ocean Strand, 15 undeveloped acres straddling State Road A1A. He says the money could fund the proposed Bo
By Steve Plunkett
Developer Robert Comparato is offering $67.5 million to buy Ocean Strand, 15 undeveloped acres straddling State Road A1A from the ocean to the Intracoastal Waterway.
In an unsolicited proposal to the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Par
By Steve Plunkett
An online blog report of a proposal to build a Ritz-Carlton hotel on the Ocean Strand park property caused ripples of concern among neighbors of the undeveloped barrier-island parcel.
Joe Pedalino, a vocal activist against a 2009 id
By Steve Plunkett
A city consultant’s recommendations on undeveloped Ocean Strand and the popular Gumbo Limbo Nature Center caught Beach & Park District officials by surprise.
Kona Gray, of EDSA Inc., which is creating a comprehensive master plan for
Proponents of a park for the beachfront parcel are happy to see plans being offered, but some critics think this plan proposes too many options. Rendering provided by the City of Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
The verdict for the latest proposal
By Steve Plunkett
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District has alerted the city in writing that it wants a voice in developing Boca Raton’s comprehensive waterfront plan.
“As stakeholders of vacant beachfront and Intracoastal property, th
By Steve Plunkett
Don’t be surprised to get a ticket if you park at Ocean Strand.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District is asking the city to help it keep people off the almost 15-acre parcel that stretches from the Atlantic to the Int
By Steve Plunkett
After nearly four years, it’s time to talk about the future of Ocean Strand again.
“Sometime this fiscal year we need to have that discussion,” Commissioner Robert Rollins told fellow commissioners at the Greater Boca Raton Be
