Gumbo Limbo revamp, restaurant could be among changes
By Cheryl Blackerby
A new Gumbo Limbo Nature Center building, a restaurant on Red Reef Executive Golf Course and development of the 15-acre Ocean Strand, which has been closed to the public fo
Stretching from the Intracoastal Waterway to the Atlantic, Ocean Strand is the last
undeveloped real estate of its kind left in Boca Raton.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Cheryl Blackerby
The Ocean Strand, a spectacular swath of green real estat
By Cheryl Blackerby
Chastened by a losing court fight against a grassroots citizens group, Boca Raton City Council members are moving at warp speed to pass a new ordinance that will prohibit private uses of public beaches and waterfront land.
“I th
By Steve Plunkett
An archaeologist will have to survey Ocean Strand before the ocean-to-Intracoastal parcel can ever be turned into a park.
There are no known archaeological resources on the nearly 15-acre site, “nor was this property ever subjected
By Steve Plunkett
All planning and design efforts for a park at Ocean Strand have been stopped.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the oceanfront 14.85 acres just south of Spanish River Park, ordered a halt to Ocean Strand wor
By Steve Plunkett
The Boca Raton City Council may act as soon as this month to designate the controversial Ocean Strand property public land instead of zoned for residential use.
With little discussion, the city’s Planning and Zoning Board endorsed
By Steve Plunkett
The consultant designing a park at Ocean Strand will earn an extra $16,000 to review when other beachfront parks are open, what demands they meet and how many people use them, then compare those numbers to national standards.
The
By Steve Plunkett
The city and the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District plan to spend $15,000 in the coming budget year at Ocean Strand, mostly to cut the grass.
It’s the same amount that was set aside in the current fiscal year, which starte
By Steve Plunkett
The folks planning a park at Ocean Strand want a few creative ideas on what to put there.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, which owns the coastal parcel, launched a new website, www.mybocaparks.org, which it hopes t
By Steve Plunkett
The city’s attempt to settle a grassroots group’s lawsuit over the proposed Ocean Strand park lasted only one session.
Joe Pedalino, co-chairman of Keep Your Boca Beaches Public, said attorneys for Boca Raton and the Greater Boca
By Steve Plunkett
For land that’s lain idle more than 17 years, Ocean Strand swirled into 2011 with a flurry of activity.
• Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District Commissioner Dirk Smith met with the Federation of Boca Raton Homeowner Associat
