Council puts downtown measure on March ballot after Save Boca’s setback
Boca Raton City Council member Andy Thomson discusses edits -- being shown on an overhead projection at the Dec. 2 council meeting -- to the wording of a March 10 ballot quest
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Voters can change rules to let public decide project’s fateA new version of the downtown plan shows park and recreation with City Hall to the west of Northwest Second Avenue/Boca Raton Boulevard, and development mainly to the east of the road. Rend
Jon Pearlman (center,front) and other Save Boca supporters bring petitions to Boca Raton City Hall on Sept. 23 to give to the city clerk. The petitions seek a vote on a city charter change regarding the sale or lease of city property. Photo provided
The revised plan for the downtown campus cuts commercial and residential square footage and keeps more recreation and green space. Memorial Park will get a new monument. Rendering by Terra and Frisbie Group
By Mary Hladky
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Boca Raton residents pack the Aug. 26 City Council meeting where Save Boca presented to the council 5,200 signatures on a petition geared toward stopping a proposed mixed-use development. It includes a new City Hall, Community Center, retail space an
Holly Schuttler (l-r), Liz DeBiase, Jon Pearlman and Dawn Alford Zook, of Save Boca, hold signs in support of their agenda. The group’s petitions call for amendments to a city ordinance and to the City Charter that would not allow the City Council to
