Friday, January 3, 2025

Acreage/Loxahatchee/Westlake

20-Mile Bend Racetrack Plan Gains Traction With County

Palm Beach County Mayor Maria Sachs raced to throw her support behind a plan for a drag strip and perhaps other types of motorsports on a 128-acre, county-owned site south of State Road 80 at 20-Mile Bend. “I think this...

Westlake Boomed In 2023, Despite A Judge’s Roadblock

The City of Westlake continued its phenomenal growth in 2023, allowing Westlake City Council members to hold the line on tax rates and to cast the vision for a 50-acre regional park on the west side of Seminole Pratt...

ITID In 2023: Acreage Incorporation Fails, But District Gets Big Roads Win In Court

For supporters of an incorporation referendum in The Acreage, the year began with hope that quickly faded to disappointment, while the year ended with a changing of the leadership guard among the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors. Along...

Lox Groves Moves Quickly To Create Agritourism Panel

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council held a special meeting Monday, Dec. 18 to quickly put into action the creation of a short-term Agritourism Committee agreed to during the council’s previous meeting Dec. 5. After discussing the issue again, the council...

Minto Communities Marks 2,000 Homes Sold In Westlake

When Maryse Desir and her daughter Mitsha Woodson recently signed a contract for a new home in Westlake, little did they know exactly how special that moment was. They became the 2,000th family to buy in the popular master-planned...

Accomando, Farrell Take Top Leadership Positions At ITID

It was out with the old, in with the new at the Wednesday, Dec. 6 meeting of the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors, with the group choosing their two newest members to lead them in 2024. Seat 1...

ITID Supervisors Hear About Dueling Annexation Plans

With the possibility of competing annexation plans in the works for 258 acres at the intersection of Southern Blvd. and Seminole Pratt Whitney Road, the Indian Trail Improvement District Board of Supervisors took no official position at their Wednesday,...

Lox Groves To Set Up Committee To Study Agritourism Issues

The Loxahatchee Groves Town Council agreed Tuesday, Dec. 5 to hit the pause button of an ordinance designed to regulate the off-site impacts of “agricultural and agritourism” uses. Instead, the council will create a short-term agricultural tourism committee to study...

Westlake Council Back To Five Members With Werner Aboard

It’s official, Gary Werner of Key Biscayne Lane is now the Westlake City Council member for Seat 1. He was appointed to the seat on 4-0 vote by the remaining council members at their Tuesday, Dec. 5 meeting to fill...

Big Rigs Edge Forward In Fight To Stay In The Acreage

The wheels of Palm Beach County government are turning slowly for big-rig truckers in The Acreage, but they are turning. On Wednesday, Nov. 29, the Palm Beach County Commission held a zoning hearing and voted 4-3 to move forward with...

Two Council Incumbents Facing Off Against Three Challengers In Lox Groves

Five candidates will be seeking two Loxahatchee Groves Town Council seats in the Tuesday, March 19 municipal election. The candidates were set at the end of the qualifying period at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 21. In the Seat 1 race,...

Barky Pines, Indian Trail Host Tree Dedication At Downers Dog Park

On Saturday, Nov. 18, Barky Pines Animal Rescue & Sanctuary and the Indian Trail Improvement District held a ceremony celebrating the eighth anniversary of Downers Dog Park in The Acreage. The ceremony included a tree planting in memory of...

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Jingle Bell 5K Brings Runners To Village Park

The 12th annual Wellington Jingle Bell 5K Run was held Sunday, Dec. 22 at Village Park. Hundreds of runners...