Members of the Westlake City Council and the Seminole Improvement District (SID) Board of Supervisors have settled on a framework for a regional park they intend to construct along the west side of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road.
“It looks phenomenal,”...
When a teenaged John Carter was working alongside his tile-setter father in the early 1980s, Seminole Pratt Whitney Road was still a narrow, two-lane road to nowhere. Just south of the M Canal, Callery-Judge Grove spread out on either...
The Westlake City Council gave final passage to its budget for fiscal year 2024 on Wednesday, Sept. 20 after needing a re-vote to ensure that residents got their promised millage rate reduction.
Council members voted 3-0 at their second budget...
Minto Communities USA, the master developer and leading homebuilder in the Westlake community, recently announced its newest single-family neighborhood, the Pines of Westlake. Minto released the first homesites for sale on Sept. 11, and based on early interest, buyer...
Westlake residents came out in person and online Tuesday, Sept. 5 to voice their disapproval of a plan to eliminate the community’s Education & Youth Advisory Board.
Occurring during a marathon meeting of the Westlake City Council that lasted nearly...
The Westlake City Council adopted a tentative property tax rate of 5.0 mills for the 2024 fiscal year at its first budget hearing Tuesday, Sept. 5.
The rate represents a small decrease from the city’s 2023 tax rate of 5.1...
Palm Beach State College received a special proclamation recognizing its 90th anniversary from the City of Westlake during a Westlake City Council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
Accepting the honor on behalf of the college from Westlake Mayor JohnPaul O’Connor...
No longer in its infancy, the seven-year-old City of Westlake must now stand on its own fiscally, with no more handholding from the municipality’s largest developer, Minto Communities USA.
Since 2016, when Westlake incorporated, Minto has supplied millions of dollars...
Jamyln Supply, a national e-commerce business specializing in pet and garden/outdoor supplies, has broken ground on the first warehouse/distribution development in the City of Westlake.
On Tuesday, Aug. 1, company representatives were joined by Minto Communities Senior Vice President John...
Climb into a big green ATV and head out in any direction from Seminole Pratt Whitney Road, which bisects the 4,192-acre City of Westlake, and you’ll find yourself bumping and rocking over land cleared for houses, businesses and a...
The Westlake City Council voted Tuesday, July 11 to hold the line on residential property taxes for the upcoming fiscal year, keeping the tax rate at 5.1 mills, the same as the current year.
The decision comes despite the fact...
The City of Westlake has $2.5 million sitting in its Housing Assistance Purchase Program Yearly (HAPPY) trust fund to help first-time and lower-income homebuyers, and no way to use it.
City Manager Kenneth Cassel and council members agree on the...
