Teens from Youth Center Producing Training Video
Feb 20, 2009 - Mayor's Office, Parks and Recreation, Police/Crime Prevention
When: Saturday, February 21, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: 937 Bradley Court; PB County Jail
(02/20/09) Students from the City’s Youth Empowerment Center are producing a training video for area law enforcement and will be conducting video shoots throughout the day on Saturday, February 21, 2009. The teens will be shooting video from 9:00 a.m. to Noon at 937 Bradley Court and from Noon to 4:00 p.m. at the Palm Beach County Jail.
Teens from the Youth Center were chosen to write, edit and produce the training video for the Deaf Service Center. The video will help train law enforcement as to what steps to take when dealing with the deaf in emergency situations.
For more information, please contact Dwayne Taylor at 408-690-5999.
The Youth Empowerment Center is designed to give at-risk teenagers productive, educational ways to spend their time, keeping them out of trouble and on the path to responsible adulthood. Programs at the center include anti-gang intervention, video production, mentoring and more.
WPB Library to Undergo Temporary System Shutdown
Feb 20, 2009 - Library
(Friday, February 20, 2009) The City of West Palm Beach Public Library will be without electrical power from 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 21, 2009, until noon on Sunday, February 22, 2009.
During this time, the public will not be able to access the library’s on-line resources or use any telephone services, such as over-the-phone book renewal.
The power outage is due to repairs to a nearby electrical system. The repair work is being conducted overnight so that library operating hours will not be affected.
Learn the Argentine Tango & Waltz @ your city library
Feb 20, 2009 - Library
Event: Learn the Argentine Tango @ your city library
When: Thursdays, February 26 through March 12, 2009
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Where: West Palm Beach Public Library 100 Clematis Street West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: (561) 868-7701
Have you always wanted to learn how to dance the Argentine tango? Here is your chance! The City of West Palm Beach is hosting free tango lessons at the library! So come on out to the library and bring your dancing shoes!
· FREE PARKING (2 hours free at municipal garages)
· FREE Argentine tango dance lessons!
Event: Waltz lessons @ your city library
When: Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm
Where: West Palm Beach Public Library 100 Clematis Street West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: (561) 868-7701
Have you always wanted to learn how to do the waltz? Here is your chance! The City of West Palm Beach is hosting free waltz lessons at the library! So come on out to the library and bring your dancing shoes!
· FREE PARKING (2 hours free at municipal garages)
· FREE Waltz dance lessons
For Additional Information:
CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY
(561) 868-7701 or Email: request@wpbpl.com
City’s New Parking Garage ‘Green’, High-tech
Feb 18, 2009 - Mayor's Office, Parking
Garage to Bring more Safe, Affordable Parking to Clematis, Downtown
The City of West Palm Beach’s new Clematis Street garage is open for business and ready to serve the public. The state-of-the-art garage is environmentally-friendly, uses technology to make parking fast and easy for customers and brings hundreds of safe and affordable parking spaces to the thriving Clematis Street corridor.
“This new garage will bring more convenient and safe parking to Clematis Street, helping the businesses there continue to grow,” said Mayor Lois J. Frankel. “This garage is also another step in the City’s ongoing commitment to sustainability and will help us reach our goal of reducing carbon emissions.”
The 600-space garage features a high-tech parking payment system, manufactured and installed by Scheidt & Bachmann USA. The system gives customers the option to pay by cash, debit card or credit card. Customers can pay on foot at walk-up pay stations rather than sit in an idling car waiting to pay, cutting carbon emissions and wait times. The system also features re-useable plastic chips to track parking times rather than paper tickets, which will reduce waste. Additional green features include energy efficient lighting and enclosed, secure parking for thirty bicycles to help reduce travel by motor vehicle.
“This state-of-the-art garage is evidence of our City’s commitment to customer service and innovation,” said Parking Systems Administrator Sue Olley. “We’re already working to expand the use of this new technology to our existing parking facilities to make things even easier for all our customers.”
The new technology in the garage is expected to reduce customer wait times and also lead to lower equipment maintenance costs for the City.
WPB Throwing Foreclosure Lifeline to Palm Beach County Families
Feb 17, 2009 - Housing, Mayor's Office
Expansion of City’s Foreclosure Center Means Thousands more Can Get Help
The City of West Palm Beach’s highly-innovative, nationally-recognized Foreclosure Assistance Center (FAC) is expanding its reach and will now offer free assistance to families throughout Palm Beach County. The Center’s services had previously only been available to West Palm Beach residents.
“Bringing this first-of-its-kind foreclosure assistance program to families across Palm Beach County will help save homes, keep families together and stabilize our housing market,” said Mayor Lois Frankel. “The Center has made a huge difference in the lives of hundreds of West Palm Beach families, and now, with the help of our partners, we’ll be able to touch families throughout the county.”
The City is expanding the Foreclosure Assistance Center (FAC) with the help of non-profits, government agencies and faith-based institutions. HomeFree USA, a HUD-approved non-profit home ownership counseling organization, will implement the new program and lead the counseling. Satellite offices throughout Palm Beach County, where people can go for help, are being provided by local churches through a faith-based initiative launched as part of the expansion. The churches will also help get the word out about the Center’s services. From Pahokee to Delray Beach to Jupiter, families will be able to visit one of many FAC satellite offices strategically located throughout the county. All services provided by the FAC will continue to be FREE of charge.
“This expansion is great news for Palm Beach County’s homeowners,” said Director of Housing and Community Development Emelda Johnson. “Thanks to our new partners, we’re going to be able to serve many families that we have had to turn away in the past.”
The Center is a “one-stop-shop” solution center for families facing foreclosure problems. The goal is for people to leave the Center with a solution to their housing situation, not simply a referral to an agency or a contact phone number. All homeowners who receive help from the center must enroll in a mandatory 12-month financial counseling and education program.
Additional partners in the FAC expansion include the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Florida Housing Finance Corporation and Palm Beach County Government.
WPB County-wide Foreclosure Assistance Program Locations
Palm Beach County residents in foreclosure trouble can get assistance at the following locations:
• City of WPB Foreclosure Assistance Center, 464 Fern Street, WPB 33401. 561-822-1575.
• St. Paul’s Church, 3345 Haverhill Road, West Palm Beach, 33417. 561-242-0001.
• Hurst Chapel, 1617 Silver Beach Road, Riviera Beach, 33404. 561-845-7579.
• St. Paul’s, 315 M.L. King Blvd., Boynton Beach, 33455. 561-734-2348.
• Harvest AME, 825 Larrimore Road, Pahokee, 33476. 561-924-7030.
• Delray Beach CDC, 401 W. Atlantic Avenue, #016.
To learn more about how to get help, homeowners should call 561-822-1583.