Nights in Northwood Village Celebrates Another Spectacular Grand Opening during the Art & Wine Promenade
Jul 31, 2009 - Newsletter
Nights in Northwood Village Celebrates Another Spectacular Grand Opening during the Art & Wine Promenade
Friday, July 31 2009 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Ribbon Cutting at 6:30 p.m.
Art & Wine Promenade in the 400 – 500 blocks of Northwood Road in Northwood Village
Hello Cupcake Grand Opening at 521 Northwood Road
Who: Produced by the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency and Northwood Village Merchants
Northwood Village merchants will sweeten your summer this month while celebrating the grand opening of Hello Cupcake at 6:30 p.m., located at 521 Northwood Road. Star, owner and pastry chef for seventeen years, offers a wide variety of cupcakes and fondant covered cakes for weddings, birthdays, baby showers or any other special occasion. Star trained in San Francisco and creates cakes that are truly works of edible art! During the Art & Wine Promenade, held on the last Friday of each month, visitors to the Village can stroll down Northwood Road to experience a world of cultures and flavors at a growing variety of shops and restaurants and enjoy street-side artist trunk shows, three boutique wine tasting stations and live music by popular local groups, Samm Mapp, Jazz Elite and The Ray Chang Band.
Northwood Village was recognized by Southern Living as “up-and-coming…where once-abandoned stores have been polished back to mint condition”. Hello Cupcake is now one of those new polished stores!
For more information:
Sharon McCormick-Keiley
CRA Marketing & Event Coordinator
City of West Palm Beach
401 Clematis Street
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
561-822-1551
smccormick@wpb.org
Free WPB Police Program Helping Keep Kids Safe
Jul 30, 2009 - Mayor's Office, Police/Crime Prevention
When: Saturday, August 1, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Where: Home Depot, 1550 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., WPB
(07/30/09) The City of West Palm Beach Police Department will be helping to keep kids safe at the National Day Out Against Crime Home Safety event. The FREE event will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Home Depot located at 1550 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd.
Secret Service agents will be on-hand to fingerprint children for their safety, Home Depot will provide kids’ crafts, WPB Police will have specialty units on-scene and the WPB Fire Rescue Department will offer free blood pressure screenings.
Vendors will also be available to discuss home safety.
WPB City Connect Newsletter for July 29, 2009
Jul 29, 2009 - Newsletter
In this edition of City Connect;
- Thinking about Your Future?
- Free Event to Help Keep Kids Safe
- WPB Gets $1.8 million to Hire More Police
- Dixie Improvements Underway
- Save Time, Money When you Pay Utility Bill
Click here to view the July 29, 2009 edition of WPB CityConnect.
National Recording Artist “Push Play” to Rock CBN
Jul 29, 2009 - Clematis By Night, Community Events, Mayor's Office
(July 29, 2009 – West Palm Beach, FL) Clematis by Night, the area’s Hot Spot to Chill, will get even hotter this week as national recording artist Push Play takes the stage for a special opening-act performance sponsored by WiLD 95.5. You can check out the pop rock sounds of this up and coming band FREE OF CHARGE on Thursday, July 30, 2009, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Centennial Square in beautiful downtown West Palm Beach. Push Play will perform until 6:30 p.m., at which time the band will stick around to meet their fans at the WiLD 95.5 booth.
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WPB Awarded $1.8 million to Hire Eight Police Officers
Jul 29, 2009 - Mayor's Office, Police/Crime Prevention
City of West Palm Beach Mayor Lois J. Frankel announced today that the City has been awarded a $1.8 million grant to allow for the hiring of eight (8) police officers.
“I’m very pleased to learn that our grant application was successful and we’ll be hiring eight new officers,” said Mayor Frankel. “These officers will help keep our streets and our neighborhoods safe.”
The exact grant amount is $1,785,456. The money was awarded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 under the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The grants will provide 100 percent of the approved salary and benefits for entry level officer positions over a three year period. Police departments receiving the grants are then required to retain the grant funded positions for a fourth year.