Top Dog Competition: This Saturday, April 2nd
Mar 29, 2011 - Parks and Recreation
Hosted by the City of West Palm Beach Department of Parks and Recreation
When: April 2, 2011 Noon – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Dreher Park South Dog Park 1301 Summit Blvd, WPB
Come early to visit vendor booths for all your pet needs.
Children’s arts and crafts on site.
Prizes will be awarded in 3 weight divisions.
You choose the 4 events your dog will perform the best:
Best smile, hairiest dog, best trick, best dressed, best
handshake, cartoon look-alike, ugliest dog and more!
Call 804-4900 for further information.
Massive one day community ‘Build a Playground” project this Saturday in West Palm Beach
Feb 09, 2011 - Mayor's Office, Parks and Recreation
Designed by kids, Built by Volunteers in a single massive one day community effort
Funds and support provided by Kaboom, National PAL, PNC Bank
What: COMMUNITY TO BUILD PLAYGROUND IN ONE DAY
When: Saturday, February 12 8:30AM-3:00PM
Where: Police Athletic League West Palm Beach, 720 Tamarind Ave.
Join Mayor Lois Frankel, the West Palm Beach City Commission, more than 200 volunteers from the community, PNC Bank, the Police Athletic League of West Palm Beach, the City of West Palm Beach, and organizers from KaBOOM! as they join forces on Saturday, Feb. 12 to build a new playground. The new playground’s design is based on drawings created by children who participated in a Design Day event in December.
Today’s kids spend less time playing outside than any previous generation in part because only 1-in-5 children live within walking distance of a park or playground. This Play Deficit is having profound consequences for kids physically as well as mentally and socially. KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to saving play.
The new playground will provide hundreds of children in the West Palm Beach community with a safe place to play. Currently, the children in the neighborhood do not have a playground within walking distance to enjoy.
The playground is the fourth built by KaBOOM! and is one of more than 200 playgrounds the group will create in 2011 across America.
In addition to the community-built playground, the new play area will also include Imagination Playground in a Box – a breakthrough playspace concept designed to encourage child-directed, unstructured free play. Via manipulable loose parts and natural elements like sand and water, Imagination Playground in a Box allows children to constantly change their environment and design their own course of play.
City of West Palm Beach Pleasant City Urban Renewal
Jan 12, 2011 - Mayor's Office, Parks and Recreation
The City of West Palm Beach is helping to bring about inner city urban renewal by streetscaping Pleasant City streets. Beginning today at 10AM at 542 19th Street and 603 22nd Street the city will plant trees at renovated housing authority properties. A total of 65 trees will be donated over the coming months as the housing authority completes its major property renovation.
The project helps to create a sense of community and beautifies the area. Oaks and Crape Myrtle trees will be installed in the various locations with work being completed in the spring.
City Kicks Off Infrastructure Improvement, Bike Path Extension
Nov 30, 2010 - Mayor's Office, Parks and Recreation
When: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at 10:30 a.m.
Where: North Flagler Drive just north of Currie Park
(11/29/10) City of West Palm Beach officials and neighborhood leaders will kick off a $3.7 million improvement project at a special groundbreaking ceremony at North Flagler Drive just north of Currie Park on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at 10:30 a.m.
The project includes a new pedestrian and bike path that will extend the City’s existing downtown path north from Currie Park to 45th Street. The bike path is one component of an infrastructure project that will include roadway upgrades, new sidewalks, enhanced street lighting and improved drainage.
One Thousand to enjoy free Turkey Dinner
Nov 23, 2010 - Mayor's Office, Parks and Recreation
One Thousand to enjoy free Turkey Dinner at 19th Annual Share a Supper in West Palm Beach
23 November 2010
500 student chefs at the Florida Culinary Institute have been working for days to bring a very special meal to the table for some 1000 guests. On November 23th area residents are invited to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal at no cost on a first come first served basis. This 19th year of the event will bring the total number of people fed by the institute and the donors to over 20 thousand.
Join Mayor Lois Frankel, the West Palm Beach City Commission, and all the volunteers as they serve up turkey with the fixings and desert at this Holiday tradition on Tuesday, November 23 from 4:30 – 6:30 at the Pleasant City Multicultural Center Gym. 500 22nd Street in West Palm Beach.
Here’s what went into the meal:
200 dz. Rolls , 100 Whole Turkeys , 260 pounds of Mashed Potatoes ,
140 pounds of Candied Yams , 9 cases of Turkey Stuffing , 40 Gallons of Turkey Gravy
90 pounds of Vegetables , 40 pounds of butter , 125 pounds of Cranberry Sauce
425 Donated Pies/Cakes , Coffee & Soda
This monumental and expensive feast would not be possible without the generosity of our sponsors: “4 Ever Praise” Dance Group, Blum Foundation, Cheney Brothers, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Cynthia Sanders, Florida Culinary Institute, Margaret Hawkins, Melanie Barnum of Mac Fabrics, Panera Bread, Publix, Rachel’s, Sherry’s Jazz, Sysco, The Dream Builders, United Way, WPEC NewsChannel 12, The City of West Palm Beach Community Events Staff, Parks & Recreation And the Staff of the Pleasant City Multicultural Center.