Community Service

The City of West Palm Beach prides itself on serving our residents and visitors. We are here to help, and serve you. Whether it's helping businesses and residents thrive, providing holiday meals or helping our youth with a multitude of activities in our parks, we, your employees, are here for you.

Mayor Keith A. James and SBA Host Small Business Town Hall

Mayor Keith A. James and Allen Thomas, Small Business Administration Southeast Regional Administrator, hosted a Small Business Town Hall Thursday, August 22, at Palm Beach Atlantic University. West Palm Beach area small businessmen and businesswomen met with leaders to explore opportunities and learn about resources to help budding businesses.

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Take Your Child to Work Day, April 25, 2024

About 60 children, kindergarten through eighth grade, were invited by Mayor Keith A. James to learn the inner workings of their parent's professions at the annual City of West Palm Beach observance of the national Take Your Child to Work Day, Thursday, April 25, 2024. The event gives children a greater understanding of what their parents do when heading out each morning to provide valuable services to the City's residents. Along with learning about the City and it's facilities, each child also spent a few hours side-by-side with their parent at their desk, or in the field.

In learning about the City, the children

• Explored the Mandel Public Library, floor-by-floor, and obtained library cards.
• Learned how the City communicates with residents and tells stories through WPB-TV18, the City's cable television station.
• Learned Internet and computer safety - and why it matters.
• Looked inside a City firetruck and saw what firefighters take on calls.
• Met Officer Marshall, the City's youngest canine officer at just under two years old, and
• Learned about the City's most powerful room, the City Commission Chambers.