Community and Opportunity
Community and Opportunity
West Palm Beach is a City of involvement, opportunity and growth with a sense of community. The character of the City is shaped by the people, the neighborhoods and the businesses. Mayor Keith A. James believes in highlighting the best of the best, welcoming community improvements, visitors and honoring the past.
Tributes, proclamations, groundbreakings, ribbon cuttings, and welcoming new businesses and organizations as they set down roots is a small part of making West Palm Beach a community of opportunity for all. It is with great pride that the City gets involved, stays involved and welcomes all.
Business MatchMaker Conference and Expo 2024
The City of West Palm Beach Office of Small / Minority Women Business Enterprises spearheaded the annual Palm Beach Partners Business MatchMaker Conference and Expo held at the Kravis Center, Friday, September 20, 2024. West Palm Beach Mayor Keith A. James joined with government and business leaders to cut the ribbon to open the event.
The goal of the event is to extend this distinctive business opportunity beyond our respective geographic and organizational borders to benefit small, minority/women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises (SBEs, M/WBEs, or DBEs) throughout the entire South Florida region.
Empowering Education:
Mayor's Education Partnership Grants
In an effort to help elementary schools within the City of West Palm Beach, Mayor Keith A. James started the Mayor's Education Partnership Grant Program on Monday, April 15, 2024. The goal of the grants is to enhance educational outcomes for the students. Mayor James presented five grants.
Grand Opening Celebration at Icon Marina Village
The City of West Palm Beach celebrated the grand opening of the almost 400-unit waterfront apartment complex on North Flagler Drive. A project of The Related Group, the interior designs were provided by designer and former tennis champion Venus Williams.
A Resource for Expanded National Rail Transportation
Mayor Keith A. James has been at the forefront of championing the advantages of mass transportation and expanded rail transportation in the region. Mayor James has worked with the Palm Beach County Transportation Planning Agency, Brightline Holdings, Inc., and met with state and national leaders to the discuss the positive impact high-speed rail is having on the City of West Palm Beach.
Tributes, proclamations, groundbreakings, ribbon cuttings, and welcoming new businesses and organizations as they set down roots is a small part of making West Palm Beach a community of opportunity for all. It is with great pride that the City gets involved, stays involved and welcomes all.