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West Palm Beach mayor highlights housing gains, Vanderbilt and Cleveland Clinic partnerships
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Mayor Keith James said the city is on track to exceed aggressive affordable and workforce housing goals and touted major institutional partnerships with Vanderbilt University and Cleveland Clinic during the State of the City address.
Mayor Keith James said West Palm Beach has exceeded earlier affordable housing targets and is on track to reach an even larger goal by the end of his term.
"When I became mayor, I set a goal of 300 affordable and workforce housing units to be completed or under development in the ensuing three years," Mayor Keith James said. He told the Chamber of Commerce audience that the city surpassed that benchmark in the first year and that he later raised the target to 1,400 units by the end of his mayoral tenure in 2027. "I'm proud to announce that we are on track to exceed that goal as well," James said.
The mayor said that since 2019 the city has seen 815 housing units either completed or under…
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