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Boca Raton staff outline centennial year events, public‑art projects and legacy installations
Summary
City staff updated the City Council at an Aug. 25 workshop on Boca Raton’s centennial programming, reporting high participation for earlier events and outlining public‑art installations, a Wildflower Park legacy project, and an October time capsule unveiling.
City staff on Monday gave Boca Raton City Council members an overview of activities, partnerships and timelines for the city’s 2025 centennial celebration, highlighting public‑art installations, school partnerships and a legacy public‑art project at Wildflower Park.
Ann Marie Connolly, the city’s director of communications and marketing, said the city launched a centennial website and merchandise earlier this year and is shifting its program focus toward storytelling. “We have over 50,000 views, and it's been, a really great testament to all the great stories that have come out from our history,” Connolly said.
The presentation outlined two phases of the centennial: an initial events‑driven period that produced five completed events so far — including a opened weekend that drew about 10,000 people for a…
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