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Resident urges denser, visionary development in Congress Avenue district
3281603 · May 12, 2025
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Summary
Resident Jonathan Ongine called on council to adopt a more ambitious development vision for the Congress Avenue area, criticized current density limits and urged the city to enable redevelopment that replaces older buildings rather than leaving them in place next to new construction.
During public requests at the May 12 workshop, resident Jonathan Ongine urged Boca Raton officials to pursue more aggressive redevelopment in the Congress Avenue corridor and to apply transit‑oriented and new urbanist principles to create a denser, mixed‑use district.
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