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West Palm Beach reviews 'Your Waterfront Your Way' report; mayor proposes a waterfront 'quarterback' to implement quick wins and long‑term strategy
Summary
City commissioners heard findings from a two‑year community visioning process for the downtown waterfront, including engagement metrics, design and stewardship recommendations, and a mayoral proposal to create a single waterfront coordinator to oversee maintenance, programming and long‑term projects.
Charity Lewis, civic engagement supervisor for the City of West Palm Beach, presented a high‑level overview of the two‑year Your Waterfront Your Way community engagement and technical study, telling commissioners the report synthesizes public surveys, walkabouts, stakeholder interviews and data analysis into a blueprint for the downtown waterfront.
The report covers the area between the Flagler Memorial Bridge and the Royal Park Bridge, Olive Avenue to the west, and the Intracoastal Waterway to the east. Lewis told the commission the study combined survey responses, behavioral data and economic indicators and identified three broad themes — implementing quick impact initiatives, envisioning the waterfront as a unified premier open space, and adopting a waterfront stewardship model.
Consultants said outreach included more than 1,605 survey responses, roughly 1,300…
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