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Residents urge broader business promotion, preservation of historic neighborhoods and a local shelter at Boca Raton workshop
Summary
During public request at the April 24 workshop residents called for more equitable city promotion of local businesses, preservation of long-standing neighborhoods such as Dixie Manor and creation of a state-of-the-art homeless shelter to respond to new state rules; an Eagle Scout preview and council transit items were also raised.
Several members of the public used the workshop's public-request period to press the council on community priorities ranging from business promotion to historic preservation and homelessness.
Jonathan Ungeen (6501 Congress Avenue) told the council he appreciates promotional work downtown but urged the city to provide an equitable channel to highlight businesses and events across Boca Raton, saying the current approach "seems very much favoritism" toward downtown venues like the Funky Biscuit and asking that other neighborhoods be included.
"Those are good jobs that the city should be highlighting," Ungeen said, noting a tenant's hiring event that created positions paying between…
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