15 Jun

Posted at 13:41h in News

On June 11, 2026, COWBRA (Coalition of Boynton West Residential Associations) gave its most prestigious honor — the Carrington Award given every five years — to Sustainable Palm Beach County. The award was given to Sustainable co-founders Karen Marcus and Lisa Interlandi at its recent meeting. More than 400 persons attended. In presenting the award, Barbara Roth, described how the organization helps the COWBRA communities “promote smarter growth and protect the county’s natural resources and neighbor hoods. We thank Karen and Lisa and the Sustainable PBC board for its robust support for strategically managing growth in the County.” Marcus says that “We...

03 Nov

Posted at 14:28h in News

Can you find wildlife in Florida’s disappearing wetlands, forests, and streams? Yes, say noted photographers Eric and Lynn Sambol. These JIC neighbors share photos from a “Florida safari” right in our own back yard. Please click through their exquisite photo galleries! Eric and Lynn Sambol have traveled to the ends of the Earth to photograph wildlife. Last spring, they hopped in their car and drove to nearby locations north, south and west of Jupiter. Eric says, “There is so much wildlife within a short drive of JIC! It’s thrilling to find it, photograph it and so satisfying to share it with...

26 Aug

Posted at 14:39h in News

On the evening of Aug. 19, my phone blew up. Texts, calls, emails – all asking, “How can the Florida Department of Environmental Protection put three golf courses in Jonathan Dickinson State Park?” “How can this happen to public lands?” “How can we stop this?”...

11 Mar

Posted at 15:10h in News

A recent headline in the Palm Beach Post asked, “Why does the Convention Center need Another Hotel?” As the article went on to explain, the answer is simple – the Convention Center DRI (Development of Regional Impact) allows for 1400 hotel rooms. Only 400, or so, have been built....

26 Oct

Posted at 14:13h in News

The GL Homes' land swap is dead. Two county commissioners, Mack Bernard and Mayor Gregg Weiss, who had both voted in May to send the controversial proposal to the state for review, changed their votes on final reading Tuesday, a rare event. Their flips were enough to kill the effort by the homebuilder to give the county land in the northwest part of the county, (Indian Trails Grove) in exchange for building a high-end development on preserved land west of Boca Raton in the Agricultural Reserve....