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The current leadership of Boca and those same officials seeking re-election had fast tracked one of the biggest public land giveaways in the history of Boca Raton without you knowing about it.  It was moving under the radar and they were preparing to hand over 31 acres of prime real estate in the center of downtown—owned by the public—by themselves with no public vote and without any basic studies being done, not even an appraisal of the land. 

Part of this plan involved bulldozing Memorial Park, the largest public park in downtown and a World War II Memorial Park dedicated to our veterans.  They were going to allow developers to take over the 31 acres of public land and build high rise condos, office buildings, and a hotel on top of it.  They planned to cut down the two iconic Banyan trees that adorn our entrance to City Hall.  They planned to destroy the Ball Fields, including Boca’s Original Ball Field of 1947.  They planned to destroy the tennis center.  They planned to destroy the skate park.  They planned to destroy the children’s playground.  They planned to destroy the soccer field and the basketball court.  They planned to cut down the city’s tree garden.

And they were going to get away with it without most citizens even knowing about it…Until Save Boca stopped it.

For most of the past year the City Council planned to bulldoze Memorial Park, a WWII Memorial Park and the largest park in downtown and hand it over to private developers to build high rises on top of it. Vote ✅ YES on January 13th to protect Memorial Park and all public land and parks throughout Boca. Without these laws in place, your park could be next in line to be destroyed and handed over to private developers.

We could’ve woken up one day to find bulldozers destroying Memorial Park and our Banyan trees.  But Save Boca and the citizens who love our great city rose to the occasion and fought back.  Thanks to 13,000 signatures on the Save Boca Petition, there will be historic charter and ordinance amendments on the ballot for us to vote into law in a special election on January 13th, that will protect all of our parks and public land.  The two laws say that public land greater than half an acre can’t be sold or leased without a vote from the public, which will restore protection to all of our parks, public land and oceanfront property.  Once these laws are in place, untrustworthy officials will never be able to get away with something like this again.  

Until these laws are voted through, no park in Boca is safe and your local park could be next in line to be destroyed and handed over to private developers to build high rises.   

The residents of Boca will win this fight and restore protection to all of our parks, oceanfront property, and public land.

Vote ✅ YES and ✅ YES on January 13th to the Save Boca ordinance and charter laws.  

Vote ✅YES to Save Boca.