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VOL. 34 NO. 1 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com JANUARY 2024

PGA POA Communication Corner

Happy New Year! Here’s A Toast To 2024! PGA National New Year’s Resolutions
We hope that PGA National residents enjoyed a great holiday and beginning to the
By Gail Coppage, New Year! Now is the time for those New Year’s resolutions … have you thought of
Communications Committee Chairperson some resolutions for yourself? Here are a few resolutions for all of us within the PGA
Annual Meeting Date And NEW PLACE National community:
Please add the PGA POA Annual Meeting to your • We will keep our neighborhoods clean from trash and debris and pick up trash
calendar for 2024. The PGA POA Annual Meeting will when we see it on our walks throughout our neighborhoods.
be held Feb. 14 with a 5 p.m. sign-in period and 6 p.m. • We will drive the posted speed limit within PGA National, and of course on all
meeting time. We have a NEW LOCATION for the roads and highways.
Annual Meeting this year. The meeting will be held at the • We will take an active interest in what is happening within our PGA National
DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center, 4431 community.
PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens. The DoubleTree is • We will remain alert for issues affecting safety and security within our neighborhoods
at the corner of Military Trail and PGA Boulevard, next and report concerns to Security.
to the CVS. There is available valet and self-parking at • We will help our older neighbors with picking up a trash barrel or even a simple
this new location. Five residents will be elected to the hello and brief chat to make sure they are okay.
nine-member POA Board. There are six candidates for the five positions. YOUR VOTE • We will be kind to each other.
MATTERS: Each of the 4,895 residential units have one vote and the commercial Seasons
properties only have one vote per 3,000 square feet of building. Each owner should vote Did you know that even South Florida enjoys a change in seasons? The fall to winter
for the candidate of his/her choice. The POA Board is comprised of members of our season may not seem much different from each other, but there is a noticeable change
PGA National family and communities. We look forward to seeing you at the Annual
Meeting at the DoubleTree Hotel! PGA POA Communication Corner on page 7
Commissioner’s Update

Mangrove Islands Provide Essential Habitat Inland Navigation District, and the Loxahatchee River Preservation Initiative through

the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, agencies that provided essential
By Commissioner Maria Marino funding for the work.
From the southern end of Palm Beach County in the
Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), up through the Lake Worth Commissioner’s Update on page 3
Lagoon, continuing north to the Loxahatchee River,
mangrove islands serve a valuable function. They recycle
nutrients, provide essential food chain resources, and Thank You!
provide habitat for many wildlife species. Additionally,
they serve as storm buffers, stabilizing shorelines with
their roots from wind, waves and erosion, and enhancing A special thank you to all the residents of
water clarity. the PGA National community who dropped
This type of off toys and made donations to the City of
ecosystem occurs Palm Beach Gardens annual “Joy Drive.”
in areas of these waters where strong ocean Their volunteers made several trips to pick
wave action is absent and where salt and fresh up all the toys collected. A SUPER THANK
water mix. Soils are sandy, nutrient rich, and YOU to the Villa D’Este community who
usually oxygen deficient, and make up one of followed Glenwood’s example and went all
the most productive nursery habitats for fish, out with a fun-tastic party that resulted in
shellfish, birds, and other estuarine wildlife. literally filling the POA lobby with toys!
Of the three species of mangroves found in You have ALL made the lives of a lot
Florida, red mangroves grow along the water’s of children very special and we wanted to
edge, black mangroves grow on slightly higher let you know that it is sincerely appreciated
elevations, and white mangroves grow further – THE PEOPLE OF PGA NATIONAL
upland. ARE THE BEST!
Recently, I had the pleasure of participating From the PGA POA staff,
in the opening of Sawfish Island, a restoration we wish all of you a very
project completed by Palm Beach County’s Happy and Healthy 2024!
Department of Environmental Resources
Management in partnership with the Florida