Page 16 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - December '20

Page 16, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Commissioner’s Update

By County Commissioner Many of you may ask, “What are your priorities?” My • Improving the roadway network to reduce traffic congestion
Maria Marino immediate priorities include: and encourage safety
Greetings! As the newly • Investing in public safety and our first responders to keep • Collaborating with educational institutions to develop more
elected District 1 County our neighborhoods and businesses safe and sound technical programs for our youth
Commissioner, I am thrilled • Expanding our parks and recreation systems for the health • Promoting open, transparent, and accessible county
to be serving our residents in and well-being of our children and families government
Northern Palm Beach County. • Protecting our natural resources My door is always open and my phone on. Please feel free
I look forward to working with • Working with our community partners for economic growth to reach out anytime at (561) 355-2201 to share your thoughts.
all of you to enhance the high and job creation I look forward to a continued partnership with all of you and
quality of life we enjoy as well as being a watchdog on our • Making sure our agricultural industry continues to be a attending an upcoming meeting in your community. Remember,
budget to make sure your tax dollars are being spent wisely. leading economic driver for our county I am a public servant. I was elected by the public to serve.
During my tenure on the Palm Beach Gardens City
Council, as mayor, vice mayor and council member, I
focused on keeping our tax rates low and investing public Get Them Partying And
dollars wisely. This included encouraging economic
development, bringing jobs and new businesses to the ‘Jingling All The Way’
community all while balancing the creation of quality
housing, recreational venues and preserving conservation
lands and water storage for future generations. With The Perfect Wine!
Collaborating with national, state, and local officials
on regional transit issues has also been a focus of mine.
Looking for alternate modes of transportation is a By Laura Berrio, Have a favorite wine of your own? Give it as a gift
priority as mobility is on the rise all around us. A goal Freelance Writer/ to introduce something new to their cellar.
would be to take more cars off the roads but have more Blogger Take the gift to the next level of festivity by
cost-effective and convenient options to move people Need holiday gift customizing your own wine label or picking out that
from place to place. Whether that be from home to work, ideas for the wine lovers perfect accessory. Keep them laughing and jingling all
school, entertainment or recreational venues, autonomous in your life? year with custom wood wine boxes and monogrammed
vehicles, ridesharing, light rail or walking will be the Looking for that wine glasses.
future. I look forward to the day when moving people perfect grape, but A unique and timely wine gift is a blind tasting kit.
means more than just getting in your car and when finding yourself staring Each kit contains bottles wrapped to conceal the wines’
development is centered near a mobility hub to make at an endless aisle of identities. The box includes tips and tricks to host a
that easy. With the advent of Brightline, the county and wine bottles? How do tasting, along with grids to capture tasting notes. Finish
the municipalities will continue to ensure quiet zones are you pick that special your shopping early by buying a kit for each of your
installed at rail crossings, security measures are in place bottle? If you know their taste, it is easy to deck the friends and hosting a holiday Zoom tasting party!
and train horns will be used just for emergencies. wine rack with their favorite. Select a gift they will Get an early start on next year’s list by paying
As a lifelong small business owner, I appreciate the love by thinking about the wine they ordered when attention to everyone’s favorite and you
challenges that face our local businesses when adapting you joined them for dinner at a restaurant or in their will dazzle them year after year!
to crises and changing market conditions. The lifeblood of home. To mix it up, pick a wine based on the season. ~Cheers
our local economy is our small business owner, 80 percent Reds, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Bordeaux, Syrah, ~Keep the conversation going
of which employ 10 people or less. Also, we are blessed to and Malbecs, tend to warm us up in the colder months. and the wine flowing!
live in an area where our climate and lifestyle are attracting They have a higher alcohol content and are typically Follow the Vine at: www.
larger companies, thus diversifying our industries and served at room temperature. VineVibeUncorked.com.
job opportunities. Palm Beach County, along with our
Business Development Board, has been actively pursuing
high technology and financial services companies, many
of which have landed in the north end of the county like
the Carrier Corporation in Palm Beach Gardens. I plan to
be a part of those future continued efforts.
Philanthropy, volunteerism, and physical health are Lights.
high priorities. This desire to give back has led me to raise
much needed funds for at-risk children and their families,
educational facilities both tutorial and afterschool, camp Camera.
programs and other opportunities for our children to have
Action.
a healthy, physically fit and mind-expanding life.

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