Page 11 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - January '21

Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens, Page 11
Commissioner’s Update

Make Fitness A Priority partnerships with nearly 500 teams, leagues, service clubs, toward eliminating discarded plastics that wash ashore,
agencies, homeowner associations, neighborhood groups, contributing to a healthy environment while enhancing
By County Commissioner schools, companies and nonprofit organizations. Whether their own physical fitness. Friends of Jupiter Beach has
Maria Marino you are interested in having your child play in a league regularly scheduled small group cleanups for youth,
One of the highest sport, enroll in a summer camp, or just increase their time family and individual participation. You can obtain more
priorities for our community outdoors, there is a wide array of options in our community. information at https://friendsofjupiterbeach.org/.
in my view is to expand Here are just a few of the exciting happenings in Palm • County Parks’ staff produced several videos for you
and enhance our parks Beach County parks in District 1: to enjoy at home, featuring yoga, animal encounters,
and recreation systems • The Gardens North County District Park is meeting workouts, DIY activities and more. Check out all the
for the health and well- the need for additional multipurpose fields for soccer and videos on PBC Parks TV (youtube.com).
being of our children and other field sports. A partnership of the City of Palm Beach As an athlete since my youth and a professional golfer,
families. This has become Gardens with Palm Beach County brought this to fruition. I know first-hand how physical activity enriches our
even more critical given Phase 2 of the project will include a state-of-the-art indoor health, our quality of life and stimulates learning, and I
the gravitation to remote recreation facility and will be constructed through a public/ look forward to developing additional programs to help
learning and working over the past year. Getting outdoors private partnership between the city, the county and a not- our children, families and seniors stay active.
and being active is extremely important for mental and for-profit foundation. Please contact me with your ideas and let me know how
physical health, and research has shown that students • Limestone Creek Park, one of our oldest neighborhood I can assist you. You can reach me at (561) 355-2201 or
perform better scholastically when their days include time parks, just received a basketball court expansion with new by email at mmarino@pbcgov.org.
for recreation. backboards. Resident input will help finalize plans for
Recent studies performed by UNICEF, the British native landscaping. Southern Exposure Technologies
Journal of Sports Medicine, and sporting marketing • West Jupiter Recreation Center plans to host JTAA Computer Install/Setup/Repair
surveys have revealed some startling statistics: basketball and volleyball youth sports programs this winter
• The United States ranks last – 38th out of 38 rich with additional COVID-19 protocols in place. (561) 315-0144
countries in the physical health of our children, and 32nd • North County Aquatic Complex has worked closely getsetgo.annie@gmail.com
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• Children in the United States ranked 47th out of 50 aerobics and public participants to allow safe continued * Networking, Troubleshooting
countries in fitness activity at the pool, allowing for fitness and achievement * Instruction
• Ninety-three percent of children in the United States in aquatic sports. * Hardware/Software Installation
are not active according to CDC physical activity standards • Carlin Park is a great place to visit the beach, play * Virus/Spyware/Adware Fix
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• Sixty-two percent of all children in America cannot some tennis, or have a small family picnic, and now offers * Business Consult/Startup/Move
afford to play sports a free, new “Functional Fitness” program outdoors for * Website Design/Maintenance
• Inactivity leading to major physical and mental health adults and seniors. See the calendar and register at: Call S.E.T. to install your “new computer, printer
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beaches, as well as two water parks. These parks include • Infrastructure Sales Surtax dollars funded a recent START YOUR NEW YEAR WITH SECURE BACKUPS,
more than 8,000 acres of land for residents and visitors to renovation of Juno Park’s playground on Ellison Wilson QUALITY MAINTENANCE, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND
explore, offering more than 50 miles of trails. Road. PERSONABLE ON-SITE SUPPORT!
(561) 315-0144
The county expands its reach in offering programs • Small groups of volunteers are getting outdoors to CALL S.E.T. TODAY FOR YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS!
accessible to all residents through public/private help clean our county public park beaches with an eye