Page 12 - Boca Exposure - December '21

Page 12, Boca Exposure
Mayor’s Update: Happy Holidays

And Reasons To Be Happy About Boca Raton

Scott Singer is the 35th Mayor 7. Strong Economics: Boca Raton has shouldered the Dec.18 at 11 a.m. and our 47th Annual Boat Parade that
of Boca Raton. A South large costs from COVID-19 without any tax increase, and evening at 6:30 p.m.
Florida native, attorney, with no cuts to essential services, even as other cities had As always, I’m grateful to serve the people of Boca
mediator, and small business tax increases and major cutbacks. We’ve provided relief to Raton! You can share any thoughts you have at ssinger@
owner, Scott and his wife small businesses, and added additional mortgage and rent myboca.com, and stay connected on Facebook, Twitter,
Bella live in Broken Sound relief. In my roles with the Florida League of Mayors and and Instagram at @scottsingerusa.
with their two young children. U.S. Conference of Mayors, as well as a working group of Wishing you and yours a safe, happy, and healthy new
The holiday season local mayors, I advocated for more funding from state and year.
provides extra reminders federal legislation. The continued attractiveness of Boca
of the many reasons we Raton is keeping property values high, with a banner year
can be grateful for what we for residential real estate. People and companies across the
have in Boca Raton. Among nation want to be where we are already blessed to live!
them: Here are a few points of gratitude for our wonderful 8. Back in Person: It’s been great to see so many
community. familiar faces after a hiatus. You can join the remaining
1. Caring Residents: Boca Raton residents have city events this year, including the Boca Raton Bowl on
done well since the pandemic began in continuing to be
considerate of our neighbors. I’m so grateful for those
who have worked to help others get back to normal as
quickly and strongly as possible.
2. Veterans and Servicemembers: This year’s
Veterans Day featured moving presentations from veterans
who head two Boca-based organizations that help our
veterans nationwide. Grey Team provides health and
wellness programs to reduce and end veteran suicides, a Upscale Resale
sad and real risk for too many of our brave heroes. Vets
Helping Heroes provides service dogs for active duty
military members and veterans, and you can see some of Experience The Difference
the volunteers and service dogs above. Also on Veterans
Day, Connected Warriors opened its resource center New and consigned furniture, unique lighting, accessories and gifts.
to better provide therapy, counseling, and a place for Complete wallpaper and fabric library for all your design needs.
veterans to connect. These are a few of the organizations
that welcome help for our heroes.
3. Public Safety: We continue to have the finest public
safety professionals safeguarding us. Our crime rate
dropped another 9 percent this year, even as neighboring
areas saw increases. This is part of an amazing 30 percent
decrease from already-low figures over the past four years.
4. Nonprofits and City Help: Speaking of nonprofits,
the City of Boca Raton expanded its funding for nonprofits
in our annual budget, and your help for our local charities
is always needed. Call us to sell. See us to buy.
5. Access to Great Minds: Through my role with the
Bloomberg Harvard Recovery Leadership Program, our city Over 16,000 sq. ft. in 2 locations to serve you!
was one of eight selected nationwide to receive support for
an eight-month innovation project. The project completed PALM BEACH GARDENS: Promenade Plaza
in the fall, with the launch of an Innovation Office and the 9810 Alternate A1A • 561.694.0964
formation of a strategy to connect venture capital funders
with the many start-up companies calling Boca Raton home. WELLINGTON: Wellington Marketplace
6. City Employees: It’s easy to take for granted the 13857 Wellington Trace • 561.798.5222
hard work of our nearly 2,000 city employees. Our first
responders and sanitation teams have persevered through myconsignanddesign.com Nanci Smith, CEO
the challenges of public interaction in a pandemic. Just
the same, so many unseen employees work 365 days to
make sure our water is clean and safe, our roads and
traffic signals work, and so much more. I’m grateful to
be one member of a group of professionals who serve us
all every day.

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Dining Out from page 11

Hungry D No. 1 took it simple with a Buttermilk Fried
Chicken Sandwich ($18). Again, the chef was heavy-
handed on the burner, or in this case the fryer. Taking Available NoW
your eye off the fryer can result in a dark, over-crispy
texture that totally evades the light buttermilk texture of Safe and Effective!
the chicken. Also, please beware of the sweet heat relish
that surfaces the inside of your bun. For most of us, it will
require an additional glass of water. This is the Original Immunotherapy that
From The Dessert Tray: For those who have to
sweeten their palate after dinner, you have several choices. balances and optimizes your immune system to
On tonight’s menu was Bread Pudding, Crème Brule, a fight almost any type of cancer.
Seven-Layer Chocolate Cake and, of course, a Cheesecake.
Tonight we opted out of dessert, so I look forward to your
evaluation of this course. Hundreds of successes over the years.
Check Please: If whiskey is your flavor, then I
suggest any night to belly up to the bar for a glass or two Continuously available since 1977
(depending on your budget) of some hard-to-find spirits.
But if you’re coming here for a great meal, I suggest you in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
drink up well before setting your fork into action.
So, unfortunately, the Hungry Squad will not be
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