Page 16 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - January '22

Page 16, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Tax Talk

Dear Friends: Convenient Payment Options community and returning to a “new normal.” Our team of
First, Happy New Year We offer several convenient payment options, such as: community engagement ambassadors will be visiting Palm
to you and your family and online e-check and credit card payments, mail, drop boxes Beach County community events and associations in the
friends. I am hopeful that located in each of our services centers, self-serve kiosks coming months, and they look forward to seeing you there!
2022 will be a very good for vehicle registrations, and wire transfers. We don’t, Some annual events, such as the Palm Beach Pride
year as we return to some however, offer payments over the phone so we encourage Parade and Festival in Lake Worth Beach in March, and
level of normalcy. you to visit https://www.pbctax.com/payment-options/ Belle Glade’s Black Gold Jubilee in April, are open to
The new year typically for more information. the public and all are welcome to attend. Our team will
means declaring well-intended be there with educational materials and ready to answer
resolutions. While not a View Payment Status Online your questions about our services. Other outreach events
traditional resolution, I always we participate in are held for smaller groups such as civic
look forward to this time of Did you know that you can check the status of your or homeowners’ associations.
year when the weather offers cooler temperatures and gorgeous payment in five easy steps? Step 1. Visit our payment site If you are a member of an association that would benefit
sunny days, and I can commit to spending more time working https://pbctax.manatron.com/. Step 2. Click the tab you from educational information from the Tax Collector’s
in my garden. From planting and weeding to tending to my very wish to check the status of: Property Tax, Business Tax, Office, reach out to us at www.pbctax.com/contact-us by
productive honeybees, the South Florida winter months, with Tangible Tax, Tourist Development Tax. Step 3. Click the choosing “Community Engagement Request” on the right-
the lower humidity and cooler temperatures, give me greater drop-down to search by: Name, Account number, Address, hand side of the web page. A member of the team will follow
opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and my garden. etc. Step 4. Once you find your information, click on the up to see how we can best partner with your group.
Gardening has always been a passion of mine and I am so account number highlighted in blue. Step 5. Look at the Follow us on social media: @TaxPBC on Twitter and
honored to have recently been appointed to the Board of Directors right-hand side under the text that says Collection Cart Instagram, and @PBCTAX on Facebook to see where we
for the Mounts Botanical Garden, which is Palm Beach County’s to see your payment status. will be headed next – perhaps to a neighborhood event
oldest and largest botanical garden. If you, like me, share a love near you. We look forward to seeing you soon!
for the outdoors and the many native plants here in Florida, I Coming To A Neighborhood
encourage you to visit Mounts Botanical Garden at 531 North New Veterans’ Mental Health
Military Trail, West Palm Beach. You can visit www.mounts. Near You!
org for more information and maybe I will see you there! Resource In Palm Beach
Sincerely, After so many ups and downs over the course of the
Anne M. Gannon, pandemic, we, like you, are excited to be back out in the County
Constitutional Tax Collector,
Serving Palm Beach County Local veterans have a new resource to help treat
mental health issues. Connected Warriors, a 501(c)(3)
New Year Resolution: More nonprofit, has opened a new behavioral health center
in Boca Raton. Connected Warriors has been providing
You Time! services for over 170,000 veterans nationwide the past
11 years through partnerships with the Department of
Our agency wants to help you Defense and Department of Veteran Affairs through its
accomplish your resolutions in therapeutic yoga programs.
2022 by freeing up your time. The Connected Warriors Center will allow veterans
With the many services we of all eras faster access to licensed and professional
offer, we expect at some point mental health treatment. The therapists are either veterans
you might need to schedule a themselves or are experts in the veterans’ culture. There
visit to one of our service centers or perhaps call our office
for assistance. Here are some tips to save you time. Tax Talk on page 17