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VOL. 32 NO. 1 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com JANUARY 2022

PGA National Member’s Community

Outreach Committee Serving Vulnerable

Communities In Palm Beach County

After the challenges and family separations of last to local charities with two
year, PGA National Member’s Community Outreach successful holiday projects.
Committee’s efforts helped to make the past holiday These included a food
season especially joyous for many families. Once again drive to benefit the Palm
PGA National Members demonstrated their commitment Beach County Food Project
and a toy and gift drive
to support The Friends of
Foster Children within Palm
Beach County.
Food, Toys And Gifts
The food drive is an
ongoing project of the
committee. The Community
Outreach Committee food
drive benefiting the Palm
Beach County Food Project
was a huge success. Over
167 grocery bags filled with

PGA National Member’s
Community on page 2
Commissioner’s Update

A Year In Review ideas continuously influence the policies the commission by COVID through $78.5 million in grants to help them
approves and the projects undertaken to maintain a high survive.
By Commissioner quality of life in Palm Beach County. Additionally, the county allocated $19.5 million for
Maria Marino Our unwelcome visitor – COVID – has created health mortgage assistance and emergency home repairs, helping
Reflecting on my first and economic hardships for many individuals, families approximately 2,230 households.
year as your District 1 and businesses. Despite staff shortages related to the The county’s building division processed over
Commissioner, the time has virus, your county government has kept working to 82,000 permits by Sept. 30, 2021, calculated at almost
passed at a dizzying speed. provide the services you need, and beyond. $2.5 billion in permitted value, while conducting 1,000
Through each issue we We addressed the call for greater access to vaccines inspections per day. Current trends will put total permits
have considered together, in the North County area by forging a partnership with issued easily over 90,000 in fiscal year 2022.
I feel a great sense of the City of Palm Beach Gardens, the Health Care District In conjunction with the League of Cities, the building
gratitude for having the and the Department of Health to open a vaccination site division has initiated development and implementation
honor to serve you. Your at the Burns Road Community Center. of a program to evaluate the safety of certain building
input, participation and Community Services disbursed $32 million in rental types in the wake of the collapse of Champlain Towers
and utility assistance from in Miami-Dade County.
the treasury’s Emergency We developed a balanced budget for fiscal year 2022,
Rental Assistance setting the millage rate at 4.7815 mils for the 11th straight
Program to more than year.
5,200 households who Construction on Segment III of the North County
experienced financial Comprehensive Shore Protection Project is now complete,
hardship due to COVID. addressing critical beach erosion along Juno Beach and
The Department of the south end of Jupiter. Construction on Segment I, which
Housing and Economic extends from just south of the Jupiter Inlet to the southern
Development assisted
5,182 businesses affected Commissioner’s Update on page 4