Page 3 - The Shores of Jupiter - January '22

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Tax Talk

Dear Friends: Convenient Payment Options New Veterans’ Mental Health
First, Happy New Year We offer several convenient payment options, such as:
to you and your family and online e-check and credit card payments, mail, drop boxes Resource In Palm Beach
friends. I am hopeful that located in each of our services centers, self-serve kiosks for
2022 will be a very good vehicle registrations, and wire transfers. We don’t, however, County
year as we return to some offer payments over the phone so we encourage you to
level of normalcy. visit https://www.pbctax.com/payment-options/ for more Local veterans have a new resource to help treat mental health
The new year typically information. issues. Connected Warriors, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has opened a
means declaring well-intended new behavioral health center in Boca Raton. Connected Warriors
resolutions. While not a View Payment Status Online has been providing services for over 170,000 veterans nationwide
traditional resolution, I always the past 11 years through partnerships with the Department
look forward to this time of Did you know that of Defense and Department of Veteran Affairs through its
year when the weather offers cooler temperatures and gorgeous you can check the status therapeutic yoga programs.
sunny days, and I can commit to spending more time working of your payment in five The Connected Warriors Center will allow veterans of all eras
in my garden. From planting and weeding to tending to my very easy steps? Step 1. Visit faster access to licensed and professional mental health treatment.
productive honeybees, the South Florida winter months, with our payment site https:// The therapists are either veterans themselves or are experts in
the lower humidity and cooler temperatures, give me greater pbctax.manatron.com/. the veterans’ culture. There is no cost to veterans and services
opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and my garden. Step 2. Click the tab you are covered by the 2018 Mission Act as well as local donations.
Gardening has always been a passion of mine and I am so wish to check the status of: Property Tax, Business Tax, The new center is designed to provide veterans the support
honored to have recently been appointed to the Board of Directors Tangible Tax, Tourist Development Tax. Step 3. Click the necessary to overcome the trauma of war and military service
for the Mounts Botanical Garden, which is Palm Beach County’s drop-down to search by: Name, Account number, Address, through customized treatment plans along with their trauma
oldest and largest botanical garden. If you, like me, share a love etc. Step 4. Once you find your information, click on the conscious yoga practice. Treatment options include hyperbaric
for the outdoors and the many native plants here in Florida, I account number highlighted in blue. Step 5. Look at the chambers, equine therapy, adaptive sports, aquatics training and
encourage you to visit Mounts Botanical Garden at 531 North right-hand side under the text that says Collection Cart to yoga.
Military Trail, West Palm Beach. You can visit www.mounts. see your payment status. Connected Warriors is located at 21301 Powerline Road,
org for more information and maybe I will see you there! Suite 106 in Boca Raton. If you or a loved one need assistance,
Sincerely, Coming To A Neighborhood call (954) 278-3764 or email info@connectedwarriors.com.
Anne M. Gannon,
Constitutional Tax Collector, Near You! Important Dates And
Serving Palm Beach County
After so many ups and downs over the course of the Deadlines
New Year Resolution: More pandemic, we, like you, are excited to be back out in the Jan. 17 Martin Luther King
community and returning to a “new normal.” Our team
You Time! of community engagement ambassadors will be visiting Holiday – Offices Closed
Palm Beach County community events and associations Jan. 31 Last day to receive 2 percent
Our agency wants to help you accomplish your resolutions in the coming months, and they look forward to seeing discount on property tax payment
in 2022 by freeing up your time. With the many services we you there!
offer, we expect at some point you might need to schedule a Some annual events, such as the Palm Beach Pride
visit to one of our service centers or perhaps call our office Parade and Festival in Lake Worth Beach in March, and Bill’s Box from page 1
for assistance. Here are some tips to save you time. Belle Glade’s Black Gold Jubilee in April, are open to
the public and all are welcome to attend. Our team will week or more. And our Shores’ majestic entrance way is
be there with educational materials and ready to answer customarily up or 10 or even 15 days after Christmas Day.
your questions about our services. Other outreach events I love the lights and colors of Christmas. Jim Kuretski, a
we participate in are held for smaller groups such as civic Jupiter Town Councilor for many years, has been a member
or homeowners’ associations. of The Shores since about 1990. That makes him a pioneer.
If you are a member of an association that would benefit Each of the ensuing years he adds more features to his
from educational information from the Tax Collector’s spectacular decorations from grounds to rooftop. Soon he
Office, reach out to us at www.pbctax.com/contact-us by will have to rent space for the additions. It is an attraction
choosing “Community Engagement Request” on the right- that is usual and draws many people from all over to see his
hand side of the web page. A member of the team will follow masterpiece. His next-door neighbors Mike and Beatrice
up to see how we can best partner with your group. Stevens have me beat among pioneers. He bought his home
Follow us on social media: @TaxPBC on Twitter and lot when the development opened sales, in 1987, or there
Instagram, and @PBCTAX on Facebook to see where we about, and was probably in his house by 1988. Dawn and
will be headed next – perhaps to a neighborhood event I moved in January 1989. Seems a little like yesterday.
near you. We look forward to seeing you soon! Most of The Shores homes were decorated and seeing
them brings joy and uplifted spirits. Makes me feel better.
Next year, I will light up to the hilt. Tried to hire a firm to
CAMPBELL AND KARLIK, P.A. do it this year, to no avail. Cost of installing and removing
is untenable for anyone of modest means. My neighbors
will guide me in buying lighting and other stuff and pay
ATTORNEYS AT LAW a talented teen from The Shores to put it up, remove and
pack it up for easy access the following year.
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Copy deadline for February is Jan. 12. Sooner every
Wills • Trusts • Estate Planning • Probate month, it seems. Maybe just for me, considering my
Taxation • Real Estate • Corporations frequent tardiness.

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