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VOL. 33 NO. 1 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com JANUARY 2023

PGA POA Communication Corner

Submitted by Gail Coppage and Bill Heath, and trying out a new sport. Did you know that Palm If you haven’t visited the amazing PBG Farmers’
PGA POA Communications Committee Beach Gardens (PBG) is home to many beautiful outdoor Market onsite at City Hall, you are missing a great time!
exercise spots in addition to the PGA National Resort The Farmers’ Market is 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Fitness Center? One amazing new facility is the North Everything from fresh flowers and produce to delicious
County Park off Central Boulevard. This huge facility apple fritters and live music, the PBG Market is the place
hosts new pickleball courts, tennis courts, soccer, football to be on Sunday mornings. Isn’t Palm Beach Gardens the
and baseball fields, basketball courts and playgrounds greatest city? There is so much to do, and access to events,
including a water play area. places, parks, and restaurants are all readily accessible.
Did someone say pickleball? This exciting and fun Enjoy January 2023 at PGA National and in Palm Beach
sport is taking over Palm Beach Gardens, from within Gardens!
many of the gated communities to public parks to the Annual PGA POA Meeting
county park system. You can even find pickleball clothes The annual PGA POA meeting will be held on
dedicated to this new sport! All ages are enjoying this Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at 6 p.m. at the PGA National
relatively new sport and recently Palm Beach Gardens Resort. The meeting introduces the POA Board members
was the host city for the World Pickleball Championship. to the community and several invited guests join us for
Happy New Year from the Communication Corner! Speaking of new facilities, Downtown at the Gardens is the meeting. This is a great time to hear about all the
Wishing all our PGA National residents and family a continuing its renovations, with a new sports and exercise wonderful things happening in our area. Please mark your
happy and safe new year! Another exciting year passes center “Lifestyle Fitness” as one of the core businesses. calendars to join us for this meeting. We look forward to
with hope for a good new year filled with peace and Many of the restaurants are still open during renovation. seeing you! Signs will be posted at the resort the evening
understanding. Each January so many of us make a series Within Midtown, a new Fresh Market grocery store has of the meeting.
of resolutions for the new year. Maybe the resolutions are joined the area bringing a new shopping experience to
for more exercise, or eating healthy, doing more reading, our location. PGA POA Communication Corner on page 2
Commissioner’s Update’s

Post-Hurricane this activation, our incident command team kept in contact prior to and immediately following passage of tropical
systems as part of their emergency management roles.
with all 39 municipalities and participated in daily conference
Season Wrap-Up calls with the State of Florida EOC, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Preliminary assessments suggest county beaches experienced
the National Weather Service. We kept the public informed some sand loss from the dry beach, but we are already seeing
By Commissioner through news releases, two press conferences, and numerous some natural recovery as some of this material naturally
Maria Marino social media posts. migrates back to the beach by typical wave conditions.
November 22 The county opened seven general population shelters, We were truly fortunate that we ended up outside the direct
No w t h a t we a r e one pet-friendly shelter, and a special needs shelter, housing path of Hurricane Nicole, but given the unpredictability of
officially finished with the 517 of the general population, 21 special needs persons, storm systems despite the advances in weather forecasting,
2022 hurricane season and and 29 pets. Emergency staff monitored more than 8,000 this underscores the need to keep our personal emergency
we can reflect on the late- power outages, and handled 1,095 calls to our Emergency plans ready and our hurricane supplies stocked. You can
season storms that made Information Center. Public Works crews locked down eight access the Hurricane Planning Guide at Official Palm Beach
landfall on Florida’s shores, bascule bridges to allow continuous vehicle traffic, and County Hurricane Planning Guide (pbcgov.org), or request
it is helpful to learn how our removed 49 signal heads and 20 LED blank out signs. Staff a print copy by calling the Emergency Information Center
county programs work to conducted damage assessments countywide. at (561) 712-6400.
keep us safe and protect our Beaches are the first line of defense against the If I can be of assistance to you, please contact me at (561)
properties and natural resources. enormous energy from tropical systems that threaten our 355-2201 or by email at mmarino@pbcgov.org.
Fortunately, we were spared most of the damaging effects coastal communities. County-managed beaches were well
of Hurricane Nicole, a Category 1 storm that came ashore on prepared and performed as designed to mitigate significant Commissioner’s Update on page 4
North Hutchinson Island just south of Vero Beach on Nov. 10, damages associated with
as areas like ours to the south did not bear the brunt of the storm. Hurricane Nicole. Extensive
Having witnessed in real time, Category 4 Hurricane Ian, which dune and beach restoration The PGA POA Annual Meeting
decimated coastal communities in Southwest Florida, and which work completed over the
spawned tornadoes in western Delray Beach, residents took the past few years provided Will Be Held
warnings, watches and evacuation orders seriously. protection to our parks and
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) quickly moved infrastructure from damages Wednesday, March 1, 2023
into activation on Nov. 7 and reached Level 1 full activation seen elsewhere on Florida’s At 6 p.m. At The PGA Resort.
on Nov. 9, as hurricane watches and warnings were issued, coast. County staff perform
returning to normal operations the following Tuesday. During beach condition assessments
Anyone interested in serving on the PGA
POA Board of Governors should send a brief
letter of introduction to the property manager
by December 27, 2022 so the Nominating
Committee can contact you. Those elected serve
a two-year term. Prior experience serving on a
condo or HOA board is required. Please reply to
DawnL@LangManagement.com or, if you have
questions, please call Dawn at (561) 627-2800.