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VOL. 33 NO. 5 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com MAY 2023

PGA POA Communication Corner

By Gail Coppage, will be the rainy season in south Florida, which is from as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It is nice to be able
Communications June to September with a typical average of 14 days of rain to connect with friends and family both near and far. Did
Committee Chairperson per month, and about five inches of monthly rain. Until you know that Next Door PGA is not affiliated with or
Happy May! April then, be sparse with your sprinkles! Water conservation supported by PGA POA? Next Door PGA is a social media
showers bring May flowers any time of the year is a good thing! site, that has no connection to PGA POA and is not read by
… but March and April Please watch your June mail for the annual notice from nor endorsed by PGA POA. It is great to remain connected
have been very dry. Why? PGA POA! PGA National residents will receive the annual to your neighbors within PGA National, but please know
Because right now, we are assessment notice which will also include a NEW PGA that you should call the POA Office at (561) 627-2800 to
in the middle of a drought. POA ACCOUNT NUMBER, BANKING OPTIONS, AND get the latest factual updates on PGA POA projects and
Have you seen how low OWNER ACCESS TO A NEW PORTAL so that residents any other developments in PGA National. The PGA POA
the ponds are throughout can review individual PGA POA account information. Office works diligently to serve all the residents of each
PGA National? Perhaps All assessments must be paid in full by the July 1st due PGA National Community.
your lawn has several dry patches too. Did you know date. If you have a hardship and it is difficult to pay Speaking of projects, you may have noticed some
that neighborhood community irrigation and all the golf the assessment in full, you can prepay monthly starting landscaping activity in front of Canterbury on Avenue of
courses all receive their irrigation water from the lakes immediately but the entire balance must be paid in full the Masters. There were invasive Ficus trees in a narrow
and canals so the lake levels can drop significantly without by July. All owners are encouraged to make their own planting area between a wall and sidewalk with homes
adequate rainfall? If you own a single-family home with arrangements to ensure that they can meet this financial and pools immediately behind the wall. The Canterbury
irrigation coming from the lakes and water bodies in obligation. Please also note that this year the PGA POA community worked for a few years with a landscape
PGA National, you are likely in violation: A permit from annual assessment is increased to $880. In over 25 years, architect, land planner, the City of Palm Beach Gardens
Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District and many costs have more than doubled, but the annual POA and the POA ARC to receive approval to replace these
POA ARC approval is needed and most owners never assessment has remained relatively constant. A needed trees. Ficus trees were removed in early March and the
applied. The ongoing practice is discouraged due, in part, increase was deferred for two years due to COVID, as we numerous replacements include Verwood, Ironwood and
to fertilizer and chemical runoff into the lakes and canals mentioned last year. PGA National is considered a premier Silver Buttonwood trees, Montgomery Palms, and a new
which can stain the house and other accessory areas. community in South Florida and we want to keep it that hedge along the wall. Great coordination and a lovely result!
Owners are encouraged to reduce watering where possible way! Being good stewards of the finances of the POA is Thank you, Canterbury Community!
if you are pulling water from lakes/canals. There is no way an integral part of the Board of Governors.
to fill the lakes unless we begin to receive rain. Soon it So many of us enjoy several social media sites, such PGA POA Communication Corner on page 2
Commissioner’s Update

Sports Are Sensational In events fill hotel rooms year-round, support the local the year, visit the Palm Beach County Sports Commissioner
Palm Beach County economy, maximize the use of our local sports facilities, and website at https://www.palmbeachsports.com/events/, or
promote the image of this community as a sports-centered
call (561) 233-3121.
location drawing nearly one million sports visitors each As always, if I can assist you, please contact me at (561)
By Commissioner year. The economic impact for 2022 exceeded $283 million. 355-2201 or by email at mmarino@pbcgov.org.
Maria Marino Every year, the Sports Commission inducts local
Whether it is the Honda athletes into the Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame,
Classic, the Winter Equestrian recognizing the best in men’s and women’s amateur, high I Ate A Butterfly
Festival, Major League school, college and professional sports, coaching and
Baseball Spring Training, Special Olympics.
or the Pickleball World The Sports Commission also provides sporting event When I was not quite 3 I found a pretty butterfly
Championship, Palm Beach support and planning, and offers grants to assist qualified outside grandma’s house and as all little kids do … I put
County has earned a solid events with specific costs. One of the eagerly anticipated it in my mouth. My father saw me but, too late, I already
reputation as a sports tourism upcoming events that will take place this coming November swallowed it. He realized granddad had just sprayed …
destination on a national and is the 2023 Miracle League All-Star Weekend at the state- with DDT (yep, I’m old!). I had my stomach pumped
international level. of-the-art Miracle League Field in the city of Palm Beach and lived to tell the tale.
Proud to be home to superior athletes, we all cheered on Gardens. The Miracle League removes barriers that keep Where am I going with
the Florida Atlantic University Owls as they competed for children with mental and physical disabilities off the baseball this gross or funny story
the first time in the “Final Four” games of the 2023 NCAA field and lets them experience the joy of “America’s favorite (depending on your warped
Division Men’s Basketball March Madness Championship. pastime.” This event will bring together 160 Miracle League sense of humor)? Squirrels are
To ensure a robust sports industry, the Palm Beach players from the more than 300 Miracle Leagues around the dying in PGA National and it may
County Sports Commission, an arm of Discover the Palm United States, along with delegates and spectators. be because residents are putting rat poison or other baits
Beaches and the Tourist Development Council, works to Palm Beach County hosts Olympic qualifying events around their home. Use of bait is prohibited in PGA
attract sporting events and activities to the county. These and this summer, the International Gymnastics Federation National. If you don’t care about the rules under which
will bring the World Cup you purchased think about the danger. Any animal can
to West Palm Beach. Up to get into bait, other animals eat that animal and it kills
250 of the top trampoline them too. Maybe you killed that rat you thought you saw
and tumbling athletes from but as he suffers your neighbors’ cat or dog goes after the
30 countries will compete rat; what if your beloved pet gets into the bait? What if
Aug. 3 to 5 at the Palm your child or grandchild finds that pellet? It isn’t worth
Beach County Convention it! Call a licensed pest control company and if you have
Center. bait pellets or bait stations anywhere outside properly
For more information dispose of them.
on all of the outstanding Thank you!
sporting events throughout