Stet News🏘️ It’s going to take more than 200,000 new homes and apartments by 2034 for Palm Beach County to fully address its affordable-housing crisis, a study by Florida International University shows. Study author Ned Murray says that’s not even possible. “What’s important is that the county begins to address it and set some realistic goals,” he said. The report went to the County Commission on Tuesday. (Sun-Sentinel $$$)
🧮 Palm Beach County’s 2025 Homeless Point-in-Time Count will be Thursday and Friday. The count documents the number of homeless people in a 24-hour period. In 2024, county staff and volunteers identified 2,126 individuals and families as homeless. The number of homeless people counted in 2023 was 1,855. Volunteers are welcome. More information on the event Facebook page.
💼 From policy to personal stories, four Palm Beach County commissioners addressed about 400 attendees Jan. 22 at a Palm Beach North Chamber breakfast. County Mayor Maria Marino offered a broad overview of county issues and projects, Commissioner Gregg Weiss focused on traffic and environmental restoration, Commissioner Joel Flores spoke about housing and traffic after sharing how he worked many years at the chamber and Commissioner Bobby Powell told of his cousin’s tragic mental health journey.
⚒️ A South Florida Water Management District decision to submit a letter to Palm Beach County to help sugar companies rezone land for a rock mine near 20-Mile Bend shows the letter mimicked one that originated with U.S. Sugar. (Jason Garcia’s Seeking Rents)
🔱 The Florida Trident, published by the Florida Center for Government Accountability, has a new executive editor, Diane Rado. Co-founder and Executive Director Barbara Petersen will now serve as CEO and publisher. Rado has worked at the Chicago Tribune, St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay) Times, Dallas Morning News, The (Memphis) Commercial Appeal and recently, the Florida Phoenix, where she was editor-in-chief. (Florida Trident)
