Stet News🚨 West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James announced Monday that he’s naming interim Police Chief Tony Araujo, on loan from the county sheriff’s office, to take over the agency full-time. (WPTV, includes 25-minute video of news conference)
⛳️ London-based private equity firm Henderson Park closed its deal to buy the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, although the price, reportedly $425 million, was not disclosed. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
🗳️ West Palm Beach City Commissioner Joe Peduzzi announced last week that he’s running for the open Palm Beach County Commission seat held by term-limited Gregg Weiss. Weiss recently announced that he’s running for West Palm Beach mayor. (Florida Politics)
🔬 Nobel laureate Thomas Südhof, a Stanford University School of Medicine professor, gave a lecture last week on the molecular logic of synaptic connections at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology in Jupiter.
🏗️ Four development teams, including one led by Stephen Ross, unveiled proposals Jan. 27 for more than 1 million square feet of residential, commercial and civic center uses on 30 acres in downtown Boca Raton. Ross, the developer of CityPlace in West Palm Beach, recently restructured his company and said the bid is part of the new company’s mission to further develop Palm Beach County. (South Florida Business Journal $$$ and focus on Ross in the Sun-Sentinel $$$)
🐍 Two Lunar New Year celebrations are planned this month in West Palm Beach. The Norton Museum will host a free community day from 11 am to 4 pm Saturday to mark the Year of the Snake. The Downtown Development Authority is planning its first Lantern Festival on Feb. 15 at the CityZen Garden.
