The Town of Palm Beach Civic Association has been in the news a lot lately! Click the links to see more.
Editorial: Palm Beach Civic Association planning for future as it celebrates its history
The Palm Beach Civic Association is celebrating its 75 years this season.
While it’s important to recognize the milestone, the organization also should be lauded for its forward thinking. This group is not resting on its laurels.
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Palm Beach society: Bob Wright shows mercy for football fans at Sunday event
Say this for Bob Wright: He knows how to read a crowd.
When the Palm Beach Civic Association’s major donors’ dinner happened to be at the same time as the Patriots-Chiefs playoff game — the NFL, apparently, did not check the Shiny Sheet’s Social Calendar before scheduling — hosts Howard and Michele Kessler and Civic Association boss Wright did what they could.
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SHINY SHOTS: PALM BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION
Dr. Oz tells Palm Beach crowd: ‘Good life’ is a healthy one
Dr. Mehmet Oz, celebrity health expert and part-time resident, shared with a Palm Beach audience Monday his ideas about living the good life.
The good life, he said, is not about having plenty of cash or flashy cars to drive. It’s about living well, which includes taking care of your health.
A physician, heart surgeon, best-selling author and television personality, Oz spoke at the Palm Beach Civic Association awards luncheon at The Breakers.
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Dr. Oz Tells Palm Beachers How to Live Their Best Life – and It’s Not Money
Dr. Mehmet Oz took the stage at the Palm Beach Civic Association’s annual award luncheon at the Breakers, with a lively message about how to really live life.
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Palm Beach society: Civic Association marks 75 years of activism
One of the running jokes about Palm Beach — yep, there are a few, including the car being driven only by a pair of shriveled hands, and injuries sustained during “bluehead season”— is that its residents are so old that when they turn 75 they get kicked off the junior committee.
Well, this year the Palm Beach Civic Association stepped down from the junior committee.
Founded in 1944 by a handful of Palm Beach residents who wished to preserve, protect and enhance the quality of life on the island, its official motto became “Keep Palm Beach, Palm Beach,” but its earliest unofficial motto could well have been “If you don’t like it, do something about it.”
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SHINY SHOTS : James Patterson at Palm Beach Civic Association
Palm Beach Civic Association planners key in on town’s long-term strategies
While town boards tend to focus on business at hand, a Palm Beach Civic Association committee is looking further ahead to the issues of the future.
Harvey L. Poppel, chairman of the long-range planning committee, said Monday that its job is to anticipate and help the town and community plan for change so its response is strategic instead of reactive or “event-driven.”
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Palm Beach to hold second business workshop Tuesday
Business leaders, town staff and the public will join in a workshop Tuesday to discuss how to make business more vibrant and prosperous in Palm Beach.
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Palm Beach Civic Association Holiday Party
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