Community Benefits of Belonging to COBWRA:

1. Connected to local and state governments
2. Connected to local agencies: PBSO, Fire-Rescue, LWDD, Water Utilities
3. Connected to US Congressmen and Senators
4. Connected to other communities
5. Up to date on what’s happening in West Boynton
6. Can participate in COBWRA’s flu shot clinics
7. Influence through Growth Management on new developments in area
8. Influence to stop undesirable developments in West Boynton
9. A voice on your behalf with PBC County and Zoning Commissions
10. Advice for new communities preparing for turnover from their developer
11. Presidents’ Forums to help Boards and Officers govern communities
12. Safety and Security meetings for community security chairs and Boards
13. Liaison with the City of Boynton Beach
14. Liaison with local business through the Greater Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce
15. COBWRA keeps watch to make sure businesses and developers follow conditions of approval which stay with the land
16. COBWRA is the only organizations working to improve and maintain the quality of life in West Boynton
17. COBWRA proposes bills to our legislators to help COAs and HOAs
18. COBWRA watches proposed legislation to identify those bills to support and those to oppose
19. Connected to Alliance of Delray Residential Associations and West Boca Community Council in the South County Community Partnership
20. Making your community a part of COBWRA’s influential network
21. COBWRA people monitor local government meetings:
1. Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners
2. Palm Beach County Zoning Commission
3. Palm Beach County Planning Commission
4. City of Boynton Beach Commission
22. “Meet the Candidates” at COBWRA Delegates meetings
23. Highlights of COBWRA meetings distributed to all delegates, alternates and presidents to keep member communities and their residents informed
    

Accomplishments of COBWRA and projects supported:

1. Bethesda West Hospital approvals
2. Park Vista High School
1. COBWRA helped raise a quarter of a million dollars for the opening of Park Vista HS, the football stadium, etc.
3. West Boynton Community Park and Community Center
4. PBSO Substation #6 on Jog Road
5. Canyon Town Center Traditional Market Place featuring:
1. Community amphitheater
2. Children’s splash fountain
3. Lighted soccer field
4. Civic site for future library
5. Richly landscaped and pedestrian friendly parking lot design
6. Main street centerpiece
6. Site for Sunset Palms Elementary School on Boynton Beach Blvd
7. Site for future middle school next to Sunset Palms ES
8. Site for future 49-acre county park behind Sunset Palms & Canyon Town Center
9. Odyssey Middle School
10. West Boynton Community Area Plan (1995) frequently cited as the best example of a neighborhood plan
11. Boynton Beach Blvd—Turnpike Interchange Corridor Plan (1996 & 2003) Design criteria
12. Super Target “Big Box” design featuring:
1. Reflecting pool next to Boynton Beach Blvd.
2. Attractively designed building avoiding “big box” look
3. Attractively landscaped and pedestrian friendly parking lot
4. These design criteria are now the minimum required for all new “Big Box” stores in Palm Beach County
13. Florida State Insurance legislation
14. Annual Flu Shot vaccination clinics in community clubhouses
15. New Fire-Rescue stations on #48 Hypoluxo Road, #44 Flavor Pick Road and #47 Boynton Beach Blvd. and the Turnpike
16. The site plans and designs of the Shoppes of Woolbright Plaza (Woolbright & Jog) and Whitworth Farms Plaza (Flavor Pict & Hagen Ranch Road)
17. Green Cay Village for workforce housing
18. Green Cay Nature Center
19. Palm Meadows Thoroughbred Horse Training Facility on Lyons Road
20. The Ag Reserve and $150M bond issue to preserve agricultural lands and to build parks
21. Traffic control lights on Boynton Beach Blvd. at Palm Isles, on Hagen Ranch Rd at Pipers Glen Blvd., at Hagen Ranch and Flavor Pict Roads.
22. Connecting Hypoluxo Road with the flyover the Turnpike 

Projects COBWRA Helped to Defeat:

1. The Florida Bullet Train
2. The Home Depots opposite The Fountains Shopping Plaza and on Military Trail at Hypoluxo
3. Chrysler auto dealership on Boynton Beach Blvd. where Super Target is now.
4. Annexation of west Boynton by the City of Boynton Beach (1998)
5. Many destructive and costly new bills proposed by the State Legislature
6. Commercial buildings in the Ag Reserve
7. Gas Station at corner of Woolbright & Jog Roads
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Projects COBWRA Helped to Mitigate Impact:

• New FPL power line from the West to Boca Raton. COBWRA convinced FPL to re-position power lines away from homes.