by Susan Rosser | Jun 21, 2025 | Deerfield Beach, Events Guide, Family Fun: Home Edition, Fireworks, Food and Drink, Holidays, Lauderdale By The Sea, News, Pompano Beach
Celebrate Independence Day The Fourth of July is supposed to be a time to feel all the patriotic feels — but let’s be real, sometimes we’re more focused on the grill than the gratitude. Still, when I stop and think about it, I really am thankful for the everyday stuff...
by Sam Rosser | Jun 19, 2025 | Broward County, News, Politics, Pompano Beach, Real Estate/Development
At the June 10 Pompano Beach City Commission meeting, the dais failed to pass a second reading of a resolution opting to use public financing for civic elements of the Downtown Pompano project, potentially raising the costs of the downtown project by $100 million,...
by Sam Rosser | May 29, 2025 | Archive, Breaking News, Broward County, News, Politics, Pompano Beach, Real Estate/Development
After nearly two hours of deliberation, the Pompano Beach City Commission passed the first reading of a resolution approving public financing of civic buildings in the downtown development project in a 4-2 vote. Commissioners Audrey Fesik and Beverly Perkins...
by Sam Rosser | May 6, 2025 | Archive, Breaking News, Broward County, News, Parenting, Pompano Beach, Real Estate/Development
The Pompano Beach Downtown development is nearing an important inflection point – a May 14 City Commission meeting will decide the fate of several critical facets of the project. A contentious April 30 special meeting of the City Commission and Pompano Beach CRA Board...
by Sam Rosser | Apr 15, 2025 | Breaking News, News, Politics, Pompano Beach, Real Estate/Development
In an op-ed that ran in the Sun Sentinel and New Pelican earlier this month, Pompano Beach Commissioner Audrey Fesik called for the city to take “immediate action to sunset [the Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)] in its entirety.” Going...
by Sam Rosser | Jan 8, 2025 | Archive, Breaking News, Broward County, News, Pompano Beach, Real Estate/Development
At the last Pompano Beach City Commission meeting, the city council voted to execute a construction agreement with Newline Skateparks to build a skatepark at the Pompano Beach Community Park, located at 1660 NE 10th st. The agreement was passed unanimously to a...