At the invitation of Alliance President Bob Schulbaum, we went on a tour of the South County Regional Park off Glades Road in Boca Raton, Thursday November 1. Also included in this group were Sheri Scarborough, President of West Boca Community Council; Harriet Helfman, Vice President of Coalition of Boynton West Residential Associations; Kimberly McNeeley, Director of Recreation Services of the County Parks and Recreation Department and others. The tour was led by Dennis Eshleman, Director of Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation Department and Commissioner Burt Aaronson and his two staff members Mary Lou Berger and Vivian Leiva.

We first drove round the lush 950 acre park that stretches from Yamato to Glades Road west of State Rd. 7 to get an overview of its vastness. The Glades Road section which includes the Sunset Cove Amphitheater is scheduled to open sometime in 2008. This will be an outstanding outdoor venue for all kinds of performances including orchestra and choir concerts, stage plays, and motion picture presentations with space for 3,000 Festival seating (“bring your own” seats). A state of the art sound system will be installed.

This theatre will present a great opportunity for businesses to advertise and sponsor events in the future. Major corporations and local businesses will be able to put their name in front of the large Palm Beach County audiences who will attend events here. Contact Ms. Ann Butler, Amphitheater Manager at (561) 966-7057 for further information.

The nearby Osprey Point Golf Course with three 9 hole championship layouts is anticipated to be ready in 2009.

We next swung over to the Yamato Rd. entrance to the park which has been open for several years now, providing athletic fields, tennis and racquetball courts and the Coconut Cove Water Park to residents.

We assembled in a Coconut Cove Water Park classroom to learn about the nearby Daggerwing Nature Center expansion. Ms. Kelli Kirchoffer, Manager of Daggerwing described with a series of large color renderings the new wing additions being made to Daggerwing, scheduled to open spring of 2008. The new wing will focus on entertaining children as they walk through to view live animals and use new interactive exhibits.

These spectacular new additions to the County Parks and Recreation system will provide wide open space and leisure activity facilities for residents for years and generations to come thanks to the foresight and planning of Commissioner Aaronson and Dennis Eshleman and their staffs.

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