The neighborhood between 40th and 45th is now officially NOMAR
Plus NORA Phase 3, 49th Street sidewalks, GreenMarket, Giselle, Norton, and Emanuel Ax at the Kravis.
The neighborhood between 40th and 45th is now officially NOMAR
Resolution 102-26 recognizes Northwood Marina as a name, tying the corridor to marina redevelopment and nearby investment.
On Monday, the City Commission passed Resolution 102-26, formally recognizing the area between 40th and 45th streets - bounded by Broadway and Flagler, plus the Marina CPD east of Flagler - as Northwood Marina, or NOMAR for short.
The naming follows a wave of investment: marina redevelopment with residential towers and walkable retail, new single-family construction along 40th through 45th, a pocket park, and infrastructure upgrades. The name matters because it gives the city a single label for a corridor that is moving from planning language into actual neighborhood identity.
City sells a downtown alley for $680,000; NORA Phase 3 moves ahead
The abandoned 13,645-square-foot alley clears the way for an 11-story, 350-unit mixed-use building.
The same commission meeting saw a quieter but bigger transaction in Commissioner Christy Fox's District 3: commissioners voted to abandon a 13,645-square-foot T-shaped alleyway between 10th and 11th near North Dixie for the NORA Phase 3 project. The city collects $680,000 from developer Nora West/East 10-11.
In return, a new 11-story, 350-unit mixed-use building gets a clean parcel and an extension of Madeira Court that will internalize parking and loading. Another 11-story condo project on the same block is already in site-plan review.
Bike paths and speed humps headed for 49th Street
A supplemental FDOT grant brings state participation to $1.5M for the St. Mary's corridor project.
Commissioners accepted an additional $1,172,608 in Florida Department of Transportation funding for the 49th Street Traffic Calming and Bicycle Improvements Project, bringing total FDOT participation to the $1.5 million ceiling for this grant type.
The segment between Pinewood and Broadway gets ADA-compliant sidewalks, new speed humps, a rebuilt traffic circle at Pinewood, and shared-use paths between Greenwood and Broadway. Sharrows go in between Broadway and Flagler. St. Mary's Medical Center is on this corridor, and the segment currently has no sidewalks. The local match drops to $739,054 from the One-Cent Sales Tax Capital Improvements Fund.
Hurricane season's dress rehearsal wraps Friday
The Governor's Hurricane Conference ends at the Convention Center just 18 days before the season starts.
The 40th annual Governor's Hurricane Conference runs through Friday at the Palm Beach County Convention Center and Hilton West Palm Beach. It is the nation's largest hurricane-readiness gathering, with hundreds of training sessions and workshops for emergency managers, utility crews, and first responders.
June 1 is 18 days out from the issue date. The timing is the point: West Palm is hosting the readiness crowd right as residents move from yard cleanup and vegetation amnesty into the real start of storm season.
Weekend events: Norton, GreenMarket, Giselle, and Palm Beach Symphony
Friday through Sunday brings a new Norton exhibition, one of the final GreenMarket Saturdays, ballet, and Emanuel Ax.
Friday Art After Dark at the Norton runs 5 to 10 p.m., with the new Cursed Images: Pictures Out of Context exhibition newly open for the season. Saturday brings the GreenMarket on the waterfront from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; the 31st season closes May 30.
Giselle plays Dreyfoos Hall at the Kravis on Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday at 3 p.m., the Palm Beach Symphony closes its season with Gerard Schwarz conducting and Emanuel Ax on piano.
What to watch next in NOMAR and NORA
The names are settled; now the useful questions are public access, street feel, and what the new buildings actually deliver.
NOMAR and NORA are both branding shorthand for real land-use decisions. Watch the next site plans for ground-floor retail, parking and loading placement, sidewalk quality, and whether the projects make it easier to move through the neighborhood without a car. The city has now put names, public land, and grant money into motion in the same week.
Weekend pick: Emanuel Ax with Palm Beach Symphony
Sunday, 3 p.m. at Dreyfoos Hall, with Mozart, Beethoven, and Holst on the program.
Sunday at 3 p.m., Palm Beach Symphony closes its season at Dreyfoos Hall with Gerard Schwarz conducting and Emanuel Ax on piano. The program is Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20, Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, and Holst's The Planets. Ax is an eight-time Grammy winner, and The Planets is one of the great orchestral spectacles. Doors are listed at 2 p.m.; garage parking is complimentary.
On this date: eight years of Brightline between West Palm and Miami
May 19, 2018 brought the first Brightline train between the two cities.
Tuesday marks eight years since the first Brightline train ran between West Palm Beach and Miami, restoring passenger rail between the two cities for the first time in roughly half a century. The line now extends to Orlando; that segment opened in September 2023.