Waterfront Properties | Real Estate Blog - September, 2013

INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP 2013

This Saturday volunteers are needed on all Jupiter, Juno, Singer Island, and Stuart area beaches for International Coastal Cleanup 2013. The Ocean Conservancy sponsors the one-day event.  It is a part of a worldwide effort to clean up local beaches, rivers, lakes and canals.  Ocean Conservancy, the world’s largest organization focusing exclusively on the health of the marine environment, has sponsored this event for the past 27 years.

In 2012, more than 500,000 volunteers picked up 10 million pounds of trash during the 2012 International Coastal Cleanup.  For nearly three decades, this has been the largest volunteer effort to keep our ocean and waterways clean.  The cleanup volunteers together cover a distance of nearly 18,000 miles, 100 countries, and…

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CHECK OUT WHAT’S NEW at SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE CENTER & AQUARIUM

Photo courtesy of South Florida Science Center and Aquarium.

After a yearlong construction and renovation project, the South Florida Science Museum has transformed into the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium. The new science center is complete with an additional 6,500 square feet of new space and 6,500 square feet of renovated space.  The new and renewed science center include a 6,000 square foot traveling exhibit hall, 3,000 square foot Florida gallery which contains an 8,000 gallon “Aquariums of the Atlantic” and the room sized globe in “Science on a Sphere”.  

Changes abound at the new South Florida Science Center and Aquarium. A few of the most notable worth investigating:

•    Hurricane Simulator - Hop inside the hurricane capsule and…

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JAZZ UNDER THE STARS

“Jazz on The Palm” is a fabulous waterfront concert series under the stars produced by the City of West Palm Beach. It is a highly popular series of local, up and coming jazz artists.  Join fellow jazz enthusiasts every third Friday (next performance - September 20, 2013) for the free concert.  Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs.
 
For this month’s upcoming concert “Kid Dutch’s Perseverance Brass Band” will perform.  They will play “brass roots jazz” – the music from which all other jazz forms arose.  Over 100 years ago, brass bands started playing in New Orleans with something called “ragging”.  The Preseverance Brass Band continues this tradition with tunes ranging from marches to spirituals and ragtime to rhythm and blues.  It is roots…

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Tequesta Golfer Earns Web.com Tour Card

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Hugo Leon might have missed the cut at the PGA Tour Canada’s final event of the season but it proved not to matter when it came to achieving his ultimate goal.

That’s because, despite being sent home early from the TOUR Championship of Canada, the Tequesta resident finished the season fourth on the money list and will receive his Web.com Tour card for the 2014 season. The top five on the money list at the end of the Canadian season all earn Web.com Tour cards for next year.

Leon won The Great Waterway Classic earlier in the season and had three more top-15 finished during the year to earn his card for next year. His top five finish on the money list completes the comeback that he has made since he suffered a season ending…

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CITYPLACE presents “ALL THINGS ART” EVENT

Living in the tropics is heaven on earth.  It is unlikely that the boundless beauty of clear ocean waters and sugar sand beaches will ever lose a little luster, if so you can always mix things up a bit.  CityPlace, 700 Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach, is a shopping, dining and entertainment venue located within a few minutes of some of the most sought after waterfront and golf course communities in South Florida.

CityPlace is presenting an “All Things Art” event series.  This event series offers a number of free activities the second Sunday each month.  Families and friends are welcome to attend the event from 1-4pm, which is part of the CityPlace Family Fun Fest.

The program includes a number of artsy activities, such as painting giant canvases, molding…

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43 Golfers Advance from Bear Lakes Q-School Event

Photo courtesy of Golf Digest

43 golfers from around the state and country got one step closer to earning their PGA Tour cards when they advanced out of the PGA Tour’s qualifying school pre-qualifier at Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach.

Rourke Van der Spuy of Columbus Georgia won the 54-hole event shooting a three round total of seven under par. He won by two shots over both Tyler McCumber of Ponte Vedra Beach and Evan Beirne of Jupiter. Both McCumber and Beirne shot in the 60s in their final round to finish the event at five under.

Other local golfers to advance included Ben Silverman and Jeff Ivall of Palm Beach Gardens, Scott Turner of Stuart, Josh Hart of Jupiter, and Tyler Kitson of West Palm Beach.

The 43 golfers that advanced will all…

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REALIZE THE BEAUTY OF HARBOURSIDE, JUPITER, FLORIDA – VIMEO

Artist rendering courtesty of Harbourside Place.

As construction nears ending stages of completion, eagerness builds for the much anticipated Harbourside Place. Harbourside is an impressive waterfront location with a relaxed atmosphere featuring an entertainment plaza and outdoor amphitheater.  This full-scale development features retail space, restaurant’s and eateries with indoor and al fresco dining, office sites, hotel accommodations, parking garages, and marina slips. Click on this link for a video virtual tour of Harbourside Place  located in stunning Jupiter, Florida.

Residents and visitors are drawn to the Town of Jupiter for its abundant natural beauty – miles of sandy white beaches, wild and scenic Loxahatchee River, and rich cultural life.  This…

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Worth Avenue Named “Iconic Street”

Palm Beach’s oldest, and most famous shopping and dining area has been named to the national top 20 Iconic Streets list according to 10best.com.

A division of USA Today, the site is hosting “a contest to name the American street that best combines history and a strong sense of place while reflecting its unique location in the country”.

Worth Avenue on Palm Beach was designed and built in the early 1920s by architect Addison Mizner. He built Worth Avenue shortly after designing several buildings on the street’s western end, including the Everglades Club. The Mediterranean-style buildings with small enclaves of restaurants and shops became known around the world as “the Palm Beach look”.

Some of the other streets to make the list include Calle Ocho and Ocean…

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TEQUESTA GREEN MARKET IS COMING !

Fresh produce and one of a kind items will be abundant soon.  Vendors and artisans have been busy crafting unique items and gardeners have been tending to their produce in anticipation of the opening of the Village of Tequesta’s Green Market on October 6, 2013.  The third annual Green Market will be located again at Constitution Park, 399 Seabrook Road, Tequesta.
 
Visitors from Stuart to North Palm Beach flock to the Tequesta Green Market to purchase fresh produce and check out the crafts.  Perhaps pick up a few early holiday gift ideas or just enjoy the tranquil beauty and sounds of children’s laughter on the playground at Constitution Park.  Approximately 50 vendors have traveled from Boca Raton to Vero Beach to be at this celebrated event.

Admission is…

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12th ANNIVERSARY of 9/11

Wednesday, September 12, 2013, marks the 12th anniversary of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center with events planned around the United States to commemorate the tragedy.

The official New York City tribute will take place at the National September 11 Memorial Plaza at the World Trade Center site.  The tribute will repeat this year with the ritual reading of the names of the 2,983 victims who died at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field near Shanksville, PA.

Numerous local cities like Jupiter, Tequesta, and Palm Beach Gardens are holding memorial ceremonies including moments of silence to honor those who lost their lives including police officers and first responders to save victims of the attacks. Please click on the highlighted city…

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