New Downtown Waterfront

Just in case you are unaware, the city of West Palm Beach is located directly upon the intercoastal waterway which is locally referred to as Lake Worth Lagoon. Across the lagoon is Palm Beach island. Palm Beach Atlantic University is located in the southern section of downtown WPB also adjacent to the intercoastal. Water is a huge part of the life of a PBA student and citizens of Palm Beach County. Many changes have been occurring in downtown to make WPB a world-class city. Recently the old library was shutdown and a new, and beautiful library and city government complex was created that would rival that found in any major city. With the relocation, the old library property became vacant. This property is located in the core of downtown on Lake Worth. It is prime real estate that could have been sold the the highest bidder. This did not happen, the land was modified and fixed to create a beautiful city park complete with brand new landscaping, walkways and three city docks that extend into the intercoastal.

This past Saturday night was the grand opening celebration for the new waterfront downtown. The event began at 4:00pm and continued until 11:00. PBA students and faculty participated in the performances and entertainment and also attended the event as spectators. The new downtown waterfront is located within a few minutes walk from campus right near all of the downtown restaurants. The evening culminated with a fireworks extravaganza over Lake Worth. It was an excellent event, and fun was had by all. There are very few colleges that can boast as having such entertaining events and amazing public facilities, right in their backyard, as PBAU. It is truly great to be a Fish!


Here is the promo video for the event from youtube. A video of the fireworks show was, sadly, not available.