The Palm Beach Post
PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT
By Joe Capozzi – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Posted: 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2014

WEST PALM BEACH — Four people seeking the Palm Beach County Commission’s western district seat agreed on most, but not all, topics Wednesday at the first candidate’s forum.

As an audience of about 150 business and elected leaders finished a lunch of chicken and iced tea at the Kravis Center, Melissa McKinlay made a dramatic opening by holding a piece of rusted pipe that she said came from the ground in Belle Glade.

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By Bill DiPaolo – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Posted: 12:54 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Palm Beach County might soon be landing its first location for Springfield, Mo.-based Bass Pro Worldwide Sportsman.

The plan for the 6-acre site on the east side of U.S. 1 north of PGA Boulevard calls for renovating the former Carl’s Plaza for retail, warehouse, office and vehicle and boat sales and rental. Several stores are vacant in that area, including several in North Beach Plaza, a shopping center on the west side of U.S. 1 north of Carl’s Plaza.

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By Susan Salisbury
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Posted: Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013
WEST PALM BEACH —

Mark Vitner, senior economist with Wells Fargo Securities LLC gave his take on the fiscal cliff agreement and other issues to more than 100 attendees at the Economic Forum of Palm Beach County and the Kravis Center.

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By Andrew Abramson
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012

Commercial Real Estate Broker Rebel Cook, President of the Economic Forum, said that if the city wants to attract business and development, it also needs to change its attitude on permitting. “many of us in this room have struggled with the City of West Palm Beach over the years,” Cook said.

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