Give the city of Boynton Beach credit.
It finally has moved a critical downtown development project that had been stalled for almost eight years a big step closer to becoming reality. The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency approved a plan to bring in a new developer to finish the Town Square Project, a development that will give the community something it has lacked for some time — a viable and potentially bustling downtown.
For years, the city’s $250 million effort to revitalize a four-block area off Boynton Beach and Seacrest boulevards has been left half finished and mired in legal proceedings. The project’s government features — a new city hall and library complex, a children’s museum, a cultural center and an outdoor amphitheater — were completed on time and had attracted residents and visitors with a promise of more to come. Unfortunately, the commercial side of the project that included office space, upscale restaurants, upscale condos and apartments, and a parking garage never materialized.