Heaps of out-sized blueprints, site plans and plat maps crowd the workstations at West Palm Beach’s Development Services Department, as more than $1 billion worth of projects take shape under the watch of the city’s urban planners.
A color-coded activity board runs almost the length of one wall of these city hall offices, which share the same floor as the Mayor’s office. Tacked-up squares represent which proposals are at which stage, up for evaluation by which staff section or review board.