Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Palm Beach Gardens, Florida City of Palm Beach Gardens Map of Florida highlighting Palm Beach Gardens.svg County Flag of Palm Beach County, F Palm Beach Palm Beach Gardens is a town/city in Palm Beach County in the U.S.
As of the 2010 United States Census, the populace was 48,452. The town/city has a number of gated communities.
The town/city has a total region of 55.3 square miles (143 km2), of which 55.1 square miles (143 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (4.5%) is water. Prior to development, the territory that became Palm Beach Gardens was primarily cattle ranches and pine forests, as well as swampland further west.
He chose the name Palm Beach Gardens after his initial choice, Palm Beach City, was denied by the Florida Legislature, because of the similarity of the name to the close-by Palm Beach.
Mac - Arthur prepared to build a "garden city" so he altered the name slightly.
The 1960 Enumeration recorded that the town/city officially had a populace of one, apparently a squatter whom Mac - Arthur had allowed to stay on his property.
These trees still remain at the center of Mac - Arthur Boulevard near Northlake Boulevard and are still featured on the town/city shield.
In January 2007, the great-grandson of impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alexandre Renoir, presented a painting to the town/city which depicts the Gardens banyan tree.
City expansion was slow but steady throughout the 1970s and 1980s, as the populace has still not reached the predicted 55,000 citizens envisioned by Mac - Arthur.
However, the opening of the 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m2) Gardens Mall in 1988 initiated a new wave of development, as did the sell off in 1999 of approximately 5,000 acres (20 km2) in the town/city by the John D.
Much of the town/city lost power for days at a time after each storm, and many traffic signals and directional signs in the town/city were destroyed.
The Professional Golfers' Association of America has its command posts in the city.
The Honda Classic has been held at two Palm Beach Gardens locations: from 2003 to 2006 at the Country Club at Mirasol and since 2007 at the PGA National Resort and Spa.
The Gardens Mall, PGA Commons, Midtown, Legacy Place, and Downtown at the Gardens are the center of the city's retail market.
According to Palm Beach Gardens' 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 2 School District of Palm Beach County 1,193 8 City of Palm Beach Gardens 455 Public K-12 major and secondary schools are administrated by the School District of Palm Beach County.
Palm Beach Gardens Community High School and William T.
The Upper School ground of The Benjamin School is also positioned in Palm Beach Gardens.
Eissey Campus, a satellite ground of the Palm Beach State College, is positioned in Palm Beach Gardens.
Palm Beach Gardens Demographics 2010 Enumeration Palm Beach Gardens Palm Beach County Florida In 2000, the city's populace was spread out with 18.7% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The Palm Beach Gardens Police Department has 117 sworn officers. Its working divisions include Road Patrol, Traffic, K-9, Detective and Crime Scene Investigation, SWAT and Hostage Negotiation. The department also has an 85-member Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) unit, including a Police Explorer Post.
The Police Department provides protection to the town/city and also manages North - Comm - The North County Communications Center which handles emergency communications for the City of Palm Beach Gardens, the Town of Jupiter, the Town of North Palm Beach, the Town of Juno and the Town of Palm Beach Shores.
The Palm Beach Gardens Police Foundation is a non-profit foundation holding IRS 501(c)(3) status. The Mission of the Palm Beach Gardens Police Foundation is to secure private funding to movement the integrity of the improve and the effectiveness of the Police Department.
The Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue Department operates out of five stations positioned throughout the City. As of October 2013, the Fire Chief is Michael Southard. The town/city charter provides for a council-manager government. The town/city council consists of five Palm Beach Gardens inhabitants propel to serve three-year terms. A quorum of three members may conduct town/city business. The town/city manager is appointed by a majority vote of the council.
In December 1987, the last "missing link" of Interstate 95 (I-95) opened between PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens and State Road 714, west of Stuart, paving the way for new evolution immediately to the north. There are three interchanges on I-95 serving the town/city and a fourth at Central Boulevard is under consideration. The town/city also is served by two interchanges on Florida's Turnpike.
Public transit is available to the rest of Palm Beach County through the county-wide commuter bus fitness Palm - Tran.
The nearest primary airports, with driving distances calculated from Palm Beach Gardens town/city hall, are: West Palm Beach 12 miles (19 km) south North Palm Beach County 12 miles (19 km) west Some notable Palm Beach Gardens residents, past and present, include: Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens "Palm Beach Gardens: Welcome to the Golf Capital of the World".
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