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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-11-04 A Model Town (Palm Beach Post). ,VELOPIviltacr AND -1 ( no . Point' Offers eside Lots NORTH PALM BEACH — Boat- hig, water sports, beaches, fish- ing and golf to enjoy all year long — "and you don't fight tsaf- fic to enjoy them . . . they're all right at your doorstep." These advantages are one sell- ing point being used to promote t h e latest residential section opened at North Palm Beach — Yacht Club Point. Yacht Club Point is being de - 'eloped across U. S. 1 from the present North Palm Beach, right on the shores of Lake Worth. The point will be the site c! 217 single - family residences vaiied from $25,000 to $100,000 each. Homesites are available on thl water or inland and are beink, sold to individual families and 'to contractors. Each site is c o pletely improved with all utili- ties, pi,ved streets, sanitary sewers anti underground drainage. A marine. and a yacht club, motels, a restaurant and a serv- ice station are to be build at the north end of the development. The North Palm Beach Country Club golf course isjust across U. S. 1. An extensive moderniza- tion prograrn is under way at the club, including an Olympic -size swimming pool, a new dining room, a community house a n d other recreational facilities. Florida's coast line, in general outline, is 1,350 statute miles; end its tidal shoreline, a detailed nee surernent, is 8,246 statute SEE HARRY Hi` YFIELD TACOLLE 411; BAIT "Personal Service for the Fisherman" Florida Wotan & Bahama Fishing information ROO Si RIIL REPAIRS & RENTALS /- FRESH WATIR LICENSE 349 I. BLUE NINON. MIRA VI 4-4200 - • - 1,100 acres of barren land in L)16 to 5,278 residents in 1962 is tie phenomenal grovvtll story of th Village of North Palm Beach. lt was developed by North Paha Beach Properties Inc. and chartered as a village Aug. 13, 1956. In 1956 the National Assn. af H '.ne Builders cited it for ex- celle. in community planning. No ••er community in Palm Beacl County has enjoyed as much '"owth or praise. Max. -Him population of 15,000, set b5 the physical boundaries of the -iliage and the restrictions on property use, is foreseen by c NORTH PALM BEACH — From 1970, according to Village igen- ager Albin Olson. Reason for the growth? "We •are a new community and we have more to offer than other communities in the area by being a new community," was Olson's opinion. "Another factor may be we have one of the lowest rates (seven mills) of any nicipality in Florida." The Village of North Palm Beach had more to offer its resi- dents before the first homesite was sold than many municipali- ties have after years of develop- ment —a $125,000 village hat, a city manager, a mayor, town ouncil, police and fire protection. ENTRANCE TO NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTRY CLUB 5,278 People In Six Years Village Booming That was the plan of Richard E. and Herbert A. Rose, who de- signed the community. Philosophy behind North Palm Beach's community planning is told in the citation oti the front of the village's protective covenant "A home is not a detached unit but a part of a neighborhood, which in turn is part of a town, and the good quality of the home umially depends at leastras much on its. surroundings as on its de - sin and construction. Hence the vital importance of ground plan- ning and control of the develop- ment of neighborhoods." The June 30 population of 5,278 lied in 1,302 houses valued at $2,334,609. (Value of each house averages more than $22,530.) At the end of June, 30 houses were under construction in North Palm Beach — an indication that the village is continuing a healthy g ,owth. The Village of North Palm Beach became eligible to become a city when its population reached 5,400. But Olson predicts, with the 15,000 maximum population, that it will continue to be a vil- lage. "I think the people would pre- fer it," he explained. Interior Lands Problem Solved The interior sections of North- ern Palm Beach County were at ore time almost marginal swamp lands, in spite of the fact that, op -aking in Florida terms, the land was quite high. The problem was basically one 01 proper drainage — a solvable problem, since there was suffi- ci,nt elevation to provide gravity flow to the ocean. One of the many benefits of the Cmtral and South Florida Flood Control District has been to pro - 'vide this drainage, and to create a vast tract of high and dry land ; .( he nroas• Palm Beach Post -Times, Sunday, Nov. 4, 1962 C-3 North Palm Beach Gets Praised Model' Town Few housing developments have received as much national recog- nition as North Palm Beach. The Christian Science Monitor pointed out that the town started with a $125,000 village hall, a city manager, mayor, town council, police and fire protection before it had a single resident . . ." The 'National Assn. of Rome Building Journal lauded North Palm Beach promoters for pro- viding more than Just houses. "People today want more than a house when they buy — they want a new and better mode of living." North Palm Beach offered this "extra." The American Builder praised the town as "a model in land planning . . . a model of national significance . . " Florida Opportunity Journal called the town "one of the most attractive and desirable places one could hope to choose as a place in which to live." Words of praise for North Palm Beach are words of praise for the two Men who conceived the mod- el town — and carried out their dreams. In 1955Richard E. and Herb- ert A. Roes took ,12 acres of bull grass and scrub pains, on Lake Worth between the Ear. man River and the Intracoastal Waterway, and started dreaming of a planned residential com- munity of comfortable homes, conveniently close to shopping, schools, churches, already nat- urally endowed with recreation opportunities. So strongly did the Ross broth- ers believe in "ground planning" that they actually created a town with all municipal features before they ever sold a homesite. They set aside 10 acres of land valued at $96,000 for .an elemen- tary school. They rebuilt a nearby country club and provided zoning to protect property value. This was North Palm Beach. Success ot the Ross brothers' dream Is shown in the sky- rocketing Population of North Palm Beach — .from 2,004 in 1960 to 4,300 In November, 1061, is 5,090 In 1962. Maxinnun popu- lation of 15,000 is forecast by 1970. The Ross Constriction Co. was formed in 1946, concentrating on residential and other construc- tion in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Hollywood. $1.4 Million Rec Program NORTH PALM BEACH — In an area where natural recrea- tional opportunities — the ocean and beaches — are enough to attract thousands of residents from the north, the Village of North Palm Beach is taking the extra step: Providing residents of this booming village with a $1.4 mil- lion recreation program. The program includes a village - owned country club, complete wtih golf course and a swimming pool meeting Olympic and Pan-Amer- ican swimming competition regu- lations. Village property owners gave unqualified support to the pro- gram when they voted 570 to 74 for a bond issue to finance it. Looking into the future this is what the village residents ap- proved — a dream of a municipal recreation program: Purchase of the North Palm Beach Country Club of 145.19 acres, including its golf course, trucks and equipment, at a cost of $1,015,000. This phase already Provided ming pool, with related facilities such as wading pools for children, deck areas, dressing rooms shel- ters for spectators, furniture, din- ing room and terrace, expanded parking, golf course improvements and a new clubhouse. This phase is to cost $415,000. The bond debt is to be paid in 27 years. Increasing valuation of property in the rapidly growing village is expected to produce more revenue to help retire it, ac- cording to Village Manager Albin Olson. Assessed valuation of real prop- erty within the village will be $70 million or more by January, 1970, Olson predicts. In addition to tax money, expect- ed profit from operation of the golf course and swimming pool be used to retire the debt. Indications of success of the vil- lage -owned country club are shown in cash receipts during January, 1962, first month of municipal op- eration. They were $22,542, com- pared with $17,462 it, ,T,Htilary, In July, 1950, the company moved its activities to West Palm Beach and, under various co, porate names, developed approxi- 4 mately 12 different subdivisions in West Palm Beach, Lake Worth and Palm Beach County. Total construction was approximately 3,000 homes. But the climax of their con- struction activities is North Palm Beach. Richard Ross, 48, lives with his wide and two daughters at 1185 North Lake Trail, Palm Beach. He attended Pratt Insti- tute in Brooklyn, where he ma- jored in architecture. From 1941 until 1945 he worked for major construction firms in the country as an engineer, assisting in super- vising construction of air fields, aircraft plants and other heavy industrial construction. A graduate of Vanderbilt Uni- versity with B. S. and M. S. de- grees in chemical engineering, Herbert Ross, 94, lives with his wife and five children at 4900 S.W. 80th St., Miami. After grads- ation from Vanderbilt he was em- ployed by DuPont. He was dirt - charged from the Navy at the end of World War II as a lieu- tenanietcord isete mander. Rhaeteher et the Urban Land Institute and a di- rector ot the First American Bank In North Palm Bench. Herbert is a past president of the Home builders Assn. of Palm Beach County and a past national director of the National Assn. of Horne Builders. Dickinson Park Will Be Major Area Rec Site Jonathan Dickinson state park, at the extreme northeast corner of Palm Beach County, is being developed as one of the foremost outdoor recreation areas of the county. The terrain of the park is dif- ferent from that in much of the county. Small, rolling sand dunes create the impression of real hills to eyes that are accustomed to the flat plains which exist in most of the county. A Girl Scout camp, Camp We - lake, is already operating in the park. A Boy Scout camp is near- by on the Loxahatehee River. The scout camps have a limited number of cabins, and they are much in demand in the summer camping season. However, outdoor camping sit, ha, alrenriv