Merit Award Given Village of NPB 1958f
VILLAGE WINS AWARD --Mayor Richard E. Ross of the Vil-
lage of North Palm Beach is shown at the left receiving the
merit award certificate in the 1958 Neighborhood Development
Contest in Chicago at the convention of the National Assn. of
Horne Builders from Ray Cherry of Los Angeles, Calif., ehair-
m.an of the Land. Planning Committee. Herbert A. Rose, * com-
missioner of the village, is in the center.
Merit Award
Given Village
Of North PB
The Village of North Palm
Beach is the first community in
Florida to win the merit award
offered by the National Assn. of
Home Builders. The certificate
was presented in Chicago .at the
national convention on Jan. 22.
The contest has been sponsored
since 1948.
North Palm Beach was in com-
petition with community develop-
ments throughout the nation.
Twenty-two were considered and
seven, including the local village,
were awarded the merit award
certificate in the 1958 Neighbor-1
hood Development Contest.
The items considered were:
Land use, street layout and engi-
neeAng, water and sewer systems,
storm drainage facilities, archi-
tectural design and building con-
struction, and the village govern-
ment.
Commissioner J. A. Schwencke
pointed out that the committee in
issuing the award commented,
"We like the idea of 16 different
buila-ers taking part in one devel-
opment and that you had an
unique idea -of incorporating all
utility and municipal organizations
and had excellent community fa -