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With two synergistic shopping and entertainment districts (the Clematis District and CityPlace) as well as world-class cultural venues, a signature waterfront, a growing residential and business community, and amazing weather; Downtown West Palm Beach is one of the country’s most exciting and most desirable mid-sized cities in the nation!

An already bustling core with award winning events like Sunfest and Clematis by Night, coupled with exciting new residential and civic developments, as well as new business and office development, sets the stage for establishing Downtown West Palm Beach as a unique, dynamic destination offering an authentic urban experience with a tropical twist.

Look Who's Getting Their Groove Back Downtown!

Downtown West Palm Beach Goes Green

On Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 from 5pm - 10pm, the DDA held the first Green Event downtown called 'Green For Good' in the West Palm Beach Public Library and City Center Plaza.
 
Produced by the DDA and made possible by Florida Public Utilities and IcTV1, the event was a great success and attracted over 300  people with over 30 vendors, exhibits and presentations that focused on creating a positive experience while educating the public on how to become more sustainable. Event highlights included:  

· Live music by the band Illuminations,
· Resource Depot who provided an area where children could create crafts out of recycled material,
· Global Water Enterprise which takes moisture in the air to produce drinking water,
· Blue Surf US which featured lamps, furniture and other eco-friendly products,
· The City of West Palm Beach Sustainability Department which hosted a 'water tasting challenge' between bottled water and tap water,
· and, Green Storytime for kids in the KidSpace room at the West Palm Beach Public Library.
 
Of course, one of the greatest highlights of the evening was the 92nd St. Y Satellite Simulcast: A Forum on Sustainable Global Enterprise lead by Al Gore. The Satellite Lecture was held in the West Palm Beach Public Library's Auditorium and  attracted over 100 people. The lecture  was hosted by the Friends of the West Palm Beach Public Library and marked the first in a series of 92nd St. Y Satellite Lectures to be held in the library.   

For more information on the West Palm Beach Friends of the Library, please visit www.friendswpblibrary.org. For details on 92nd St. Y, please visit www.92y.org. 

All photos courtesy of IcTV1.com.

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