Community News · The Summer Reel
Office of Mayor Samson Borgelin
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Scroll to travel one summer day in North Lauderdale — the field, the trail, the lights, and the room where the budget gets set.
The World Cup came to South Florida. The City brought it to Highland Park.
Neighbors of every age, five kilometers, one morning under the oaks.
Concerts in June, Community Night in July, and backpacks for the school year.
Four meetings, next year's budget, and money set aside for parks and local business.
With the World Cup bringing the world's game to South Florida this summer, the City brought it to Highland Park. Young athletes worked on their skills, learned teamwork and sportsmanship, and had a great time doing it alongside friends and neighbors.
At its June 30 meeting the Commission also recognized the North Lauderdale Youth Soccer Ambassadors, along with the volunteers who made the city's "Welcome the World Cup" kickoff a success.
Over the July 4 weekend the city marked 250 years of American independence, and residents of all ages came out for North Lauderdale's 4th of July 5K Walk — neighbors walking together in the spirit of health, unity, and community.
June brought the Mayor's Community Concert with T-Vice, Black Dada, and DJ Nicky Mix. July closed with the Mayor's Community Night on the 31st, celebrating Caribbean culture while helping local students get ready for the school year with a backpack giveaway.
Thank you to Dale V. C. Holness and Broward County Commissioner Hazelle P. Rogers for their continued support of our city, and to everyone who attended and volunteered.
Haiti reached the World Cup for the first time since 1974 — and watch parties across our community filled with cheers and flags.
The Commission met on June 9, June 30, July 14, and July 28. On July 28 it set the ceiling figures for next year's budget — a tentative maximum property-tax rate of 8.4000 mills, and preliminary yearly assessments. Those are planning ceilings. The final rates are set at the public budget hearings in September, and residents are welcome to attend and be heard.
The Commission also created a Commercial Building Revitalization Grant Program, sponsored by Mayor Borgelin, to help local businesses improve their buildings: up to $50,000 for facade work, and up to $100,000 for full interior and exterior renovations. A business must be licensed and located in the city, have operated at least 18 months, and commit to staying at least five more years.
Money went into the parks, too — clearing invasive vegetation at Hampton Pines, rebuilding both basketball courts at Pompano Park, and adding a backup generator at Bicentennial Park.
School starts Monday, August 10. The Commission is in recess for August and returns in September with the public budget hearings. The full June and July issue has the programs, the phone numbers, and the calendar.