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Check out the 4th of July weekend events in Royal Palm Beach.
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WELLINGTON • ROYAL PALM BEACH • WEST PALM BEACH • LOXAHATCHEE GROVES • THE ACREAGE Volume 1, Number 10
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U.S. Polo Association buys Wellington club
Palm Beach State College celebrates 5 years at Loxahatchee Groves campus
Palm Beach Atlantic awards scholarships
The Loxahatchee Groves campus is the newest location of Palm Beach State College. Covering 75 acres, the campus reflects the changing educational and technological requirements of specific programs and University provides Palm Beach Atlantic onsite and remote has awarded fourlearning. of its seniors
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Westlake Commerce Center adds to city’s real estate boom The development consists of developing a 227,000-squarefoot of office, warehouse and distribution center. The project is expected to be completed by the middle of 2023.
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Community prepares for big hurricane season Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center say 2022 will mark the seventh consecutive year with increased hurricane activity. The center predicts 14 to 21 named storms during the 2022 Atlantic season, including 6 to 10 hurricanes. See how the community is preparing.
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Photo by Yaroslav Sabitov/SOPA Images/Sipa USA
Pilot player plays the ball at the US Polo Association Championship final in their win against La Elina at The International Polo Club Palm Beach, now the USPA National Polo Center-Wellington. By Michelle Morrison Palms West Journal
Local officials are excited about the USPA’s The U.S. Polo involvement in the comAssociation has bought munity. Wellington Village the International Polo Club Manager Jim Barnes said, Palm Beach in Wellington, “Wellington welcomes which now will be called the USPA’s purchase of the USPA National Polo the former IPC facility Center-Wellington, or NPC. and the establishment of The 161-acre purchase the National Polo Center, includes several fields, the which will ensure polo’s clubhouse shop, and the permanent and important social club and its amenipresence in the village for ties, including a pool, a the mutual benefit of the gym and tennis courts. polo community and vilThe sale is part of the lage residents.” Wellington 3.0 strategy, The NPC will still host which focuses on buildthe Gauntlet of Polo but ing a long-term success also intends to use the plan for Wellington and facility to help grow playthe equestrian venues and ers at the medium- and lifestyle elements associlow-goal levels. The facility ated with it, Wellington will enable the USPA to Equestrian Partners host tournaments, develop managing partner Mark young players and build Bellissimo said. “We chose a community that will the USPA over competattract and retain players ing offers and real estate and sponsors across all development strategies to levels. ensure that this fundamen“The investment in a tal pillar of the Wellington high-profile Sunday field equestrian domain will will enable the sport and be here for the next 100 brand to control our destiyears.”
ny for future generations,” said Michael Prince, the president and CEO of USPA Global Licensing. “With a global footprint across 190 countries, we view the Sunday field as a unique opportunity to highlight USPA’s authentic connection to the sport and build additional global brand awareness. Additionally, this opportunity will cre-
ate an epicenter of polo to promote not only high-goal events such as the Gauntlet of Polo, but also other best-in-class opportunities at all levels supporting key polo competitions and demographics, such as international, low-goal, medium-goal, women’s, intercollegiate, interscholastic, youth and many others.”
Photo by US Polo Association
Tournament trophies for the C.V. Whitney Cup, U.S. Polo Association Gold Cup and the U.S. Open Polo Championship.