Turning point: Carousel’s reopening marks Downtown pivot

Downtown Palm Beach Gardens at crossroads as renovations nearly done on south end but dramatic changes await north end.

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“Will it go round in circles? Will it fly high like a bird up in the sky?” – Billy Preston, 1972

The carousel at Downtown Palm Beach Gardens is going round in circles again even as the 50-acre shopping center next to the Gardens Mall spins into the next phase of its ambitious revival. 

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Reverse opioid deaths, carry Narcan, activists urge Sheriff Bradshaw at Gardens rally

Recovery community protests at Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s executive offices near Downtown Palm Beach Gardens.

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Some picture dope fiends.

They beg. They threaten. They steal.

They don’t get their boat captain license at the age of 36.

They overdose and die and no one cares. 

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