Explore the Real Facts

There is broad agreement that the City’s core facilities need to be replaced. The Central question is how and where that replacement occurs. This page provides information about what is currently at the site and what the city proposes. 

There are a number of policy questions that don't have agreement. This page draws from the comments and questions posed by residents at City Council meetings throughout 2025 to contrast the City's position with the alternative perspectives that have been shared.  

 This page responds directly to the City’s “Fact and Fiction” claims regarding the Government Campus Redevelopment Project. We identify what is omitted, minimized, or deferred, and present the real, verifiable facts so residents can judge for themselves. 

So much of the discussion about the Downtown Campus Redevelopment project gives the impression that residents have only one choice. To proceed with the plan offered by OneBoca or do nothing. This page explains the details of the situation to make it clear that there are many more options to consider. 

Residents face wide‑ranging impacts from the proposed project. Although the City has commented on a couple of items, most concerns, from overcrowded parks to traffic, schools, and environmental risks, remain unresolved and unacknowledged. This page outlines those impacts and concerns.

No, we aren't transporting you to Cabot Cove. These murders are being planned right here in Boca Raton against the Banyan trees that grace Memorial Park. This page explains how the Downtown Campus Redevelopment plan in it's current form will still kill the Banyan trees.

The proposed design isolates residents inside a six block pod, it is dangerously difficult to walk anywhere beyond this immediate area. With no safe routes to the rest of Boca Raton, residents would be pushed into cars and funneled onto already congested corridors like Palmetto Park Road to reach basic destinations.

The Editorial Board at the Sun Sentinel recommends that Boca Raton residents vote "No" on Question 2. They site and overly generous deal that raises suspicions, false claims of blight and tortured wordsmithing on the ballet.

Residents have long expressed concern about the plans to build multiple large buildings so close to the railroad tracks and other buildings. Large buildings require piles to be installed deeper and there are reports that the vibrations from pile driving can damage the foundation of nearby houses.

The current proposal from One Boca leaves Boca Raton downtown residents with less space available for public use than there is currently. When considered in terms of usable square footage the area available for public use is a fraction of the overall usable square footage. 

The narrow streets in the proposal mean that city vehicles such as the garbage tuck create grid lock because they are so large. Everyone living in the buildings who work elsewhere are going to face a daily choke point because whether it's Glades to the North or Palmetto Park to the south, both streets already face traffic issues which are only expected to increase. 

When constructing high-density structures, the vibration and soil displacement from pile driving can have both immediate and long-term impacts on rail infrastructure. Existing buildings will not stop the vibration waves because vibration waves can travel around buildings. 

When elected officials and advocacy groups invoke veterans to justify a project, the least they can do is follow the kind of disciplined planning and procurement standards the military relies on every day. In the armed forces, these processes aren’t red tape; they are safeguards that protect people, ensure accountability, and prevent costly mistakes. They exist because lives and resources depend on getting it right. 

The City says the Downtown Government Campus will deliver affordable housing. Here’s the truth: it won’t, and the reason is baked into the definition of “affordable.” 

City leaders claim they are “balancing the needs of Boca Raton residents.” If that were true, why is Downtown Boca – already the most densely populated part of the city – being asked to absorb even more development? 

 Even serious topics can be understood a bit better with some levity.