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one Florida City Council The conference broke out over plans to demolish the Memorial Hall of Veterans of World War II, making room for government campus reconstruction projects.
“The people’s voice is stronger than ever, and they say loudly, ‘Stop this project.’ People don’t want it.
Buffy Tucker, granddaughter of World War II veteran, urged the Council to keep the memorial: “We need space. It may not be that active and energetic, but it’s a place to reverence and reflect on.”
Pearl and Tucker appear in “The fox and friends first“Telling co-host Carley Shimkus on Tuesday, residents were “shocked” to learn that the park was in the chopping block.
Buffy Tucker, granddaughter of World War II veteran, spoke at a city council meeting in Boca Raton, Florida. Tucker works to protect the Memorial Park as the city believes it replaces the new government campus reconstruction project. (Boca Raton/Fox and Friends City First)
“The Memorial Park is an important landmark in our city. It Second World War Veteran. It is a huge park with 17 acres in the city’s downtown, which provides us with huge open and green spaces, so many recreational facilities. There was a tennis center, a baseball field, and I went to an amazing children’s playground with the kids and the people in Boca didn’t know what was going on. ” Perman said.
Pearlman and Tucker are members of Save Boca, a grassroots group designed to protect parks and public lands throughout the city, including memorial parks.
Pearlman, after hearing about the “Government Campus Redevelopment” project, will involve remodeling the Town Hall, but with some excavations, he learned about the potential fate of the Memorial Park.
“We have collected signatures of the petition [to block the new government campus] Throughout Boca City, we have spoken with long-term residents,” he said.
“No one knows that they intend to destroy the park, they tell us how they grew up while the kids were playing baseball in these fields, and then, as they grew up, they followed by the little league in which their children were coaching their children in those fields, and people were shocked. What happened was a prairie movement, and soon after a prairie movement was formed and swept through the city.”
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Save Boca founder Jon Pearlman speaks at a city council meeting in Boca Raton, Florida on August 26, 2025. (saveboca.org)
according to Palm Beach Postthe city’s reconstruction plan will turn the space into a “mixed use project that replaces aging buildings and adds new town halls, residential buildings, parks, community centers, office spaces, retail and 150-room hotels”.
Save boca is petition In the two proposed amendments, it would “require voters’ approval before the city-owned land is sold.”
Mayor Scott Singer replied at the meeting: “I know some of you are going to say stop today. I think for the sake of this process, some people are not supported in this room, so no decision was made tonight.”
“I don’t think anyone can work hard. I won’t speak for everyone else, but I know I don’t.”
He also told attendees that officials value this kind of community feedback.
In a statement reported by the Palm Beach Post, Singh also criticized the petition warning that his language could affect projects far beyond downtown reconstruction, including local schools and museums.
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