There's Something Special About Boca Raton!

You can feel it. With your first walk through Mizner Park, or drive along A1A past Gumbo Limbo and Red Reef Park you sense something different. You visit the Boca Raton Resort & Club, tour its lushly landscaped grounds and delight in the air perfumed by an abundance of tropical flora. You notice the architecture and carefully manicured lawns as you drive around the city and you realize...there's something special about Boca Raton.

From the dance of the royal palms in the Gulf Stream breeze to bustling Fortune 500 businesses to world class golf courses and five-star restaurants. Boca Raton has the best of everything.

It's a 27-square-mile city that has it all, a unique combination of a thriving high-tech economy, picture-post-card beauty, first-rate cultural scene, and an informed and diverse group of residents dedicated to a sense of community spirit and intelligent growth.

We have miles of public ocean front, a wide variety of carefully planned residential communities, good schools, and a world-class business community. It's almost too good to be true.

There's something different about Boca Raton...people care. They care about clean streets, good schools, and good neighbors. They care about their families and friends and business associates. They care about the environment, the economy, and their quality of life. They care about the community as a whole.

You can't miss it. You'll notice the romantic legacy of architect Addison Mizner in the Mediterranean-styled Boca Raton Resort & Club, the Old Town Hall and the historic neighborhood of Old Floresta. You'll see the careful attention to the environment through a well-tended median strip of a water-conserving xeriscape at the entrance to a country club community. And you'll feel the spirit, strength, and support of the community at every special event, from outdoor BOCA POPS concerts at Mizner Park to the Meet Me Downtown arts and Entertainment festival to Florida Atlantic University's many athletic events and in 2001, FAU Football.

Boca Raton has over 5.4 million square feet of prime office space, no state income tax, and some of the most prestigious corporate residents in the world, including IBM, WR Grace, Sony Professional Products, Kraft, NCCI, Sensormatic, and Siemens.

After a hard day at work, you can check out our five miles of fabulous sandy coastline and enjoy the average temperature of 75.2 degrees. Or if shopping is your pleasure, stroll through some of the finest shopping centers in the world' from Bloomingdale's to Mark Fore & Strike, we have it all. You can enjoy 18 holes of golf at one of our two dozen golf courses or stroll through the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. And there's more...

Boca is ideally positioned to share the wealth of its equally cosmopolitan neighbors. Thanks to a first-rate system of mass transit afforded through Tri-Rail and roads that link us with West Palm Beach to the north and Fort Lauderdale and Miami to the south, we enjoy easy access to the new Raymond F. Kravis Center for Performing Arts as well as the Broward Center for Performing arts, all of the major professional sports (Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers, Florida Marlins and the Miami Heat, which train on FAU's campus each pre-season), the heart of Miami business district, and half a dozen institutions of high learning.

Most important of all, Boca Raton is about special people. From the ancient clusa Indians to the modern-day corporate executives, our residents have a reputation for making the most of the present and being poised to build the future.

Whether you're relocating your family, running your business, retiring, taking two weeks of R & R, or are attending Florida Atlantic University, we're here to lend a hand.

Join us in Boca Raton...It's a modern day paradise.

Provided by the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce