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Ring in 2020 at OSS (8) Medicare deadline approaching (17) Cross Country Home Services rebrands (32) Move in to 111 First (38) DELRAYNEWSPAPER.COM DECEMBER | 2019 Food Hall headed to Residents participate in mealtime conversations to downtown Delray Beach discuss how to improve housing, Staff report economic security, education By: Jan Engoren Contributing Writer Last month, The Community Founda- tion for Palm Beach and Martin Coun- ties invited residents to come together in small-group meal- time conversations – On the Table - to explore meaningful ideas about how to Locals discuss hot topics during “On the Table” discussion at Delray’s cultivate a stronger Caring Kitchen. Photo by Jan Engoren. community. At CROS Ministries Caring Kitchen cussions is designed to unite people in Delray Beach, eight regular par- of all ages and diverse backgrounds ticipants in the program ate lunch to discuss issues such as affordable City commissioners and Menin Development team members break ground on the Delray Beach Market. Staff photo. and participated in the discussion, housing, jobs and healthcare that impact them and their community. Foodies will soon be able to sample items facilitated by CROS Ministries staff member, Shona Castillo. from 35 different food stalls in the Delray In 2018, over 4,000 local residents Beach Market. “We’re honored to be part of the On participated in the lunch time con- versations, focusing on issues of Developers Menin Development and the the Table community conversation housing, economic security and ed- construction team officially broke ground on around these issues,” said Gibbie ucation. the new food hall project on Nov. 14. Nauman, director of development for CROS Ministries. “We encour- Participants identified job training, Slated to open spring 2021, the four-story, age our participants to have a voice skills development opportunities, 150,000-square-foot building is located at in issues that matter to them.” 33 SE 3rd Ave. It will also feature a 220 car, the availability of good-paying jobs four-level parking garage and multiple out- The Caring Kitchen program pro- and increased wages as the most door spaces at ground and mezzanine levels. vides hot meals Monday through important priorities to help drive Friday and bag lunches on Saturday change on the economic front. “Downtown Delray certainly offers no and makes home delivers to seniors On the social front, respondents shortage of dining experiences, but Delray and homebound residents. CEO of Menin Development Craig Menin speaks during cited access to quality affordable a ground breaking ceremony for Delray Beach Market. Beach Market brings a culinary diversity on Staff photo. a large scale at one central [CONT. PG 2] The goal of the On the Table dis- housing, access to [CONT. PG 2] Your stay includes private beach club 2 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER | DECEMBER 2019 Food Hall headed to downtown Delray Beach [FROM PG 1] hub,” Menin CEO Craig Menin said. “It gives the community a gathering spot to connect, exchange ideas and break bread. With the in- credible food concepts coming to Del- ray Beach Market, we’re really upping the ante in terms of the dining scene in South Florida.” The building was designed by Princi- pal Architect Jose Andrew Gonzalez of When complete, the Delray Beach Market will house 35 food stalls. Miami’s Gonzalez Architects. It will be Submitted photo. LEED certified silver when completed. is done Mayor Shelly Petrolia said the project “The design of the market was envi- A look at the Delray Beach Market, which is currently under construction. Submitted photo. while is filling a gap that the city is missing. at the sioned as a fun, ur- She said the Delray Beach Market will same time achieving a light and pleas- ban market building become a place for people to gather like ant façade to the neighborhood. This unique to Delray and transparency appears even more evi- traditional markets and bazaars have South Florida, created dent at night where the interior acts as done for decades. to engage with pedes- a lit invitation for the market tenants.” trians as they walked “This project is really exciting for so by with a high degree The project did not request any devia- many reasons,” she said. of transparency, invit- tions from the city’s building rules. Project officials estimate the Delray ing the visitor to ex- "We think it’s going to be special,” plore what is going on Menin said during the ground break- Beach Market will create more than A rendering of Delray Beach Market, which is slated to open Spring 2021. in the building,” Gon- ing ceremony. “It’s going to be a great 250 permanent and 280 construction Submitted photo. zalez said. “The above building. We are really excited.” jobs. Residents participate in mealtime conversations to discuss how to improve housing, economic security, education [FROM PG 1] core services for all and CROS Ministries, locations include the home. a substance abuse problem," stated one services to address homelessness. American Heart Association and the of the men at the table. Urban League in West Palm Beach and The 51-year-old grandmother occa- One of the main take-aways from last Carver Middle School in Delray Beach. sionally sleeps in her mother's car. She Other participants noted that even year’s conversations was the finding has a work history and recently com- though they may receive SNAP bene- that most people felt hopeful about New this year, more local youth will be pleted a business class at Florida Career fits, which limits prepared food items, the future and saw their community as invited to join in the discussions, many College. Her dream is to open a Chris- they may not have a kitchen and be able more united than divided. of them from Emanuel "Dupree" Jack- tian book store. to prepare their own meals. son Jr.’s organization in Delray Beach, “Last year’s participants communicated the (EJS) Project, which aims to build In the meantime, she babysits her Margo Vinik, 60, a participant and for- the strengths and needs of our commu- and empower the next generation of grandson, volunteers at the Caring mer real estate paralegal suggested uti- nity and generated dozens of ideas to community leaders. Kitchen, attends church and is matter- lizing mentors or case workers to help improve our quality of life,” said Brad- of-fact about her job prospects. those in need and says that once she ley Hurlburt, president and CEO of At CROS Ministries, Issues of housing learns how to find and utilize resourc- the Community Foundation for Palm were front and center with many par- In the discussion of affordable housing, es, she shares that information with Beach and Martin Counties. ticipants fully or partially homeless. Newman suggested having affordable others. and safe housing for single women, “These top three issues of housing, jobs Being homeless without a tangible with access to transportation. One of the questions Castillo asked the and healthcare remain a priority for the address restricts one’s ability to get a group was: “What can we do to affect small group gathered at CROS.,” Hurl- job, many in the discussion noted. To Others expressed interest in addition- positive change in our community?” burt said. complete a job application, one needs al shelters and emergency housing and an address. Living in a park or car is availability of Section 8 housing. A Answers ranged from: Hosting more On This is the second year of the civic en- an obstacle to obtaining employment, number of people noted the city has the Table conversations to sponsoring gagement initiative, funded through whether or not you may have skills and gentrified, reducing the number of af- community festivals and opportunities the John S. and James L. Knight Foun- a desire to work. fordable rental units. for people to engage with each other and dation. reaching out to city council members. Although her grandfather built and A number of participants expressed This year there are 44 public tables owned his own home in Delray Beach, concern that there are too many rules For more information visit, onthetable- throughout the county where residents hard economic times caused Neferteta in shelters and more leeway should be fl.com or yourcommunityfoundation. can participate. In addition to the Newman’s mother to evict her from the given to individuals. "Not everyone has org. DECEMBER 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 3 Gratitude Luncheon honors Crossroads Club director Tony Allerton By: Marisa Herman Associate Editor Keynote speakers included best-selling He then moved to South Florida and found crimes such as pa- author John Lipscomb and state attorney the Crossroads Club about 10 years ago, tient brokering. Tony Allerton, 91, says he wouldn’t be alive Dave Aronberg. which he said made his transition to Flor- if it weren’t for Alcoholics Anonymous and ida easy. “When I started this Crossroads Club. Lipscomb has been sober for 20 years. He effort, I didn’t real- shared his sobriety journey with the audi- “I went and I knew I was safe,” he said. “It’s ize how many good The executive director of Crossroads in ence. It was the coldest day in history in St. home to me. We are all a big family. We are people there were Delray Beach has been sober for 37 years. Louis when he got sober. It was Jan. 5, 1999. all learning from each other.” wanting to clean up He had his last ounce of alcohol May 1982 this industry,” he and attended the first Crossroads meeting Three weeks before he turned 40 and had Lipscomb has sponsored many men in re- said.