Boynton Beach residents pushing back against losing this forest to development

A fight that Boynton Beach residents thought they won five years ago is back.

Nickels Forest, a nearly 15-acre, densely wooded area just outside Boynton Beach city limits, is once again facing potential development after city commissioners took a key step toward selling the land to a private developer.

Local residents are finding themselves mobilizing again, saying the city is already lacking in green space, and this forest should be preserved, not paved over.

Neighbors fight to preserve Nickels Forest

Oyer is an organizer of the group Save Boynton’s Forest…

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