The property at 6800 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, FL, June 2025. (Photo: Boca Daily News)
It’s something of a rarity for neighbors to gather at a planning board meeting in support of a developer’s proposal to add new construction near their homes, but one East Boca community is largely supporting a proposal to fill in a long-overlooked parcel that has attracted invasive plants and wildlife.
“God knows what’s going on in there as far as critters – rats, snakes, coyotes,” said NE 7th Avenue resident Eugene Blavin at a meeting of the Boca Raton planning and zoning board last week…