West Palm Beach approved a land transfer that could shape the future of Coleman Park, the historic Black neighborhood that has long faced economic challenges and vacant properties.
City commissioners voted unanimously, 5-0, this week to support a public-private partnership with Palm Beach Venture Philanthropy, a division of the philanthropic non-profit Quantum Foundation.
The effort aims to revitalize distressed parts of the Colman Park neighborhood and within the Tamarind Avenue corridor, with three affordable and workforce housing projects, along with other community investments, said Bill Meyer, chairman of the Quantum board and one of its original founders…