Editing Palm Springs, Florida (section)

==History==
Residents of [[Lake Worth Beach, Florida|Lake Worth]] (now the city of Lake Worth Beach) proposed to town commissioners in May&nbsp;1922 that a municipal [[country club]] and [[golf course]] be constructed to attract winter tourists.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180314/00000483|title=Mass Meeting of Citizens Indorse Bond Issue for Golf Links for L. W.|page=1|date=May 25, 1922|newspaper=The Lake Worth Herald|access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref> According to ''The Lake Worth Herald'', the facility would be located west of the town at "Section 19, Township 44 South, Range 43 East",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180314/00000483&pg_seq=4&search_doc=|title=Mass Meeting of Citizens Indorse Bond Issue|page=4|date=May 25, 1922|newspaper=The Lake Worth Herald|access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref> an area that is now part of Palm Springs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://discover.pbcgov.org/pzb/MapGallery/RTS_Esize.pdf|title=Section Names of Palm Beach County, Florida|date=December 13, 2021|publisher=Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning and Building Department|access-date=March 22, 2022}}</ref> However, a referendum held in the following month rejected the proposal by a narrow margin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180314/00000486&pg_seq=8&search_doc=|title=Menohar Favors the Golf Course|date=June 15, 1922|page=8|newspaper=The Lake Worth Herald|access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref> Instead, Lake Worth's municipal golf course opened along the [[Intracoastal Waterway]] in November&nbsp;1926.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://floridahistoricgolftrail.com/courses/lake-worth-beach-golf-club/?altTemplate=CoursePage|title=Lake Worth Beach Golf Club|publisher=Florida Historical Golf Trail|access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref> Commissioners nonetheless approved an ordinance that month to annex {{convert|1800|acres|lk=on}} of land west of the city's boundaries, extending as far as {{convert|660|ft|m|abbr=on}} west of [[Florida State Road 809|Military Trail]];<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180612/00000109|date=November 10, 1926|title=Annexation Ordinance Passed by Commission|newspaper=The Lake Worth Herald|page=1|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref> this included parts of modern-day Palm Springs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180612/00000110&pg_seq=7&search_doc=|date=November 17, 1926|title=An Ordinance to Enlarge The Boundaries of The City of Lake Worth by Annexing Thereto Certain Platted Contiguous to The Existing Boundaries of Said City|page=7|newspaper=The Lake Worth Herald|access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref>

In 1927, then-Lake Worth vice mayor William A. Boutwell, who moved to the area from [[Massachusetts]] earlier in the 1920s and owned a grocery store and masonry supply company in the city, began dairy farming on {{convert|5|acres|abbr=on}} of land in modern-day Palm Springs &ndash; in addition to the farmland he owned in Lake Worth.<ref name="kleinberg"/> Over time, his dairy farm expanded to occupy approximately {{convert|700|acres}},<ref name="About the village"/><ref name="smart"/> while the Boutwell Dairy herd increased to more than 1,000&nbsp;[[Guernsey cattle]] in the vicinity of Congress Avenue and Forest Hill Boulevard (then named Selby Road) at its peak,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://palmbeachpast.org/2010/07/got-milk-alfar-creamery-made-sure-west-palm-beach-did/|date=July 15, 2010|author=Ginger Pedersen|title=Got Milk? Alfar Creamery made sure West Palm Beach did|work=Palm Beach Past|access-date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107081055/https://palmbeachpast.org/2010/07/got-milk-alfar-creamery-made-sure-west-palm-beach-did/|archive-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref> becoming one of the largest dairy farms in Florida. Additionally, William A. Boutwell invented [[Half and half#Dairy product|half-and-half creamer]] in Lake Worth. He retired in 1956, while his family sold the remaining farmland and livestock by 1965.<ref name="kleinberg">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67525846/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Lake Worth's Boutwell Road named after area dairyman|date=December 5, 2001|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=13L|access-date=May 25, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref>

By 1957, Moore Associates Development Group of [[Miami]] created a plan to develop a new community west of Lake Worth on the land formerly used by the Boutwell dairy farm,<ref name="smart">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78444591/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Smart Village Used To Be Dairy Pasture|date=February 14, 1960|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=39|access-date=May 28, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> at a townsite consisting of about {{convert|700|acres|abbr=on}} of farmland and only one structure, a large dairy barn. Consequently, [[Florida House of Representatives]] member Ralph Blank Jr. of Palm Beach County introduced legislation that same year to establish the village of Palm Springs. The bill passed unanimously and Palm Springs was chartered on May&nbsp;31, 1957.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93615461/the-palm-beach-post/|author=Nancy Powell|page=B2|title=Palm Springs Set For Its Celebration|date=May 29, 1982|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=January 27, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vpsfl.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12142021-700|title=Planning and Zoning Advisory Board Agenda|date=December 14, 2021|publisher=Village of Palm Springs|access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>{{rp|11}} The village was likely named after the resort city of [[Palm Springs, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22049730/the_palm_beach_post/|title=What's in a name? Lots of history if it's a town|date=September 16, 1987|author=Eliot Kleinberg|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=35|access-date=July 21, 2018|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> Moore Associates Development Group founder James E. Moore became the first mayor of Palm Springs, while other first officeholders included tax collector Bernard Jaffe, [[City Attorney|town counsel]] Rome Amari, and village council members Robert Levinson, William R. Moore, Buck Wentz, and Sid Zwirn.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78525434/the-palm-beach-post/|title=The Men Behind The Village|date=February 14, 1960|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=39|access-date=May 29, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref>

To transform the pastures into land suitable for development, work crews shifted millions of tons of muck and sand to enhance both drainage and landscape appearances. Another early project was the creation of a water and sewage system, which cost approximately $1.5&nbsp;million.<ref name="smart"/> By August 1958, about 800&nbsp;homes had been built. Rapid population growth necessitated the construction of four schools in and near Palm Springs between 1959 and 1970, beginning with Palm Springs Elementary School in September 1959.<ref name="About the village"/> Palm Springs was a 1959 recipient of the ''Florida Illustrated Magazine'''s community builders award.<ref name="antill">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35190466/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Palm Springs Grows But Has Its 'Pains'|page=25|author=Bill Antill|date=April 22, 1962|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=November 6, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> In the first few years of its existence, the village government functioned in the remodeled dairy barn, located at 153&nbsp;Henthorne Drive, briefly sharing the building with Christ Community Church.<ref name="About the village"/><ref name="first services">{{cite news|url=http://archive.boyntonlibrary.org/jsp/RcWebImageViewer.jsp?doc_id=de29bdcb-c0d8-44da-aa34-4213f7cd747c/boyntonb/20180504/00000800&pg_seq=5&search_doc=|title=Palm Springs Community Church Holds First Services Sunday|date=July 16, 1959|newspaper=The Lake Worth Herald|page=5|access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref> However, construction soon began on a nearly {{convert|8,000|sqft|abbr=on}} village hall, which opened in February 1960.<ref name="About the village">{{cite web|url=https://www.vpsfl.org/Index.aspx?NID=203|title=About Palm Springs|publisher=Village of Palm Springs|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref> The [[1960 United States census|1960 census]], the first conducted since the establishment of Palm Springs, recorded a population of 2,503&nbsp;people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-11-c.pdf|date=1960|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=Number of Inhabitants: Florida|format=PDF|access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|11&mdash;13}} A 1962 profile in ''[[The Palm Beach Post]]'' reported that the village had 38&nbsp;paved roads, while about 1,300&nbsp;building permits had been approved over the past five years.<ref name="antill"/>
[[File:Palm_Springs,_Florida,_1968_FDOT_map.png|thumb|left|1968 boundaries of Palm Springs]]
The population of the village increased significantly in the 1970s, nearly doubling from 4,340 in the [[1970 United States census|1970 census]] to 8,166 in the [[1980 United States census|1980 census]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_flABCs1-01.pdf|date=1980|publisher=United States Census Bureau|title=Number of Inhabitants: Florida|format=PDF|access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref>{{rp|11&mdash;23}} On November&nbsp;11, 1978, the Jeanette J. Guerty Palm Springs Library opened. Originally {{convert|6000|sqft|abbr=on}} in size, the building has since been enlarged, first in the mid-1980s.<ref name="Simkowitz"/>{{rp|318}} The village's original boundaries remained mostly unchanged for about four decades. However, in 1997, the village council adopted a plan for expanding Palm Springs. Under the plan, future annexation included all areas west to Military Trail from its boundaries at the time, between [[Florida State Road 802|Lake Worth Road]] and north of Forest Hill Boulevard; and all areas east of the present boundaries to Florida Mango Road. The annexation plan was expected to increase the population of Palm Springs by another 10,000&nbsp;residents, roughly twice the population in 1997. Also in the late 1990s, the village council began planning to renovate the original municipal complex after residents approved a bond referendum in 1999.<ref name="About the village"/>

Consequently, a new village hall opened in July 2003 &ndash; a two-story, {{convert|24000|sqft|abbr=on}} structure,<ref name="Hereford">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98130215/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Village moves to new offices|date=July 16, 2003|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|author=Lady Hereford|access-date=March 22, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> approximately thrice as large as the original village hall.<ref name="About the village"/> Thereafter, the newly expanded library and public safety building opened in 2004 and 2005, respectively.<ref name="About the village"/> Also in 2005, [[Hurricane Wilma]] destroyed 5&nbsp;homes and damaged 2,462&nbsp;others to some extent in Palm Springs, including substantial impact to 460&nbsp;multi-family residences, more than in any other municipality in Palm Beach County.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://pbcgov.com/DES/affordable-housing/pdf/Chapter5.pdf|title=Palm Beach County Affordable Housing Study|publisher=Palm Beach County Department of Economic Sustainability|page=5 - 3|access-date=March 22, 2022|location=West Palm Beach, Florida|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081757/http://pbcgov.com/DES/affordable-housing/pdf/Chapter5.pdf|archive-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> However, damage from Wilma totaled only $6.1&nbsp;million, including $3&nbsp;million to businesses, $2.5&nbsp;million to residences, and $600,000&nbsp;to government properties.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilma wallops county with $2.9 billion in damage|author1=Luis F. Perez |author2=Angel Streeter |author3=Ushma Patel |date=December 18, 2005|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33187506/south-florida-sun-sentinel/|access-date=March 22, 2022|page=16A|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 2007, Palm Springs observed its 50th anniversary of incorporation alongside [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] celebrations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98132249/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Pie-eating, fishing contests, music highlight July 4 fests|author=Lady Hereford|date=July 4, 2007|page=3|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|access-date=March 22, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}} {{free access}}</ref> Beginning with the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], a majority of residents of the village identified as [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]].

The 96-unit Lakewood apartment community was built of [[Lego]]-style blocks designed by RENCO USA and created from [[Recycling|recycled]] glass and plastic, resins and [[limestone]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article290981760.html|title=A cheaper, greener way to build in Florida? It goes together like a Lego toy kit|last=Miznazi|first=Ashley|work=[[Miami Herald]]|date=August 14, 2024|access-date=August 31, 2024}}</ref>