Next Autumn 1996 table of contents On October 16, hundreds of residents of Limestone Creek in Palm Beach County, Florida, gathered to share food, music, and good cheer. While any community would take pride in such an event, the day held special meaning for this small neighborhood of 14 streets. The people of Limestone Creek were celebrating a community that had brought itself back to life.
Limestone Creek is a rural community-development success story.
And while the residents of Limestone Creek and the surrounding areas received the support of politicians, national organizations, and firms like J.P. Morgan, the impetus to develop the area was entirely theirs. Willie Scott, a Limestone resident and the executive director of the CDC, says that by the early '90s, some parts of town were practically unlivable. We just decided that enough was enough. Greater Palm Beach is the largest county east of the Mississippi River, stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Everglades. But these residents took control of their destiny.