West Palm beach
neighborhood alliance
Who We Are
We are a group of West Palm Beach residents from across neighborhoods, fighting for our homes, our streets, and our infrastructure to be maintained alongside the prolific development taking place across the city.
Bursting water and sewer lines, crews parking on our streets, traffic, construction noise, congestion that blocks emergency vehicles all represent constant threats to our quality of life, the value of our homes, and the character of our city.
For years, Residents have attended meetings, engaged with officials, and shared their voices to no avail.
Our Partners
That ends now.
Developers around the city are creating a public nuisance and a safety threat, left entirely unchecked by a city that is supposed to protect its citizens and homeowners.
We have retained a top-tier litigation attorney to help us fight for our homes and neighborhoods.
Your home, neighborhood and community are our priority.
Designed for impact
Our plan, outlined below and bolstered by top-tier attorneys from Brewer Attorneys & Counselors, has real hooks.
This effort is organized and fully accounts for:
Top‐tier counsel — Brewer Attorneys & Counselors represents the Alliance; the appeal for the Hilton Curio project is submitted. This is Step 1, outlined below.
Financial Alignment — our retainer agreement with the firm ensures financial alignment with our goals, making sure we are in lock step as we continue our charge into Step 2, also outlined below
Every additional dollar to the case — expert testimony, studies, public relations and filing costs to ensure all details are covered, all citizens considered.
Full transparency — contributions tracked, accounted for and reported back to contributors.
Step 1
Appeal The Curio Project
The City Commission approved an 18-story, 400-room, approximately $290 million hotel on a 1.8-acre surface parking lot at the edge of the Grandview Heights Historic District, granting three code waivers. Weeks later, Palm Beach County advanced the related $26 million sale-leaseback and parking agreements through an emergency add-on process, placing the transaction on the September 29 agenda only days before the vote. The Neighborhood Alliance and Grandview Heights Neighborhood Association have filed a Writ of Certiorari asking the court to review the City’s approval of the hotel.
The challenge has three parts:
The City did not follow its own rules.
The petition argues that required findings on infrastructure, traffic, parking, site design and the three waivers were either unsupported or deferred until after approval.
Residents were denied a fair process.
The petition challenges undisclosed details of ex parte communications and the applicant’s reliance on an acoustic study that residents were promised but never received.
The City did not timely provide the final approval documents.
The petition says key executed documents were not available until late in the 30-day appeal period, and one resolution granting the three waivers had still not been posted when the petition was filed.
The Alliance is asking the court to review whether the City followed the law and provided residents a fair hearing. This is our entry point to the larger effort.
Step 2
A coordinated city-wide campaign, not just a single case.
The Curio fight is not isolated. It is part of a broader pattern: Related Ross keeps pushing bigger projects, more waivers, and more public deals, while local officials keep approving them—and local residents keep paying the price.
Downtown, the historic districts north and south of it, the South Flagler/SoSo area, and neighborhoods beyond are confronting the cumulative effects of rapid development—construction, traffic, parking, noise, dust, utility strain, risks to homes and pedestrian safety, and years of disruption.
Project by project, residents are asking the same question: are neighborhood protections, infrastructure and quality of life being given the same weight as the push to develop?
This campaign is about more than stopping one hotel. It is about securing a seat at the table, enforceable neighborhood protections, transparent public decision-making, and community-focused development for all residents of West Palm Beach.
our Goals
HOLD THE CITY TO ITS OWN RULES
We deserve ordinances and codes enforced as written, not waived project by project, based on who has the deepest pockets.
Photo: Anne Geggis/Stet
Abate the public nuisance
Ensure construction parking moves off our streets, noise, dust, vibration and congestion is controlled, emergency access is kept clear, and infrastructure is repaired before more density is approved.
Photo: Savanna/YIMBY
Win enforceable community protections
Commitments to binding standards for buffers, height, hours, staging, parking and traffic, with penalties that are actually enforced
Photo: ThePalmBeaches.com, courtesy of West Palm Beach
Dedicated to the citizens of west palm beach
Your neighborhood. Your city. Your voice.
