Opioid Funds, Blue Flag Beach, and Delray's Last GreenMarket Weekend
Cruiser Palooza, a family BBQ at the Spady, and a May 19 vote that shapes Delray's overdose response.
Three Reasons This Weekend Matters More Than Most
The winter GreenMarket closes, Spady hosts a neighborhood celebration, and the opioid-settlement plan heads to City Commission.
A lot is converging on Saturday. The GreenMarket closes out its winter run on the same morning the Spady Museum throws an all-day neighborhood celebration. Cruiser Palooza takes over Old School Square that night with three bands and a benefit. And the City Commission is about to decide how to spend the rest of Delray's opioid settlement money — a vote with real stakes for how we respond to overdose calls.
Here's what to actually know, watch, and do.
Opioid Funds Head Toward a Mobile Care Program
The advisory committee recommends roughly $175,000 for mobile integrated health; commissioners hear it May 19.
The Delray Beach Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee is recommending roughly $175,000 in remaining settlement funds for a mobile integrated health program — a service that operates outside the standard 911 response and meets people struggling with addiction where they are, with on-site care and treatment referrals. The City Commission hears the full presentation on May 19.
Previous rounds of Delray's opioid money went largely toward expanding Narcan access. This is a different model: proactive instead of reactive. Delray is expected to receive up to $1.5 million more over the next 18 years, so the precedent set here will shape a long tail of spending.
A Banyan vs. a Drainage District
LWDD's final vote: the 75-year-old banyan at the municipal golf course comes out by July 1.
The Lake Worth Drainage District voted to remove a 75-year-old banyan tree at Delray Beach Municipal Golf Course, citing the risk that its collapse could dam a canal and cause flooding. Delray Beach commissioners appealed, commissioned an arborist report, and trimmed the tree to reduce risk. The LWDD's final vote went the other way, and Delray Beach now has until July 1 to remove it.
It's a real test of who gets the last word on a heritage tree in city-owned greenspace when a regional drainage agency invokes flood-control authority.
Beach Project Winds Down, Blue Flag Goes Up
Renourishment work, a fourth straight Blue Flag, and a USA TODAY beach vote all hit the same week.
The Army Corps of Engineers' $19.2 million renourishment along 2.65 miles of Delray's shoreline was contracted to wrap by April 30 after Great Lakes Dredge & Dock placed new sand through the spring. On May 7, Delray Beach raised the Blue Flag for a fourth consecutive year, one of three U.S. beaches with the designation this season.
There's also a vote locals can still cast: Delray Municipal Beach is up for USA TODAY 10Best Best Beach in Florida through May 18, going for a third consecutive title.
A Bigger Fight Over How Delray Is Run
Commissioner Juli Casale's financial-oversight allegations drew City Manager Terrence Moore's formal response.
The financial-oversight argument between Commissioner Juli Casale and City Manager Terrence Moore, which Casale escalated at the April 21 commission meeting, got Moore's formal response last week. Casale alleged deficiencies in financial oversight amounting to millions in taxpayer costs, pointing to the unresolved fire-rescue dispute with Highland Beach, the lack of developer impact fees, and the Waste Management contract.
Moore pushed back point by point, noting an impact-fee ordinance is moving toward the commission and that engagement with Highland Beach has gone beyond simple billing. This is the underlying tension that will shape every budget conversation through summer.
Yoga in the Museum Starts the Weekend Quietly
Friday at 11 a.m. inside Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square.
Yoga in the Museum runs Friday, May 15, at 11 a.m. at the Cornell Art Museum at Old School Square. It's an hour-long gentle flow with a sound bath, surrounded by the current exhibition. Registration is required, no walk-ups, and the event page lists tickets at $8.
The Winter GreenMarket Takes Its Last Lap
Saturday is the final market of the winter season at Old School Square.
The Delray Winter GreenMarket runs Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Old School Square. This is the final Saturday of the winter season, with 50-plus vendors, fresh citrus, grass-fed beef, baked goods, and live music.
The CRA created the GreenMarket in 1996, which is why Saturday morning at Old School Square feels less like a market and more like a habit.
Spady Hosts A Delray Beach Family Affair
Historic-neighborhood ride in the morning, free community BBQ from 11:30 a.m.
Resiliency in Motion / A Delray Beach Family Affair runs Saturday, May 16, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Spady Cultural Heritage Museum. The morning starts with a bike-and-golf-cart ride through Delray's historic Black neighborhoods, then the free community BBQ starts at 11:30 a.m. with food vendors, live music, shopping, and activities.
Family-reunion energy, and close enough to pair with the GreenMarket in one morning.
Cruiser Palooza Takes Over Old School Square
Saturday night brings The Resolvers, 59 Shop, Six After Midnight, food trucks, beer garden, and a benefit.
Cruiser Palooza runs Saturday, May 16, from 5 to 10 p.m. at Old School Square. The event page lists live music from The Resolvers, 59 Shop, and Six After Midnight, plus food trucks, a beer garden, cornhole tournament, and silent auction. Tickets start at $50 and benefit the Cruisey Baby Initiative, which supports people living with spinal cord injuries.
Murder Mystery Dinner Brings the Masquerade
Saturday night at the Vintage Gymnasium, with dinner, two drink tickets, and an interactive whodunit.
Murder Mystery Dinner runs Saturday, May 16, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Vintage Gymnasium. The theme is a masquerade ball, the ticket is listed at $60, and admission includes a plated dinner, two drink tickets, and the interactive mystery. Bring a mask.
One Thing To Do This Weekend
Start at the last GreenMarket of the season. Finish at the Spady.
The last winter GreenMarket and the kickoff of A Delray Beach Family Affair are happening at the same time, less than a mile apart. Start at Old School Square around 9, fill a tote with citrus and pastries, grab coffee somewhere on Atlantic, then move up to the Spady on NW 5th Avenue for the BBQ.
You get the closing chapter of one Delray season and the opening of another, in a single morning.