City Celebrating Centennial Year
Boca Raton was incorporated in 1925 and called Boca Ratone, with an e then. So, it’s no surprise that the city is gearing up for a year of special events.
Boca’s Centennial website will launch on Jan. 2, with a historical timeline of the city, a Boca100 boutique merchandise store, special events and ways to get involved. The events will include a major Centennial Weekend Celebration.
Here’s what the city has in store so far for the Centennial year:
- Ode to Boca – Residents, businesses and visitors are invited to pen a personal ode to the city – five lines, with the number of words based on your zip code – at Boca Raton Centennial. Boca Raton public schools will include Ode to Boca as part of the K-12 curriculum.
- A public art project paying homage to the Centennial will be unveiled in the city’s centrally located Sanborn Square on Monday Jan. 6. It’s part of the city’s public art initiative.
- A free and open to the public street festival will be held in the city’s Mizner Park Amphitheater in Mizner Park downtown on Saturday Jan. 25.
- A Centennial Concert featuring a headliner not yet announced will be held on Saturday May 24 in the amphitheater.
- A Centennial Drone Show hosted at and by Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) will be held on Sunday May 25.
- The city’s annual Holiday Street Parade will have a Centennial theme on Wednesday Dec. 3, 2025.
If you’re thinking of buying in Boca, your Lang Realty agent will have the latest listings for villas, townhouses, and single-family homes in existing neighborhoods, gated country club communities and more. Boca is coastal, with waterfront and oceanfront condos, homes and estates, many with their own dock slip and marina.
Boca has a 5-mile stretch of pristine beaches with no commercial development. Yet, property values have remained low, compared to nearby towns and cities.
Keep track of Centennial events on the new website launching soon.
