Alan B. Miller Medical Center is now open
Alan B. Miller Medical Center is open, America 250 grants are live, swim safety season starts, and two Avenir-area food stories are moving.
Alan B. Miller Medical Center is now open
Alan B. Miller Medical Center opened May 22 at 13655 Pasteur Blvd.
The Alan B. Miller Medical Center is now open at 13655 Pasteur Blvd., giving Palm Beach Gardens a new 156-bed acute care hospital and a major addition to the health-care map in northern Palm Beach County.
The hospital's own about page says the facility opened May 22 and offers services including cardiology, stroke care, orthopedics, surgery and more. WFLX reported May 26 that the seven-story building is providing emergency care, surgical services, cardiology, radiology and other services, and called it the region's first new hospital since 1979.
That timing is the real local news. Palm Beach Gardens has added homes, schools, offices and traffic pressure for years; this is the kind of civic infrastructure that follows growth when a city is no longer just expanding at the edges. WFLX quoted CEO Gina Melby saying Palm Beach Gardens has seen tremendous growth since COVID and was an ideal location for another hospital. Hospital leaders also told the station the facility was built with room for future expansion.
America 250 brings fire station tours, GreenMarket programming and block party grants
Palm Beach Gardens residents can apply for up to $500 toward an Independence Day block party.
Palm Beach Gardens has posted its Celebrating America 250 lineup of free public events running from Memorial Day through July 4, and the schedule is broader than one holiday weekend.
The practical piece for neighborhoods is the America 250 Neighborhood Block Party Grant. The city says Palm Beach Gardens residents hosting an Independence Day block party can apply for reimbursement of up to $500, with applications due Monday, June 8, 2026.
The public schedule includes Fire Station Tours on Saturdays June 6, 13, 20 and 27 and on July 4 from 9 to 11 a.m., but only at Stations 61, 64 and 66. Red, White & Groove comes to The Gardens GreenMarket on Sunday, June 7 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., with DJ music, temporary tattoos, games and chalk art. The city also lists a Flag Day Grand Ol' GreenMarket on June 14, a Family Cardboard Boat Regatta on June 27 and a Star-Spangled Splash on July 4. For families trying to turn the semiquincentennial into actual plans, this is the page to keep open.
The city's summer swim message is blunt: one minute is enough
Splash Into Storytime starts June 2 at the PBG Aquatic Complex.
With summer swimming season here, Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue is putting a hard number in front of parents: the city's Water Safety page says drowning is the leading cause of death for Florida children ages 1 to 4, and one minute is all it takes for a child to drown.
The city is urging layers of protection instead of one-point solutions. Its checklist includes a fence at least four feet high with self-closing, self-latching gates; a designated adult "Water Watcher" whenever children are in or near water; and a reminder that flotation devices are not a substitute for supervision. It also tells families to use safe swimming areas, stay out of canals and spillways, teach children swimming skills early and learn CPR.
There is a program tie-in for younger kids. The Aquatics page says Splash Into Storytime returns Tuesdays from June 2 through Aug. 4, 9 to 10:55 a.m., at the PBG Aquatic Complex, 4420 Burns Road. Each session pairs a water-safety story with open play.
Former Talay Thai operator faces a sales-tax case
WPBF reports Charles Soo is accused of failing to turn over more than $23,000.
A former Palm Beach Gardens restaurant operator is facing a state tax case. WPBF reported May 27 that Charles Soo, who operated Talay Thai Cuisine, is accused of collecting more than $23,000 in sales tax from customers and failing to pass it on to the state.
The story, citing a probable cause affidavit and investigators with the Florida Department of Revenue, says Soo Holdings LLC collected at least $27,000 in sales tax from March through August 2021, while records show only about $4,300 was paid to the state. WPBF reported that the restaurant later closed in 2021 and that Soo faces multiple felony counts related to sales tax evasion.
The case remains at the allegation stage. The claims have not been proven in court.
Smoke & Maple is still planned for Avenir Town Center
The first location is targeting a late spring 2026 opening.
Avenir Town Center has another food name to track, but not one to treat as open yet. A Jan. 27 announcement says locally owned Smoke & Maple Gastropub plans to open its first location at 12325 Northlake Blvd., Suite 130, with a late spring 2026 target.
The release describes the concept as "rustic refined," with daily rotating oysters, a Smoke & Maple smash burger, locally sourced seasonal ingredients and an indoor-outdoor bar with bifold windows. It names Nick Lanier as co-founder and owner and says the restaurant will seat 167 guests.
For now, the careful version is simple: this is a planned Avenir opening with a target window, not a confirmed opening day. That still makes it relevant for residents watching Northlake Boulevard's western retail buildout, especially because the announcement frames Palm Beach Gardens as the first location for the concept.
Field of Greens is orderable at Alton, with Avenir still marked coming soon
The chain lists 5320 Donald Ross Road, Suite 105 for its Alton/Palm Beach Gardens location.
Field of Greens now has a clear Palm Beach Gardens footprint at Alton. The chain's locations page lists an Alton/Palm Beach Gardens location at 5320 Donald Ross Ave., Suite 105, with a local phone number and an order-online path for that location.
The second Gardens location is less settled. What Now Miami reported in February that Field of Greens had filed DBPR permits for two Palm Beach Gardens restaurants, one at Alton Town Center and one at Avenir, listed at 12485 Northlake Boulevard. Field of Greens' own locations page currently marks Avenir as "Coming Soon." So the useful resident version is narrower than the rumor version: Alton is the confirmed listed location; Avenir is the one to keep watching.