Rebecca Shelton’s Vision to Revitalize Boynton Beach

Development is exploding in Boynton Beach, and mayoral candidate Rebecca Shelton wants the city to continue to grow without leaving some residents behind. A longtime resident with deep roots in local politics and business, Shelton is running for mayor on a platform of transparency, economic prosperity, and proactive community policing.

In her twenties, she worked on municipal campaigns throughout Delray and Boynton, eventually directing numerous judicial races across the county. Shelton spent the past decade in the private sector as a real estate broker. Now, with the city at a crossroads, she feels compelled to return to the political arena.

“Boynton has come a long way,” Shelton says, recalling a time when drug abuse and high crime plagued the downtown. “But we’re now at 80,000 residents. We’re not the small Boynton that we used to be, and so you need leadership that can look out for everyone. That’s something that I can guarantee when I serve as mayor.” From her vantage point downtown, she has watched the city expand, revitalizing its marina district and attracting new development. Still, she notes that much of the town has been left behind in the recent boom, with city efforts falling short of serving every resident.

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Among her top concerns is the disparity between West and East Boynton. “If you come to East Boynton and you go from City Hall down to Bethesda Hospital and you drive up and down the streets, it’s going to be a completely different experience if you were over on Congress Avenue.” Shelton emphasizes that lacking homeowners’ associations or gated patrols leaves many streets with insufficient policing and code enforcement—conditions she says make East Boynton lag behind.

“It goes hand in hand. Once you can beautify City Hall down to Bethesda Hospital that is going to be a game changer.” ~Rebecca Shelton

Another priority for Shelton is addressing the needs of Boynton’s senior community—a concern she has observed firsthand as a member of the Senior Advisory Board. “I think we need to do a better job making sure that the seniors in this community are taken care of like other municipalities do,” she says. After knocking over one thousand doors, she repeatedly hears about technology barriers facing older residents and their desire for more direct communication with the city. “Sometimes senior citizens just need to pick up the phone and call someone.”

Shelton with our first responders.

Shelton also aims to foster stronger partnerships that address local youth development and domestic violence. “That’s important to my platform,” she says, pointing to an organization called XCEL. “They take kids that are 14 and 15 years old, train them into the trades, and they stay with these kids until they’re 19, 20, 21, and then they find them jobs.” Shelton adds that Boynton “hasn’t been proactive in building relationships” with groups like XCEL, and she hopes to “engage with them more” if elected. She also cites Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse (AVDA), where she has volunteered extensively: “We have a lot of domestic abuse coming out of Boynton as well, and AVDA does not have strong—really not any—relationship with the city. I can’t explain that, but I can tell you, as the mayor, I’m going to change that.”

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Asked how she would spend her first day in office, Shelton says she plans to adopt a “zero-based budgeting” process, ensuring that city dollars are redirected toward improving neighborhoods and bolstering public services. “We have the developments coming in, and we need to show we’re serious about maintaining a safe, beautiful city,” she says. “As a local business owner, I would love to provide incentives for more local business owners to work here.”

With endorsements from local police and firefighters, Shelton is confident that her political experience, business acumen, and commitment to community-driven policies will resonate with voters. “I have fostered the right relationships in this community and in the downtown and with neighborhood leaders for the last 20 years,” she says. “They need a responsive mayor. We’re one of the last cities that really hasn’t been built out here, and I know that I have the necessary experience to be able to facilitate that.”

The Boynton Beach Mayoral election is scheduled for March 11. To learn more about Rebecca Shelton’s campaign for Mayor of Boynton Beach, visit her website.


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