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• 2 contiguous college campuses are located directly across the street from Roger Dean Stadium and Town Center, placing the benefits of a college-town environment right at the doorsteps of Abacoa residents
• These 2 campuses are the home of the northern Palm Beach branch campus of Florida Atlantic University and the Honors College. These 2 provide a unique mix; the considerable programmatic and research opportunities of a traditional state university system at the branch campus, combined with the intimate and in-depth learning environment available at the Honors College.
• The Honors College is built around the traditions of a classical American liberal arts education. Enrollment is limited to approximately 500 top scholars, while the creative learning opportunities will know no limits. Cross-disciplinary and customized courses of study, plus one-on-one student- faculty interaction will be key elements of the Honors College experience.
• The northern Palm Beach Campus offers continuing education classes in career skills and personal enrichment, as well as bachelor’s degrees for those completing the last two years of their baccalaureate program, master’s, and certain doctoral degrees.
• Beacon Cove Intermediate School-Bessie Dubois Campus and Independence Middle School are both newly-built schools located within Abacoa, with bicycling and pedestrian paths connecting them to all of the Abacoa neighborhoods.
• 2 existing public schools are located adjacent to the Abacoa property, Lighthouse Elementary and Jupiter Middle schools.
• W.T. Dwyer High School and Jupiter High School are located nearby on Military Trail.
• All schools are part of the Palm Beach County School District.

Abacoa Golf Club

The Abacoa Golf Club is intended to be a community resource, not simply an amenity, but an asset that can be shared. The golf course makes the open spaces more accessible. The Abacoa Golf Club is a public course with no membership requirements. Even though it is a public golf course, it is designed to be of a championship caliber, thereby bringing a true challenge to the play and a real satisfaction to the game. Whether you make a birdie or a bogey, golf at the Abacoa Golf Club follows the nature of the game, which is to make it an integral part of its surroundings.

Abacoa

• Meandering through the Abacoa neighborhoods are the Greenways. These special areas of preserved, natural Florida ecosystems are enhanced to provide a welcoming and safe habitat for wildlife. Of special note, the endangered Florida Gopher Tortoise makes the Greenways its home. The Greenways also provide storm water management for Abacoa‘s entire community. Although these are the main purposes, the Greenways also have the added benefit of providing people with opportunities to enjoy and study natural Florida without having to leaving their own backyards.
• Abacoa‘s retail & commercial areas mirror the manner in which most people conduct their lives, a balance of work, shopping, leisure & home life. If the neighborhoods are thought of as the soul of Abacoa, then the Town Center is its heart. Here is an old-fashioned Main Street setting in all its pedestrian-friendly, eclectic glory. The restaurants, offices and stores easily mix with the university campuses, the stadium, and even the golf course which is only a block away. The pulse of the Town Center sets the rhythm of everyday life, with parents running errands and kids meeting their friends, all with the resources of a community within easy reach.
• Roger Dean Stadium brings baseball into the center of Abacoa, hosting spring training for the Florida Marlins and also the St. Louis Cardinals, as well as the Jupiter Hammerheads and Palm Beach Cardinals minor league baseball teams. The stadium blends nicely into the community, participating in and hosting community events and activities.
• The community commercial centers are located near Abacoa‘s main entrances, providing plaza-style shopping along with larger stores.
• The workplace campus buildings are situated on a tree-lined street with sidewalks on both sides and parking in the back.