Neighborhood mapping help from abroad

We draw a lot of neighborhood boundaries here at Backyard Post HQ. “Only” 211 neighborhoods are active at the moment because we’re limiting our coverage to the city of West Palm Beach during our semi-public testing phase, but there are thousands more on the way. Clearly, we’re always looking for help when it comes to drawing neighborhood maps and sorting out neighborhood names.

Massive props, then, to former Palm Beach Post colleague, honorary Backyard Post senior South American polo and bus travel correspondent, and true son of Palm Beach County Andrew Marra. Despite being 4,500 miles away in Argentina, Andrew recently passed along the details on his very own boyhood neighborhood. (As for what he’s doing 4,500 miles away in Argentina, no one knows.)

So, Gardenia Gardens residents, someday in the not-too-distant future, when we flick the switch and activate your neighborhood’s mini-site, thank Andrew for helping us get it right. (And definitely blame him if we get it wrong.) Without his long-distance contribution, your lovely community would have been known merely as Palm Beach Gardens Plat 6.

If you have information on a neighborhood in Palm Beach, Martin, or St. Lucie counties down here in southeast Florida, we’d love it if you would get in touch and share.