Coconut Creek is a city in Broward County, Florida, nestled between Miami and Palm Beach. It is part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metropolitan area. The city seceded from Pompano Beach in the 1960s.
Coconut Creek, known as the “Butterfly Capital of the World”, is a well-planned city with a unique environmental consciousness. Spotlighted as one of the “Best Cities to Live in America” by Money Magazine, and a “Top Ten Place to Live in Florida” by Movoto and NerdWallet, Coconut Creek is home to 61,000 residents and supports a diverse, growing business community.
The City’s MainStreet Project is home to the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek and the Coconut Creek Promenade. It’s a 23-acre, open-air, upscale shopping and restaurant center that has received the “Award of Excellence” for its design standards by the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association (FAPA). The city’s MainStreet area will soon be bustling with over 250 acres of LEED-certified businesses, upscale housing, and beautifully landscaped parks and greenways.
Coconut Creek is proactive in its efforts to educate the community on flood risk and, being part of Broward County, the city benefits from county efforts, such as the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, which outlines an ongoing collaborative effort among the Compact Counties to foster sustainability and climate resilience at a regional scale. Broward County is tackling the issue of sea level rise head-on, with action plans and many resources for residents within its cities and towns.
