The people who keep our community moving and safe – teachers, retail staff, emergency services providers, healthcare workers, and government employees – desire the opportunity to live where they work. The Cottage District creates affordable homeownership opportunities while providing valuable public enhancements that improve residents’ economic, cultural, and aesthetic quality of life.

To make this vision a reality, the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (BBCRA) acquired vacant property to develop affordable workforce housing. The BBCRA envisions the Heart of Boynton District as a model neighborhood with its unique character and history preserved.

Creating this new workforce housing opportunity also helps attract new industries to the community and encourages the growth of existing ones. Ensuring workforce housing options stimulates economic growth within the city, leading to a better quality of life for everyone.

The development of the community also will support the local economy by engaging  Boynton Beach-based contractors who know the locale and have long-standing relationships there. For the Cottage District, Pulte is committed to working with its existing local vendor base, including vendors located within the BBCRA boundaries. By collaborating with vendors from its existing trade base, Pulte is working to ensure that local businesses and residents benefit from this development initiative.

Partners in Redevelopment – PulteGroup and the Boynton Beach CRA

For over 40 years, the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (BBCRA) has made significant investments throughout the City of Boynton Beach. The BBCRA is responsible for improving deteriorated areas through revitalization efforts that are in line with the Community Redevelopment Plan that address the unique needs of targeted areas through a variety of projects, including infill and affordable housing.

The Cottage District, a subdivision within the Heart of Boynton District, was purposely designed to include community assets like a neighborhood park and features to promote walkability and connectivity between the existing neighborhoods.

Understanding the vision and effort the BBCRA has invested in the Cottage District neighborhood is vital to the project’s success, and PulteGroup is pleased to be the BBCRA’s development partner in this endeavor.

“Everyone deserves a safe, stable place to call home. The Cottage District project represents not just bricks and mortar but our commitment to opportunity and a brighter future for all residents of our city. The project has been years in the making – a testament to perseverance, partnership and the belief that every resident deserves a place to call home. It didn’t happen overnight but today we see the results of staying the course and never giving up on our vision. We look forward to celebrating 41 families who will soon call this home!”  

Rebecca Shelton, Mayor of Boynton Beach and Boynton Beach CRA Board Chair

One of America’s largest homebuilding companies, PulteGroup recently was included on the 2024 PEOPLE 100 Companies that Care list. Published by PEOPLE magazine, the list is comprised of the top workplaces in the United States that demonstrate outstanding respect, care, and concern for their employees, communities, and the environment. The company also was named on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the fifth consecutive year.

PulteGroup team members in Palm Beach County live the company’s culture of care by volunteering in a variety of ways, including: 

• Building a new fence and structures for goats at Tomorrow’s Rainbow, Inc., a nonprofit grief counseling center for children.
• Supporting Habitat for Humanity and its mission to help people in the community build or improve a place they call home. Most recently, Aimee Carlson, Director of Land Planning and Entitlement at Pulte, co-chaired the Women’s Build fundraiser event in Palm Beach County, raising more than $500,000. PulteGroup proudly sponsored the event and lent a hand volunteering as builders. 
• Equipping local Boys & Girls Clubs of America with the necessary tools and resources to help kids and teens prepare for success in school, life and the workforce. 
• Working with our nation’s veterans to build homes and communities to improve lives through Built to Honor. This program provides mortgage-free homes to veterans with disabilities due to their military service. 

PulteGroup has partnered with other agencies, including the West Palm Beach Housing Authority, to provide workforce housing. At MerryPlace in West Palm Beach, Pulte built 34 townhomes and two single-family homes. It also partnered with the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Authority for 20 single-family workforce housing homes.