AROUND TOWN
1. Safe Streets Summit. The fifth Annual Safe Streets Summit, Feb. 1 and 2 at City Hall and the Hilton West Palm Beach respectively, brings together national speakers, public officials, technical staff and community partners to elevate efforts to implement safe and fair facilities for all modes of transportation.
The conference will highlight the tools and elements that can help our residents love where they live, work, and play, while emphasizing how to make this vision a reality.
For information, visit: http://www.safestreetssummit.org.
2. Photo contest. Grassy Waters Nature Center kicks off its 15th annual photo contest, 6:30 p.m., Monday. The Nature Center is on the south side of Northlake Blvd about a mile west of the Beeline Highway.
This free event will feature our contest judge John J. Lopinot’s presentation “What Makes A Great Photograph.”
For more information on the contest and event, visit www. grassywaters.org.
3. February events. Free events are coming up this February in West Palm Beach. Highlights include:
■ Firefighter Chili Cook off at Clematis by Night, Feb. 1.
■ Screen on the Green, Feb. 9, will feature a make-and-take Despicable Me craft for kids, followed by a screening of “Despicable Me 3.”
■ GreenMarket’s Strawberry Festival, Feb. 10, features freshly made strawberry shortcakes by Chef Carlino of Cider Doughnuts, with proceeds benefiting Hospice of Palm Beach County.
■ Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute, Feb. 18, on the waterfront.