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Another Tyrone project planned

By PAUL SWIDER
Published April 16, 2006

Porter Development has been discussing with neighbors a plan for 88,000 square feet of retail space and a six-story condominium building. The project would also include a parking garage for the 160 condo units and retail customers.

"Everybody wants to be up here," said Tom Killian, former president of the Jungle Terrace Civic Association, which will vote on embracing the project at its meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at Walter Fuller Recreation Center.

Jungle Terrace, which is near the development, is one of the neighborhood groups whose approval the developer is courting. Though many of those same neighborhoods recently opposed a Sembler Co. project on the property of the Catholic Diocese to the southeast, this project is being more warmly received, the developer said.

"They are treating me very well," said Les Porter of conversations he's having with Jungle Terrace, Crossroads, Garden Manor and Eagle Crest neighborhoods.

"Our project is different," Porter said, adding that he already has the necessary zoning to redevelop underutilized land between 13th and 18th avenues N. "We're in line with the city's vision. We're going to make a positive impact on the surrounding community."

"We're not really adding anything, just reshuffling it, improving it," he said.

Porter said the condominiums will be priced starting in the "high $300,000s." The project still requires approval from the Environmental Development Commission, which will hear a presentation in May.

MEETINGS:

-- The Perkins Neighborhood Association will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Perkins Elementary School, 2205 18th Ave. S.

-- The Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 126 11th Ave. NE

-- Northeast Park Neighborhood Association will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Masonic Home, 3201 1st St. NE. The speaker will be Linda Osmundson, director of CASA Community Action Stops Abuse.

-- The next Lakewood Estates Neighborhood Watch meeting will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the St. Petersburg Country Club, 2000 Country Club Way S. Mike Frederick of St. Petersburg's traffic engineering department will talk about speed bumps and efforts to make bicycles and pedestrians safer.

-- The Edgemoor Neighborhood Association meeting will be at the Mangrove Bay Golf Course Club House, 875 62nd Ave. N, Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The agenda includes bylaws, incorporation and planning for new membership.

-- The Council of Neighborhood Associations will discuss the city's management review of the Police Department and the Green Cities program at its meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Sunshine Center, 330 5th St. N.

-- Euclid Heights will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday to restart its neighborhood association. The meeting will be at the First Alliance Church, 5000 10th St. N.

-- The Highland Oaks Neighborhood Association will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at Sanderlin Family Services, 2335 22nd Ave. S. JoAnn Nesbitt will discuss mapping the community's assets.

-- The Meadowlawn Neighborhood Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Hope Lutheran Church, 1801 62nd Ave. N. The speaker will be Maj. Melanie Bevan of the St. Petersburg Police Department.

-- The Shore Acres Neighborhood Association will be participating in National Youth Service Day Saturday with students from St. Raphael's Church from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. About 40 students and volunteers will be planting trees and plants in two medians at Overlook Drive and Bayshore Boulevard.

-- The Old Pasadena Neighborhood Association will meet at 7 p.m. April 25 at the Pasadena Community Church, 227 70th St. S. The agenda will include planning the year's events and fundraising for streetlight projects.

-- Northeast Park Neighborhood Association is having a picnic from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 29 at Crisp Park on Poplar Street NE between 38th and 34th avenues NE. Cost is $5 per person for lunch including a soft drink or water. Please call 251-4900 to reserve lunch, or bring your own. The St. Petersburg police and fire departments will have displays, information and free smoke alarms.

Readers wishing to submit information for the Neighborhood Notebook can contact Times staff writer Paul Swider at 892-2271 or by e-mail at pswider@sptimes.com Neighborhood association presidents who would like to publish their organization's information directly to the Web on their own itsyourtimes.com blog should also contact Paul Swider at pswider@sptimes.com .

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