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Local vendors, showcase your food, plants

By TIMES WIRES
Published December 14, 2006

The city of Largo is looking for vendors for the Harvest Marketplace, showcasing local food, produce, and plant vendors. The Harvest Marketplace is a weekly outdoor community event in Ulmer Park, at 301 West Bay Drive. Handmade craft vendors are also being accepted. The Harvest Marketplace is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday through April 26. For information or a vendor application, call 587-6740, ext 5014.

Seminar for small business owners

Small business owners can learn how to manage their business accounting procedures, understand proper-record keeping and procedures to satisfy federal and state requirement for taxes and payroll at a free seminar hosted by John Bryan from noon to 2 p.m. today at the Pinellas County Business Development Center, 13805 58th St. Advance registration is requested. Call 453-7200.

Caregivers offered coffee break

The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast's Caregiver Coffee Break offers caregivers an opportunity to share information and encouragement with others who help care for family members or friends. Caregiver coffee breaks are scheduled from 10 to 11:30 a.m. today at the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast's community service center, 2675 Tampa Road, Palm Harbor, and from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Garden House, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd., Clearwater. Registration is not required. Call Barb Jiracek at 523-3451.

Station Square building begins

Construction for Station Square in downtown Clearwater kicks off today, 10 months after developers expected to begin digging. Still, the project is good news for a downtown that city leaders are hoping to revitalize, and the wait gave the developer more time to lure new residents. The project - a 15-story tower featuring 126 upscale condominiums and penthouses, retail shops, restaurants and parking - is at 628 Cleveland St. Construction crews were expected to begin work on the $50-million project in February, but materials and labor costs continued to rise, so the developer wanted to "renegotiate some of the financing and get more sales," said Kim Buzzell, sales and marketing director. "At the time we only had 60 sales, now we're just shy of 80," he said. Buzzell said the tower will have a "good mix of clientele as well as local residents," with many of the buyers coming from England, Ireland and South America. The condos sell from $350,000 to $700,000 and the penthouses cost $900,000 to $1.4-million. The project is expected to be finished in the next 18 to 22 months.

Chef to prepare holiday cookies

As part of Clearwater Library's Menus at Main Series, Chef Bil Mitchell of Publix Apron's Cooking School will prepare holiday cookies from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Clearwater Main Library, 100 N Osceola Ave. Call (727) 562-4970, ext. 5284.

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