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Strip of beach promenade will open next week
By Times Staff Writer
Published September 1, 2007
CLEARWATER BEACH Clearwater Beach visitors are about to get a better look at the city's $30.4-million BeachWalk initiative. Sometime next week, the city will open about 600 feet of beach-side promenade from the Pier 60 parking lot south to the lifeguard station. Another 1,200-foot strip along the beach stretching from the lifeguard station to the Barefoot Beach House will open the following week. Another section, S. Gulfview Boulevard and the limestone promenade east of it, won't be open yet. The strips are designed to make the beach a more attractive destination. The project will also feature a game table area, decorative showers, greenery and seating areas to watch the sunset. COUNTYWIDE Donate blood at Hollywood Video Hollywood Video is sponsoring a blood drive from 2 to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. A Florida Blood Services bloodmobile will be at the following store sites: -4942 Ridgemoor Blvd., East Lake. Monday only. - 1471 Main St., Dunedin. Monday and Tuesday. - 3665 East Bay Drive, No. 164, Largo. Monday and Tuesday. All donors will receive a rent-one-get-one-free coupon from Hollywood Video, a coupon for a free pint of Blue Bell ice cream, a T-shirt, a wellness checkup and cholesterol screening, an entry for a drawing to win two round-trip tickets anywhere Southwest Airlines flies and more. Healthy people age 16 and older who weigh at least 110 pounds can usually be donors. Identification is required. For more information, call 1-800-682-5663. LARGO Birds will be up for adoption at event Dozens of exotic birds, from parakeets to cockatoos and macaws, will be up for adoption from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at the SPCA Tampa Bay at 9099 130th Ave. N, off Starkey Road just south of Ulmerton Road. The Exotic Bird Adoption Day event is sponsored by the shelter and Safe Haven Avian Placement Services, which provides rescue, education and placement services for homeless companion birds. Prospective adopters should bring completed applications and appropriate size travel carriers. For more information or to fill out an application, visit www.safehavenfl.org or www.spcatampabay.org, or call (727) 586-3591.
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