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Residents pay once, park all year at beach
By Times Staff Writer
Published November 13, 2007
CLEARWATER Clearwater residents can buy annual beach parking permits valid at five lots for only $40 a year. Permits can be bought from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Municipal Services Building, 100 S Myrtle Ave., Suite 220. Proof of residency and vehicle registration required. Call (727) 562-4704. CLEARWATER So who should open shop in downtown? The Clearwater Downtown Partnership wants you to tell them. The partnership, which works with a number of local leaders and civic organizations to promote and market the downtown, is asking residents to fill out a short survey online indicating what retailers they'd like to see in downtown Clearwater. The request comes as construction crews begin to wrap up work on the streetscape project on Cleveland Street. The next step will be filling the empty storefronts with new businesses. To take the survey, go to www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=vQ7NK_2fyn82JYk6y_2fXUicUw_3d_3d. DUNEDIN Join the Walking Club for exercise and fun Exercise your legs with walking and your mouth with laughter with the Walking Club at 8:30 a.m. today and Thursday at the Hale Activity Center, 330 Douglas Ave. The group meets Tuesdays and Thursdays to walk the Pinellas Trail. Call (727) 298-3299. COUNTYWIDE Print out checklist for disaster survival items Pinellas County Emergency Management has created a printable disaster survival kit that can make shopping for essential items to have on hand easier. For information on hurricane preparedness, call 464-3800 or go to www.pinellascounty.org/emergency. COUNTYWIDE Arbor Day group offers pocket guide to trees Can you spot the difference between a poplar and pine? What Tree is That?, a 72-page pocket guide to distinguishing trees is available from the National Arbor Day Foundation. For a copy send you name, address and $3 for each book to 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, Neb., 68410 or online at www.arborday.org EAST LAKE Brooker educational center needs help Looking to help out? Friendly, outgoing volunteers are needed at the Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center as exhibit hall docents and summer camp assistants. Call 453-6800.
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by jim
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11/13/07 09:20 PM
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beach parking, just not at the pier, not at the marina, not at south beach, what's left of it, and not at the imaginary replacement away-from-the-sand parking for future people.
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by Bill
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11/13/07 08:41 AM
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I thought Clearwater residents paid once in their property taxes to park. Now they must pay again
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