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Neighborhood notebook
By Lorrie Lykins, Times Correspondent
Published February 20, 2008
St. Petersburg Rays stadium, Citizens of month are on CONA agenda The Council of Neighborhood Associations meets today at the Sunshine Center. On the agenda: Michael Kalt, the Tampa Bay Rays' senior vice president of development/business affairs, will discuss the Rays' proposed new waterfront ballpark and Tropicana Field redevelopment. Also, CONA will present Citizen of the Month awards to the founders of the Saturday Morning Market, Gail Eggman and David Ellon. When: 7 p.m. today doors open at 6:30 p.m. Where: Sunshine Center, 330 Fifth St. N Event kicks off club for disabled youths The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast and PARC will celebrate the kickoff of a first-of-its-kind collaborative recreational and afterschool club for children with developmental disabilities. Children who reside at PARC's Cottage, an intermediate care facility for children with developmental disabilities, will be the first served by the unique club, which will feature inclusionary recreation and afterschool care programs. When: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday Where: PARC's Cultural Arts Center Gym, 3100 75th St. N Info: Contact Lisa Blackburn, 341-6933 GRAND CENTRAL Stroll and shop into the sunset on Friday Friday's Grand Central Stroll through the Grand Central Business District, (First Avenue N to First Avenue S from 19th Street to 31st Street N) offers strollers plenty of after-hours relaxation and fun at many of the district's unique shops, restaurants, and nightspots open late with specials and entertainment. When: 5 to 9 p.m. Friday Info: Call 328-7086. PASADENA VISTA Rays rep, financial rep will speak Monday The Pasadena Vista Neighborhood Association will hold its monthly general meeting Monday. Agenda items include a presentation from Melanie Lenz, senior director of development for the Tampa Bay Rays, and another from representatives of LoanWell Financial Corp. When: 7 p.m. Monday Where: St. Petersburg Community Library, Room 101, St. Petersburg College, 6700 Eighth Ave. N Info: For information or transportation to the meeting, contact Don Hutchison at 345-9446 or e-mail dj1hutchison@wmconnect.com COUNTYWIDE Officials to discuss annexation, more State Rep. Janet Long and county Commissioner Robert Stewart are scheduled to speak at next week's meeting of UCAP-USEM. United Community Associations of Pinellas is made up of residents of unincorporated Pinellas communities including Tierra Verde, Pasadena, Lealman and Seminole. Unincorporated Seminole Community Association, which represents the interests of other residents of unincorporated central Pinellas County, will soon merge with the UCAP group. The scheduled speakers will address countywide issues including annexation. Time will be allotted for questions. The meeting is open to the public. When: 7 p.m. Feb. 28 Where: SPC/Seminole Library, 9200 113th St., Seminole Info: Contact Ray Neri at 527-5352 or e-mail rneri1@tampabay.rr.com The St. Petersburg Neighborhood Notebook is compiled by Times correspondent Lorrie Lykins. E-mail news to SPTimeslistings@yahoo.com or mail it to Lorrie Lykins, Neighborhood Notebook, P.O. Box 4954, Seminole, FL 33775. Deadline for inclusion in the Wednesday Neighborhood Times is 5 p.m. the previous Friday.
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