Next Party is Friday Sept. 5, 2008 hosted by Jon & Gail at 505 E. Park Ave. 

Click here to see the porch party schedule

If you are interested in hosting a porch party Please sign up via email to Monika Schuler at remy@ij.net,  or at the next civic association meeting.

All residents of Tampa Heights are welcome to this unique on-going tradition of Tampa Heights.  Children are residents too and are most certainly welcome but please keep an eye on them at guests homes.

The host provides paper goods, sodas, ice, a covered dish and of course the porch. Guests bring a covered dish (with any serving utensils) and own alcoholic beverages.

Brenda Christian
Rochelle Gross
Russ Versaggi
Jeff Warren
Barry Shalinsky
John Tennison
Lena Young Green
 

Click here to download the Going Green presentation.  (.pdf file)

At the last meeting, many residents said they had difficulties receiving blue recycling boxes.  Matt drove down to the Solid Waste Dept. (located on Spruce St., just East of Lois Ave. about a block west of Home Depot) and picked up 8 blue boxes, if you would like one, just email him.  Or you can Call the Solid Waste Dept at (813) 348-1111 ext 2. 

Officer Brian Bishop contact info:
             Cell:     310-0552
             Email:  brian.bishop@ci.tampa.fl.us
 
Officer Sutton contact info:
              Cell:     610-5209
              Email:Clethen.Sutton@ci.tampa.fl.us

Police Department Non-Emergency Phone Number:  813-231-6130

And don't forget in an emergency or if you see a crime in progress call 911

Here are some information given to us from the police department, which they also brought to our monthly meeting

Crime Reduction Plan for 2008
Cover, Page 1, Page 2

Directory Sector E, Directory Sector F which has telephone contacts

Calendar Schedule for July to December 2008

The design of the flag is to the left. These flags will be quite large. Look for these flags hanging proudly on homes around Tampa Heights.

Click Image to Enlarge.

Location: Stetson Law School 1700 N. Tampa St.

Topics: Hillsborough County Extension out this month to talk about Composting at our August General meeting. They will be addressing this topic and will have a demonstration as well. Should be a fun evening for all.

See you at the meeting, and bring a neighbor!

Attention all.  The Executive Board Meetings will be held at the YMCA Executive Offices on Oak Ave. between Florida Ave and Franklin in their board room on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. 

Also, the General Meeting are being held at Stetson Law School until Jan 2008. 

The Stewardship Committee needs our help to get info for a presentation to Mayor Iorio at the Oct 2008 Town Hall meeting. 

There are two meeting on July 10 or July 15 at 6:00pm at Hillsborough County Barr Foundation Building 1610 North Tampa St. 

Click here for a pdf file with all the information needed and contact information if there are any question

There is a new project to gather old photos from Tampa Heights neighborhood.  There is a place on the website for old photos, but don't really have any photos to post.

We would like to borrow the photo just to scan into the computer. 

If you have photos you would like to share contact Jim Hartnett by JimHartnett@tampaheights.org or call him at (813) 416-7488
 

Do you want to meet your neighbors with kids?  Join our neighborhood playgroup.  Headed by Renee King mnrexplore@aol.com Check out the blog at Tampa Heights Playgroup

Are you looking to move to or buy a house in Tampa Heights?  Well here is a link that will show you all the homes for sale in our neighborhood.  The link will be updated once a week on Wednesdays. It has been provided for your convenience by Brenda Christian, Florida Executive Realty

Just Click Here

For homes that have sold click here
 

GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.

Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Tampa Heights Civic Association as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!

For the most updated news about the riverwalk project that will connect Channelside to Tampa Heights, click on this website: 

http://www.tampagov.net/dept_riverwalk/

The City of Tampa’s Neighborhood and Community Relations Office is available to help you navigate your way through city government.  With over 34 departments and nearly 5,000 employees, the task of determining which department to call first is sometimes overwhelming for residents. Our office is available to help connect you to the appropriate city department; provide contact information; or input your question, concern or suggestion directly into Tampa’s on-line Customer Service Center.  We can be reached at (813) 274-7835, and I encourage you to call.  Please be sure to also visit our website www.tampagov.net/neighborhoods to learn more about your neighborhood.

The Heights is a proposed development to be built along the Hillsborough River in Tampa Heights. 

For future developments check out there website at
http://www.TheHeightsTampa.com

Here is a link to their newsletter webpage.  Their newsletters contains the development schedule about when construction begins!