The City has chosen the owner of Columbia Restaurant to develop the Waterworks Building into Ciao's which will be a seafood restaurant, chophouse and oyster bar with an outdoor cafe overlooking the river. The proposal calls for $2 million to be pumped into the waterworks building. For more information, click here.
Historic
Home Tours
Tampa Heights Home Tour Stay tuned for more details for 2012.
Safety & Law Enforcement
Our local community officers
are: Officer Lippold (A cycle) contact info:
Cell: 309-0965
Officers Ward and Gonzales (B cycle) contact info:
Cell: 310-0552 and 309-0981
Neighborhood Affairs Liaison: Rebecca Jones:
Cell: 242-3867
Our Crime Prevention Team Officer Duran:
Cell: 813-310-8529
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.
How to
Contact City Government
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.
Tampa Heights Banner
Get
your beautiful Tampa Heights banner!!!! They have been hanging proudly
through out the neighborhood. They will be sold at each Civic Association
Meeting. The price is $20 cash or check (checks made out to Tampa Heights
Civic Association).
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)
*** Recent THCA NEWS***
The community continues to rehab the old Baptist Church into our Youth
Development and Community Center! Every Saturday- hard at work!
Kentucky Derby Themed Porch Party on May 4th at 7:00pm
Steve Mica and Tom McPeek at 300 E. Park Ave. are holding their annual Kentucky Derby themed Porch Party on May 4th at 7:00 p.m.
Yoga in the Garden will be taking place at 9:30 am on Sunday, Feb 5th - bring your a mat, towel, blanket and some water. Yoga is to be followed by a community work day.
The community garden (located at 605 E. Frances Ave) is up and running with 25 individual plots and 2 communal plots.
New plots will be available for the spring planting so reserve yours as soon as possible because there are a limited number.
Lee's Grocery is now serving pizza and has a wide selection of craft beers so stop by at the corner of Central Ave. & E. Frances between 11:30 am and 9:00 pm which are their normal hours.
300 East just opened and they sells decor with their shop located at the corner of Columbus and Morgan.
Upcoming Tampa Heights Civic Association Meetings
April 26 - General Meeting
May 8 - Board Meeting May 26 - General Meeting
June 12 - Board Meeting June 28 - General Meeting
General Meetings in Jan - Oct are held on the 4th Thursday of the month. In Nov & Dec the general meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month. The Board Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of the month.
Location:Old Trolley Barn at " The Heights", 1910 N. Ola Ave. Meetings start at 7:00 p.m.
See you all at the
meeting, and please bring a neighbor!
Community Center Coming Soon
The renovation of the Tampa Heights Community Center is currently underway. Every Saturday morning, community volunteers have been chipping away from 9am - 12pm- please join if you have a chance. The Community Center will be a focus for the neighborhood - a place for gatherings, meetings, classes, or anything else we can imagine. Lumber and monetary donations are currently being accepted - go to http://www.thjca.org for more information.
Waterworks Park
The Waterworks Park has been closed for quite some time now, but with money recently allocated for improvements - changes are a coming. Over the next 6-9 months look for some of the following: expansion of the Riverwalk, lighting, permanent fencing, and the enhancement of the spring.
Riverwalk
Plans
For the most updated news about the Riverwalk project that
will connect Channelside to Tampa Heights, click on this website:
What would you like to talk about at
our next Civic Association meeting? Contact our President, Ray Campbel,
with any topics you are interested in talking about. RayCampbel@TampaHeights.org
The community garden (located at 605 E. Frances Ave) is up and running with 25 individual plots and 2 communal plots. 
