Saint Petersburg, Florida

City of St. Petersburg Mandatory Watering Restrictions

Our community is experiencing an extended period of drought due to lack of significant rainfall.

This trend has limited surface water supplies for processing drinking water.

The Southwest Florida Water Management District, the regulator of our water supplies, has recently issued Water Shortage Emergency Order #2012-005 for Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas counties for modified Phase 2 restrictions. St. Petersburg is required to strictly enforce these restrictions.

To view restrictions go to City of St. Petersburg - Water Restrictions

Additional information can be found on the websites www.stpete.org/water or www.watermatters.org

13th Annual Family Picnic Sunday April 29th

In an effort to spread our events out a bit, we have decided to move our Annual Family Picnic to Sunday April 29th at Ft. DeSoto from Noon to 4 PM. This is the longest running event for Broadwater and it has grown in success every year!

• The Broadwater Civic Association will provide the burgers, hot dogs, Johnsonville brats, buns, condiments, beverages and place settings.
• TASCO will provide music, games as well as inflatables and activities for the kids
• Door prizes provided by our area merchants and 50/50 raffle
• We ask that you bring an appetizer, salad, side dish or dessert to share with your neighbors.

You may be aware that it now costs $5.00 per vehicle to enter Ft. DeSoto.
We encourage neighbors to carpool, but if you have to pay the $5.00 it will be well worth it!  

The deadline to RSVP was April 25th. Please call 864-4188 if you wish to attend or modify your reservation.

To view photos from 2011 Family Picnic Slideshow go to (2011 Picnic).

In Memory of Jane Mauger

Former Broadwater resident and Block Captain Jane Mauger passed away on February 14, 2012 at 94 years old in Columbus Ohio.

Jane (who lived on 43rd St. S) was a great neighbor and always volunteered/participated in Broadwater activities. She is survived by her spouse Robert.

If you wish to send a card please mail it to:

Dr. Robert Mauger
1800 Riverside Drive, Apt. 3301
Columbus, Ohio 43212

Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale, Sat. March 10th

It was a great day for the Annual Broadwater Garagle Sale!

The throngs of shoppers created traffic jams on the streets, but Neighborhood Watch Volunteers Mike Roesner and Glenn Brown helped to keep cars moving. Next year we will post signs along 46th Ave. S. to limit parking to the south side of the road only.

Thank you to everyone who donated books (over 1500) to the Boca Ciega High School Literacy Program and all who donated their leftover items to Goodwill.

Go to to www.broadwaterfl.com/garage_sale_12.php to view photos from this event.

Broadwater Neighborhood Watch Welcomes 12 New Patrollers

On January 12, 2012, a training class for new patrol members of the Broadwater Neighborhood Watch Program ... read more at  www.broadwaterfl.org/neighbor_watch.html

 

 

Broadwater Helping Hands

Broadwater Helping Hands is a volunteer program to assist our neighbors who are aging and/or have disabilities, are on a limited income and need a helping hand. Volunteers from the community may be able to assist with locating helpful community resources, sending out a call to other neighbors to locate needed items or services, helping around the house or yard, running an errand or doing light maintenance or repairs. 

If you would like to be a Helping Hands volunteer please contact Kristen Mory at kristenmory@yahoo.com or 727-688-9597.  Your time will help make Broadwater an even better and qualify for fulfillment of our neighborhood grant volunteer hours match. 

Learn more and sign up at the March 8th General Meeting.

9th Annual Broadwater Holiday Party & Annual Meeting

Submitted by Evelyn Hill

Wow, what a fantastic party night December 9th was at the Armory. The room was dazzling with Christmas lights, beautiful balls and helium balloons. Gorgeous Poinsettias from Savannas Nursery and clever decorations finished off the room. As the more than 200 guests entered with their scrumptious appetizers, side dishes and desserts to be shared with the Honey Baked Ham and Turkey the party began.  Everyone enjoyed the music provided by "The Impacs and they really had the joint jumping.  We wish to thank Greg Dent who supplied the 360 Vodka, Sean Nyitray for providing the beer, and Frank Vander Horst, of Marine America, who donated a day with a Tiny Tug boat (won by Kirk Price) to help raise money for our National Guard Families. 

I want to thank the great folks who helped put everything together:  Linda & Dana Farden, Dana & Tom Ando, Rhonda Fuller, Maria Roesner, Julie Reardon, Patricia Kent, Lee & Paul Krueger, Roger Sheahen, Jim Krellwitz, John Klement, Vicki Linkovich, Debbie Zito, Jamie & Frank Vander Horst, Mike & Junia Milvain, Cheryl Cook, Kris & Bruce Holtman, Mary Lisan, Daisy Melkey, Rick Janka, Tim Stevenson, Stacey Duchnowski, Ray & Gia Ockuly, Tim Parham, Anthony Morris and the man who always has my back Jim Hill.  Broadwater is so blessed to have such a giving group of volunteers!  Every year the celebration gets better and better and I hope the 10th Annual Party will be even better!

While we were having fun we also raised money for the families of our National Guard Troops.  The boat raffle, the 50/50 raffle (won by Frank Vander Horst and donated back to the troops) and the great generosity that Broadwater always shows was matched dollar for dollar by the Broadwater Civic Association for a total of over $1500.00.  The money goes to make sure the children of our troops have a very special Christmas.  

To see pictures from this year's Holiday Party, please click here.

Broadwater Neighborhood Grant Update and % Hours

Broadwater is making great progress toward retiring the City of St. Petersburg, Neighborhood Partnership Grant that was authorized by the City Council in the fall of 2010. As you can see from the accompanying data we have accumulated 590 of the 960 hours we need to retire the grant. We are over 60% of the way home.

To read more about the grant update and retiring the Neighborhood Partnership Grant...click here.

For complete details, including online hour submittal, go to www.broadwaterfl.org or contact Mike Milvain at 727-866-9803 or mmilvain@gmail.com.

To learn more on how you can help generate the 940 volunteer hours over the next 2 years, and help towards our goal of retiring the grant...read more on grants and volunteering.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!