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Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale, Sat. March 10th

Get ready for a great turnout! Be sure to register your home now to be placed on the map that will be will be available on our website at www.broadwaterfl.org

Deadline to register is Wednesday, March 7, 2012.  We will advertise the sale in the Tampa Bay Times and Gulfport Gabber. 

View pictures from last year www.broadwaterfl.org/garage_sale_11.html.

Donate Unsold Yard Sale Items and Help Change Lives

Wondering what to do with items that don't sell during the upcoming Broadwater Community Yard Sale? Donate them to Goodwill on March 10th! A Goodwill truck will be ready to accept your donations behind Marina Village Shopping Center at 4901 34th St. South, 11am - 4pm. They'll even provide a receipt for tax purposes. More information available here.

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

Installation of the new Broadwater signs is almost complete and based on residents emails Broadwater folks are pleased with the appearance.

The remaining items to complete the installation are:

• Put the final coat of glossy white paint on the sign posts.
• Install lighting at each sign location. This will require gaining approvals from the City Parks, Purchasing and Neighborhood Partnership Departments, so this will undoubtedly take some time.
• Install plants at 42nd Ave to replace the installed ground cover that was not acceptable to the home owner at that site. The current plan is to plant Aztec Grass.
• Install new mulch at all three areas.

As you can see from the charts we are doing well in accumulating the hours to reach the 960 volunteer hours necessary to retire the grant within the 2 year period specified in our contract with the City. As a reminder, the following items are excellent ways to generate volunteer hours and improve the appearance and the safety of our neighborhood:

• Landscape Maintenance such as weeding and pruning, including areas such as the traffic control barriers on 42nd Ave S and the recently installed sign plantings.
• Look for and remove trash on streets
• Look for and remove trash in canals
• Sign maintenance
• Hazardous Waste Pickup. If you deliver anything to the County Landfill on 28th St N the total time spent is chargeable as volunteer hours.

Lee Krueger can be seen doing many of these activities on a regular basis as she walks through Broadwater.  She has accumulated a large amount of volunteer hours and we thank her for her time. 

In regard to “landscape maintenance” it is important to note that under our City Partnership Grant Contract it is Broadwater residents that have the responsibility to maintain our common area landscaping.  On September 10th a group of 10 volunteers spent 2 to 3 hours to clear the weeds and trim the plants along 46th Ave. while Phil & Edie Creter cleaned up the entry median on 42nd Ave S.  I encourage ALL residents to be proactive and focus on the landscaped areas and take some time to weed and trim common area planting as needed rather than waiting to be asked.  If many of us help it will take a surprisingly small amount of individual time. On the other hand it will require a major commitment if the maintenance is left to just a few of us.

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

We are pleased to announce...Broadwater Grant approved for $25,000! (click here for details). 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!