C.O.N.A. of South Pinellas County

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Apr 27, 2000

CONA NEWSLETTER
DECEMBER 1999
The 2000 Executive Board Members Congregation to All Elected President - Jim Biggerstaff First Vice President - Brent Fisher Second Vice President - Theresa McEachern Secretary - Conrad Weiser Treasurer - Susan Stanton City Boards & Committees Vacancies CONA and The City Needs Your Help Filling These Vacancies! Committee to Advocate for Persons w/Impairments (CAPI) 1 Regular Member; 2 Alternate Members - (Terms expire 12/31/01) City Beautiful Commission 5 Regular Members - (1 Term expires 12/31/01; 4 Terms expire 12/31/00) Civil Service Board 3 Alternate Members - (Terms expire 6/30/01 and 6/30/02(2)) Environmental Development Commission 1 Regular Member Builder/Developer Category - (Term expires 6/30/02) Housing Roundtable1 Regular Member Homebuilder/Developer Category - (Term expires 12/31/02) Human Relations Review Board 1 Regular Member (Disabled Category) - (Term expires 9/30/99) International Relations Committee 1 Regular Member - (Term expires 6/30/02) Nuisance Abatement Board 1 Alternate Member - (Term expires 8/31/99) Planning/Historic Preservation Commission (Engineer category) 1 Alternate Member and 1 Regular Member (Terms expire 6/30/02) FIRST NIGHT NEW YEAR'S At First Night, celebrants will have admission to 28 down- town venues where they may enjoy hundreds of visual and performing artists. This is an Alcohol-free event for child- ren and adults alike. FIRST NIGHT BUTTONS: If you plan on ringing in the New Year at First Night St. Petersburg, buttons are on sale now at these city locations: City Gear (Central Ave. & Third St.), City Hall in the Mall (Tyrone Square Mall), Bayfront Center Box Office and The Pier (Information Booth). Buttons are also available at Publix (Northeast Shopping Center), and four Republic Bank Locations (Tyrone/22nd Ave.; Pinellas Point/54th Ave. S.; Largo/Largo Mall and Clearwater/Northwood Plaza). Buttons cost $8 for adults, and $5 for children ages five to 12. Kids under five celebrate free! Buttons will also be available at six locations throughout downtown St. Peters- burg during the event on December 31. Contact: 823-8906. Sunken Gardens Holiday Open House Saturday & Sunday December 18th & 19th 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. HOLIDAY FANTASY Now to Dec. 31- The Pier, 800 2nd Ave. NE. Month- long tradition of decorated trees, carolers, holiday enter- tainment, talking Christmas tree & Santa. Times vary. Please Call: 821-6164 JOHN F. KENNEDY THE EXHIBITION Now Open! Florida International Museum, 100 2nd St. N. 1-877-JFK-SHOW (535-7469) or 1-800-777-9882 Presidents Report Dear Neighbors, CONA has taken on many worth wild challenges this year and everyone should be proud of the things that were accomplished. We all look back over this year and hope that we have made a difference in our neighborhoods. At the November meeting we accepted nominations for our 2000 Executive Board. All previous board members were nominated for the same position except for 1st Vice President and Brent Fisher was nominated to fill that position. Because there was only one person nominated for each position, all nominations were elected by acclamation. Brent served on the Membership Committee and the 2000 Leadership committee this past year. As President I would like to welcome Brent to the Executive Board. Be sure to attend the December Board Meeting. At this meeting every neighborhood is encouraged to give a report on what their neighborhood has accomplished in 1999. It is always interesting to see how much our great neighborhoods have done. On Dec 18th and 19th the city is going to have a Holiday Open House at Sunken Gardens. This event is a sneak preview to show what has been done since the city has taken over ownership. The event is free to the public, so we hope that everyone will attend. Remember the neighborhoods played a big part in preserving the gardens. Don't forget that on January 1st ?“Y2K?” is supposed to hit. Just in case, it might be a good idea to fill your gas tank in your car, get a little extra food, and a little extra water. We all got prepared the last time there was a hurricane warning and it never happened. I hope that will be the story for ?“Y2K?”, it doesn't hurt to be prepared. Hopefully we all will wake up on the 1st to another beautiful day in our city. It's been a great year to be your President. Everyone have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. Your neighbor, Jim Biggerstaff GET DOWN TOWN MUSIC SERIES January 7 from 5 to 9 p.m. Street party on Central Ave., from 2nd to 3rd Street. Free live music, on first Friday each month, January to May. Local bands to be announced. For more information please call: 895-0051 Dome District Block Party Dec. 17 from 5 to 9 p.m. Dome District Block Party is held on the third Friday night each month. Central Ave. from 11th to 14th Streets. Local bands to be announced. For more information please call: 822-4562