“STILL NO ROOM AT THE INN” CAROLING

“STILL NO ROOM AT THE INN” CAROLING through downtown St. Petersburg with
ASAP Homeless Services Drop-in Center,
437 11^th Avenue S. will be held on Friday, December 12
from 7:00-9:00 PM.
From ASAP:

Every December, ASAP residents, workers and supporters carol through the streets of St. Petersburg to remind ourselves that more than 2000 years after the first Christmas there is "Still No Room at the Inn" for our homeless citizens. We carol at homeless shelters, restaurants and private residences. We finish with cookies and hot chocolate in Straub Park. Rides back to cars are provided. It's great support for the shelter and lots of fun to boot.

Caroling will be from 7:00-9:00 P.M. beginning at the ASAP Drop-in Center, 423 11th Avenue South in St. Petersburg. If you have previously caroled with ASAP, you know how enjoyable, profound and moving it is.

FMI: http://www.asaphomeless.org/
(727) 823-5665 or (727) 894-2832.

Art in the Park

November 8th (Sat) 10am-5pm
November 9th (Sun) 10am-4pm
Roser Park Drive & 10th Ave. S
Behind Bayfront Medical Center
• FREE entrance
• FREE parking available in Bayfront Parking Garage with golfcart transportation to the festiva

Entertainment schedule for musical performers at Historic Roser Park Art Festival

Saturday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. — Urban Gypsies

2-4 p.m. — Maxi-Madelyn Wood

Sunday: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. — Incredible Crisis

Sunday: 2-4 p.m. — Acho Brother

More information here.

Times Story and Photo of event

Florida Cup Weekend : Championship Rugby played at Bartlett Park

Rugby - 2008 Florida Cup Championship

Saturday, Nov 1 11:00 a.m.
Sunday, Nov. 2, 10 a.m.
St Petersburg, FL

Florida's 12 best rugby teams will play head-to-head to crown the State champion on Nov. 1 and 2 at Bartlett Park, located at 22nd Avenue South and 4th Street South in St. Petersburg.

Price: Free

Age Suitability: All Ages

Florida's 12 best rugby teams will play head-to-head to crown the State champion on Nov. 1 and 2 at Bartlett Park, located at 22nd Avenue South and 4th Street South in St. Petersburg.

Florida's 12 best rugby teams will play head-to-head to crown the state champion. The tournament kicks off on Saturday, Nov. 1 with games at at 11 a.m., noon and 3 p.m.
Championship games on Sunday at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. All games played at Bartlett Park, located at 22nd Avenue South and 4th Street South in St. Petersburg.
GAME SCHEDULE
Saturday, Nov. 1:

Bowl Semi-Finals 11 a.m.
Field A Boca Raton vs. Brevard
Field B Gainesville vs. Pelicans

Plate Semi-Finals 1 p.m.
Field A UF vs. Miami
Field B Tridents vs. Jacksonville

Cup Semi-Finals 3 p.m.
Field A Daytona vs. Krewe
Field B Naples vs. Ft.Lauderdale

Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008
Bowl Finals 10 a.m.

Plate Finals noon

Cup Finals 2 p.m.

Hosted by the Bay Area Pelicans Rugby Football Club.

Event Website

Midtown Through Our Eyes

October 10, Friday -
Melrose Elementary will host the opening night of Midtown Through Our Eyes, a magazine and photo exhibit of works by Melrose Elementary students at John Hopkins Middle School, 701 6th St. So. from 5:30P-7:30P. Dinner will be served.
Shuttle every 15 minutes to Studio@620, 620 First Ave. So. for the Art Exhibit from 5P-8P
More from the Times.

4^th Street Beauty Supply

1229 4^th Street South

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

September 30, 2008 at 10:30am

Please join Mayor Rick Baker, St. Petersburg City Council and other community leaders September 30,2008 at 10.30 am for the Grand Opening of 4th Street Beauty Supply located at 1229 4th Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Community Garden Open House

September 27, 2008 09:00AM to 02:00PM
Hosted by Andrea Hildebran
On September 27th Green Florida opens the doors on the Bartlett Park Community Garden. The Bartlett Park Community Garden provides gardening space for neighbors, as well as kids programs and water conservation projects. A partner with Green For All, Green Florida works to promote a transition to a green energy economy. Through our programs we explore the ways our communities can create thousands of green jobs in the sectors of Clean Energy, Conservation, and Health Food Systems. Community members are invited to come September 27th to tour our community gardens, join us for some locally-grown food, and learn about our water-focused environmental programs. Learn about the drip irrigation system we're installing and the rainwater catchment programs we are developing for the future. Green Florida is training people in the creation and installation of rain barrels, which are one of the most sustainable ways in Florida to maintain food-providing gardens and healthy landscaping without overtaxing our shrinking water table.
Register for this event.
Invite Friends to this Event
Location: 1443 Highland St S
Directions:
The Bartlett Park Community Garden is located at the corner of Highland St and Newton Avenue South, East of Martin Luther King St S. (Newton Ave. is between 14th and 15th Avenues South)

Volunteers have been busy digging new plots for you to plant your own garden. (click on photo t0 enlarge)

Andrea and Miss Addie have been working Saturdays to be ready for the open house

Fresh beans were harvested from this patch to fix a community dinner

Update Sept 11, 2008


Last Saturday we got a huge amount of work done with a good turnout.

- All garden plots marked and strung.

- Mulch laid out on about half the paths.

- Stumps have been cut into cookies to set into the path.

- Lots of top rail was installed.

- A new trench was dug for the irrigation.

- The lot was mowed and edged.

- the curbs were cleaned up and swept.

It is really looking like a garden!

Here are our plans for Saturday listed by priority:

- Put in pump

- Lay pvc pipes for irrigation

- Planting some seedlings

- Mulching the paths

- Grounding the stumps to use as chairs

Hope to see everyone out there!

Historic Articles on Bartlett Park

To view historic articles on Bartlett Park click this link.

Upcoming Events

This month we are changing the date and location of our monthly meeting. We meet on Monday, September 15th at 6pm at the Bartlett Park Community Resource Center at 642 22nd Avenue South.
After a brief business meeting, a program will be presented to teach members and volunteers about Progress Energy's Neighborhood Energy Saver program. This "Train the Trainer" program will help members assist neighbors by providing information and education about lowering power use and electric bills.

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Next Wed September 17th we invite you to join us at 10 am for a one hour kickoff for the new Energy Savior program. Please come to the Frank Pierce Center to learn about this money saving opportunity for all homes in our boundaries. We expect our mayor and other elected leaders to take part in this informative program and refreshments will be served.

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Every night this week through Saturday pastors continue the SevenX7 outreach. Meet at 25th Ave. South and 5th Street. Here is some information on the recent accomplishments of this movement.

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St. Petersburg CareFest

We thank Northside Baptist Church for once again coming into our neighborhood to make a difference. We will be helping an older resident put up a fence, have wood fence slats replaced, get junk & trash removal and mulch spread. This will help a neighbor and brighten up a block near the garden. If you can participate, please arrive at Dell Holmes Park for registration at 7 am. Call me if have any future questions.

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Please mark your calendar, on Saturday the 27th the Bartlett Park Community Garden will have an open house. Here is a link.

Bartlett Park Neighborhood Resident and Leader at Democratic Convention

In 1984 Pinellas Democrats sent Evelyn Watts (on right of picture with Bob Graham) to represent us and nominate a candidate for President at the national convention.

Photo courtesy of David Schroeder.

Bartlett Park Video