The Lights are on at our Resource Center!

Resource Center lighting issue resolved


Looks like we will soon be getting new lights installed at both entrances of the Resource Center along with brighter street lights! This will certainly make the facility much safer in the evening hours when the Bartlett Park & Old Southeast Neighborhood's use the facility for their Crimewatch meetings.

Special thanks go to CONA President Barbara Heck and Neighborhood Partnership Director Susan Ajoc. We also want to thank David Reed and Cliff Footlick who took the time to evaluate the resource center and agreed to submit requests for the work needed to improve our lighting.

The need for lighting came to our attention in early November when we noticed the two street lights behind the center were both out and it was very dark. Florida Progress was called but the other lighting was found to be inadequate. The parking lot we use in the park across the street from our center is well lit when football is played but completely dark at other times.


Street lights out?

From CONA Newsletter– check your overhead street lights now.

There are 30,000 overhead street lights in St. Petersburg. Some may be burned out. Some may incorrectly stay on 24hrs. The City of St. Petersburg pays for these lights whether they function or not. CONA is requesting each Neighborhood Association patrol their streets and report outages immediately to PROGRESS ENERGY. Let’s help bring down unnecessary costs for all of us.

Here is how you report the non-working street light:
Phone Progress Energy at 1-800-228-8485
Give street address of light’s location (do NOT give pole number)
Write down date and time you placed call for your records (and ours)
Progress Energy has 3-5 business days to fix light (wiring above ground)
Wiring underground problem in cable – Progress Energy has 30 business days to fix light.



Lighted streets are safer.