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The Old Seminole Heights General Membership meeting will be held Tuesday, July 27th at the Seminole Heights United Methodist Church at 7pm. The church is located on the Southeast Corner of Central and Hannah.
This is an eating meeting and Business Appreciation meeting.

From an email:
Please post the following OSHNA notice.
OSHNA elects an entirely new board of directors each year in October. The bylaws call for the elections committee to form in July and begin the work of managing our elections. The president is responsible for nominating the committee chair to the Board for [...]

The OSHNA Board would like to thank the residents of Old Seminole Heights for your combined efforts to keep our alley trash service. The OSHNA Board and residents working “hand in hand” have persuaded the city to maintain the present level of service for now.
This morning, OSHNA’s Land Use Committee Chair, Kacy [...]

From an email:
Blogger, over the past few days many neighbors have been discussing the pro’s and con’s of a local historic district. We have all heard the negative scare tactics that many have tried to use to gain momentum of blocking the LHD. Very little has been discussed to highlight some of the benefits [...]

Don’t forget. According to the Old Seminole Heights website the Home Tour is coming up this weekend.
Home Tour tickets are available at a discount if you buy them in advance. $10 before the day of the tour and $15 the day of. If you buy your tickets in advance, they will be [...]

The CVS posting yesterday got me thinking. Many of the comments felt as if Seminole Heights has not progressed, or in best case is moving way too slow. For those of us who have seen decades of change, we know that the neighborhood has changed. For the old timers, let’s reflect and share the many [...]

This morning, I was working on today’s post and had just finished posting about Sherry’s Yesterdaze selling discount tickets to the Renaissance Festival. Before logging out I checked the comment box one last time for the constant, dreaded spam message. Instead, there was a comment from a neighbor that hit hard. The message simply read:

“Reading [...]

After reading Kathy Steele’s article in the Tampa Tribune, it got me thinking about “the long range plan” of our neighborhood. Our neighborhood has fought very had over the past few decades to erase and correct many, many mistakes made over the decades of decay. (Otherwise know as the ‘80s). We have seen now hard [...]

CVS comes back before City Council at 10:30am to resolve the motion to deny. Neighbors wishing to show support for CVS should show up at Council at this time. While it is too late to speak, you may still email council to show your support and let your feelings be heard. With enough mail, [...]

The OSHNA Board has scheduled a Special Board Meeting on Monday, February 1, 2010, starting at 6:30pm, at the Seminole Heights Branch Library, 4711 Central Avenue.

The purpose of the meeting is for Board members, as well as residents of Old Seminole Heights, to have an opportunity to voice opinions regarding the proposed CVS Pharmacy [...]