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  • 11 Jan 2013 4:35 PM | Andrew (Administrator)
    Recently there have been reports of unwanted solicitors in the college park area. Please consider the following:

    • Report suspicious activities. You, the resident, know what activity is normal for your area. Call 911 when someone is acting suspicious. 
    • Do not challenge solicitors. Call 911, provide a description and direction of travel.
    • Be alert to your surroundings and get to know your neighbors. 
    • Remember to lock all doors and windows. Set your alarms.
    • While away from your home for vacation or other reasons forward your telephone to a family member, have a neighbor collect your mail, put the garbage curbside and retrieve any newspapers/solicitations from your property, keep lights on while away so the home looks lived in.
    • Make sure you have serial numbers recorded for the property that you own. 
    • Become an active neighborhood watch member.


    If you have any questions about this bulletin,
    please feel free to contact the
    community relations unit at 407-246-2461.

    If you have any information about a felony crime
    but want to remain anonymous,
    call crimeline at 1-800-423-tips.
    Rewards are offered.
  • 07 Jan 2013 1:49 PM | Andrew (Administrator)

    Registration is now open for the Neighborhood and Community Summit.. Below is the online registration for the Summit.


    Neighborhood and Community Summit Online Registration


    2013 Summit Registration.pdf

  • 07 Jan 2013 1:45 PM | Andrew (Administrator)

    Just a reminder that the deadline for the Neighborhood Champion Award nominations is fast approaching [February 1st is deadline]. Please take a minute and nominate a deserving individual in your community for the prestigious award presented by Mayor Dyer at the Neighborhood and Community Summit on February 23.


    Neighborhood Champion Award Nomination Form

  • 06 Jan 2013 10:19 AM | Andrew (Administrator)

         As the President of CPNA for the year 2013, I want to invite each resident to our meetings and to become members of the strong voice in the community.

        I joined CPNA four years ago because I wanted to become more involved in the process of our city and small shire in Orlando. I wanted to get to know my neighbors and their families. Many of these families are first generation Orlando residents with such a rich historic base.  Our oral History Nights at Infusion Tea on the fourth Monday of each month allows this history to be shared. These people still are a strong voice in the community and leave us to nurture such a prosperous legacy.  Many of our neighbors have returned from college to live in the community they love and remember. Some of us are transplants that, once planted, will not leave and feel as strong an attachment as the oldest native.                                                   

         With the many types of families and opinions, Political and otherwise, that course and flow through our community of College Park, one can express their opinion and concern about policies and procedures that may impact our neighborhood. Our Commissioner, Robert Stuart, attends regularly and can explain and help with any question that is important to you. He carries the voice of the whole community instead of a single voice, to any one voice in our community decisions. YOUR College Park Neighborhood Association allows YOU to voice and listen to each other about the simplest as well as the most important community opinions. And you will have a visible outcome!


         So many exciting events can also be included in our sense of community. These bring our families together for wholesome fun. We host an annual Easter Egg Hunt the Saturday before Easter in Albert Park. We adorn ourselves in hats and walking shoes and bikes for our Homes Tour in May.  Proceeds from this venue help fund our local schools.  We meet our friends that have been misplaced due to busy lives. We carry on conversations that are years old in our local parks, pubs and restaurants and at Publix! You know you have been “stuck” there, finishing a conversation with a friend, colleague or in law! Your annual dues of 15.00 fund a mired of exciting venues  A “Movie in the Park” brings us outside with the smell of popcorn, pizza and the squeal of kids snuggled down to watch a movie.  Sunday in the Park in March brings in spring with gusto. Here, small business show and sell their wares and our kids entertain us with their amazing musical talent.  We also collect canned foods for our local schools.


     We have to mention the other events that are hosted with our sister organization the College Park Partnership.  They bring us together with Dancing on the Drive and Jazz Fest. Holiday on the Drive also ushers Christmas in for our young people and business sector. There is so much going on in the wonderfully quaint and authentic College Park.

       Quite simply, I love College Park.  You do too. Come to one of the meetings and experience the people who have their lives vested in the absolute future of College Park residents.  Friend us on Face Book; find us at www.collegeparkorlando.org.

    See you around town.


    Allie Loveland, President College Park Neighborhood Association, Inc.

  • 07 Dec 2012 4:20 PM | Andrew (Administrator)

    Metro Orlando has ranked as the nation’s deadliest region for pedestrians for more than a decade. Every day, two pedestrians are injured, and one is killed every week. The members of the Best Foot Forward for Pedestrian Safety Coalition, including the City of Orlando, Orange County and other municipalities and organizations, are trying to cut that number in half over the next five years by spreading the word that state law requires drivers to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, and by educating pedestrians on how to make crosswalks work for them.


    Please check out the following two documents for further information.


    Pedestrian Safety Facts
  • 26 Nov 2012 10:58 AM | Andrew (Administrator)

    Planning for the future of Downtown South is underway! The Downtown South Neighborhood Improvement District (NID) Advisory Council has scheduled two public Workshops--November 27 and December 18--to hear from you regarding potential services and improvements within the NID. 

    You can also participate in the planning process by completing an on-line survey at www.DowntownSouthNID.com.  We look forward to hearing from you.  

     

    Dates: Workshop #2 - November 27, 2012
                Workshop #2 - December 18, 2012   

    Time: 5:30 PM

    Place: Orlando City Hall
               9th Floor - Overlook Room
               400 S. Orange Avenue
               Orlando, FL  32802

    Contact: Kevin Tyjeski, 407-246-3387 or Kevin.Tyjeski@cityoforlando.net

    Web: www.cityoforlando.net/planning/cityplanning/Downtown%20South%20NID.htm

    On-line Survey: www.DowntownSouthNID.com
     


    Planning for the future of Downtown South is underway!  The Downtown South Neighborhood Improvement District (NID) Advisory Council has retained a local planning consultant, VHB MillerSellen, to prepare a Neighborhood Plan for the District.  The Neighborhood Plan will identify and prioritize services and improvements that could potentially be funded by assessments on property within the district.  The NID may not assess property within the district unless approved by referendum. The Downtown South NID Advisory Council has scheduled three workshops to receive public input concerning the draft Neighborhood Plan.  Workshop #1 was held on October 29, 2012. Workshops #2 and 3 will be held as follows:
     

    • Workshop #2 (November 27, 2012). To receive public input concerning an initial list of services or improvements that could potentially be funded through the assessments.
    • Workshop #3 (December 18, 2012).  To receive public input concerning the final list of services or improvement that will be recommended in the Neighborhood Plan.

    You are invited  to attend and participate in these meetings.  We also invite you to complete an on-line survey regarding potential services or improvements in the NID at www.DowntownSouthNID.com.

    PARKING: Please park in the City Hall Parking Garage on Boone Avenue.  Show this notice to the parking attendant. Take pedestrian bridge on third floor of parking garage to building entrance on second floor of City Hall.  Take elevators to Overlook Room on 9th floor.  Meeting staff will validate parking.  Attendees arriving after 6:00 PM may need to use the main entrance on the first floor of City Hall.

  • 15 Nov 2012 5:39 PM | Andrew (Administrator)
    Petition to update the City of Orlando landscape Code.
  • 22 May 2012 1:12 PM | Cleave Frink (Administrator)
    A local foreign exchange student program is in need of help in finding hosts for incoming fall students for the upcoming summer session.  Because of some last minute cancellations, Education First  is looking to accommodate several students for a three week summer session beginning July 11th - July 30th.  Education First provides 24/7 staff support to host families and coordinate weekly activities for students.  Host families are asked to provide a bed, meals and a warm, loving environment. Host family students can receive up to 45 hours of community service and families can also earn great discounts on other EF travel products. Exchange students are fully insured and have their own spending money.  Students are also able to travel with host families.  

    This summer group will be coming from France but EF is also looking for host families for High School aged children arriving from Europe and Asia for the 2012-2013 school year.  

    If you are someone you know are interested, please contact Laura Barry at 808 551 5613 or llbarry01@msn.com

    Educational Homestay Programs and Education First Foundation for Foreign Study are both divisions of Education First, a non profit based in Cambridge, MA. 
  • 19 Mar 2012 5:00 PM | Adrian La Sala (Administrator)
    By Michelle Brennan 

    As Mayor Dyer mentioned at City Council on Monday, the implosion of the Amway Arena is scheduled for Sunday, March 25 at approximately 7:30 a.m.
     
    In partnership with the Creative Village Development team, the City has developed some information about what residents may hear, see and experience on the morning of the scheduled implosion. Please click here to read the overview that should answer any questions you or your neighbors might have about the planned activities for the morning of Sunday, March 25 and the weeks and months that follow.  I encourage you to share this information with your neighbors. 

    I wanted to share some additional details as what to expect and some suggestions for preparing your home, click here for these details. I’m also asking you to share this information with your neighbors.

    Channel 13 has agreed to broadcast the implosion live. We are encouraging residents to watch the implosion on TV.  We have also established a dedicated phone line 407.246.3730 for anyone with questions about the project or implosion.

  • 02 Feb 2012 2:17 PM | Andrew (Administrator)

    To the readers of the College Park News Letter there is misleading information in the January Newsletter article titled "LYMMO Update" that needs to be corrected.


    The North Corridor, which includes the leg to College Park is not currently funded for implementation.

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