Neighborhood News
Highlights of recent neighborhood happenings, gathered mainly from our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/419801124195279
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| Love Thy Neighbor Food Pantry moved three blocks south and expanded |
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| West St. Petersburg Food Drive Sept 20-21, donating to Love Thy Neighbor |
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| Azalea President Steve Elftmann used this image of two visions of what the Science Center site will look like in the future during his City Council presentation |
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| Sunday Morning Congregation on Farragut Drive |
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| Mayor Ken Welch spoke at the October Azalea meeting |
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| Azalea Park clean up crew. Thanks! |
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| Outdoor Family Movie Night and Block Party |
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Outdoor Family Movie Night and Block Party
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| Native Gardening Event at the Azalea Community Garden |
Mosaic photos credit: Aron Bryce on Facebook
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| (AI) Virtual Halloween Parade - Terrifying Balloon |
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Azalea President Steve Elftmann and President Emeritus Dominick Griesi met at Tiki Tim's
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| Trunk of Treats at Azalea Elementary |
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| Trunk of Treats |
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| Trunk of Treats |
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| CSO Jennifer Wright and President Steve at National Night Out |
A few kids built a cool fort under the pedestrian bridge on Farragut Drive.
The city arrived with 5 trucks and a dozen workers to repair the damage.
Event Report: The Farragut Drive Halloween Festival
The Farragut Drive Halloween Festival took place, entirely unannounced, unauthorized, and apparently self-organized. Highlights included cars, costumes, and an impressive number of confused teenagers. There didn’t appear to be any scheduled activities unless the main event was blocking traffic.
Police were called to the scene, the traditional sign of a great party.
It’s worth noting that just a few years ago, these same participants were polite trick-or-treaters, dutifully escorted by parents. Now they have driver’s licenses, loud music, and no curfew.
Whether this was a one-time occurrence or the start of an annual tradition remains uncertain. For everyone’s sake, we hope it was the former.
Neighborhood News Summary
October was overflowing with community spirit. We saw park cleanups, movie nights, gardening workshops, the Mayor dropped by the Azalea meeting, the Azalea Wildlife Alliance held its usual Sunday service on Farragut Drive, and the neighborhood kids built, and promptly lost, a fort on the creek.
And Farragut Drive hosted the Halloween Festival courtesy of the local youth, whose enthusiasm far exceeded their organizational skills.
All in all, a quiet month in Azalea. Nothing else to report. Other than that, not much going on around here.
