Fruitville 210 Neighborhood

FRUITVILLE 210

COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

Around the Neighborhood

Neighborhood Map

www.Fruitville210.org

Please tell your Neighbor - take a

moment & Email

it to them here . . .

The "white" horse represents the country lane feeling of West Richarson Road. that all our neighborhoods want to protect. We have a quality of life we don't want to give up.

See the pastures behind Sam's Club that over a dozen horses & cows call their home.

Treasure Hunt - As a resident in this corner of Sarasota . . . maybe you & your family should go on a tresure hunt. That's right, we have "treasures" undiscovered right around us.

Have you read the Historical Marker at Fruitville School? Well you should stop your car, get

out & read it. Or how about at Friendship Baptist Church – 5700 Palmer Blvd.?

Do you know where this gate is? Residents of Deer Hollow drive

by it everyday when using their 17th Street entrance. Go see it!

We do actually live in "Fruitville, FL" & Fruitville Veterinary Clinic

at 719 Honore Ave (south of the school) was the old Post Office.

Have you been to The History Center 6062 Porter Way, off Packing House Rd? - Click HERE

Have you eaten at JR's Old Packing House Cafe? You're missing the real Sarasota then!

Do you have other local trivia for our F210 neighborhood?

Restaurant Reviews:

Driving with Passion

by Martin Turnau

READ here . . .

Hobbies & Pastimes:

1st ANNUAL FRUITVILLE 210 PICNIC was Nov. 17th

on the Restoration Church grounds - 5614 Richardson Rd

Neighbors . . . THANK YOU for all your help during the very 1st Annual F210 Neighborhood “Picnic” Please Email us to get invovled in making it even better for the 2nd Annual in Nov 2008

send us your review . . .

Thanks to those who came to learn more about your Fruitville neighborhood.

Great job Volunteers . . . your hard work made it an event to remember.

Please express your thanks & support to:

Restoration Fellowship Church our Host

SCGOV Neighborhood Services: Jane Grogg, Debbie Marks, Tim Parks, & Jessi

Sarasota County Commisioners: Paul Mercier, Joe Barbetta & Shannon Staub

Publix at Sarasota Crossings for Food donated to our Picinic

Jazz Box Band Max Weinstein -Drums Jake Orr -Bass

call Max: 780-5621 Tyler Adams -Guitar Jake Pinto -Piano

Sheriff's Dept Fire Truck 7 K-9 unit Helicopter Mounted Patrol - Liberty

Plan-it Promo & Design - for our Yard Signs

Alliance Realty - for KIDS games

Grill Chef - catering on site for your event call

Martin Turnau & Motiva for Photography

Sarasota Crossings businesses that donated Door Prizes

Goodwill - Survey takers & ICE

TshirtsOnYou.com for donated artwork & website design

Jazz Box Band

call Max: 780-5621

Max Weinstein -Drums

Jake Orr -Bass

Tyler Adams -Guitar

Jake Pinto -Piano

Restoration

Fellowship

Church

Pastor Gene Mathis

Hi Fruitville 210 Ladies and Gentleman,

For those of you who attended our inaugural picnic at the Restoration Fellowship Church on Richardson Road yesterday, I am sure that you will agree that it was a fun filled and successful event. I don't know where to begin but initial estimates of the number of picnic attendees is over two hundred participants and visitors. Residents, many with their children, came from several different alliance neighborhoods to enjoy the food, games, music, and County-sponsored attractions. We consumed 200 hamburgers and 120 hot dogs as well as other snacks and treats. Twelve cakes were given away to lucky winners who participated in our "cake walk." The local children enjoyed games and prizes. Many neighbors brought food items for the All Faith Food Bank. I spied quite of few neighbors having a massage by a local therapist--the setting next to the lake was definitely relaxing. The "Jazz Box" band with Booker High School VPA musicians, was outstanding to say the least. The tunes that they played, quite professionally, gave our picnic an ethereal, relaxing atmosphere. Folks seemed engaged in friendly conversation throughout the day.

We were visited by Sarasota County Commissioners Paul Mercier, Shannon Staub, and Joe Barbetta. I was told that usually one commissioner shows up for an event like ours and we had three!! Captain Jeff Bell, candidate for County Sheriff, was seen with his wife mingling with the crowd and enjoying the eats. Two Sarasota County fire fighters driving Fire Engine No.7 from the 17th Street Fire Station, Sheriff's canine "Titan" and his K-9 handler, and Sheriff's equine "Liberty" with his mounted handler all visited and gave us demos about what they do. The SWAT team helicopter made a dramatic landing and take off. This state-of-the-art aircraft stayed for an hour and was a definite highlight. It's nice to know that Sarasota County has such professional people services available to us.

Next, the Sarasota County Neighborhood Services, who helped sponsor our local event, provided all of the tents and logistical support--popcorn machine, snowcone maker, clip boards, survey questionnaires, easels with map visuals of our neighborhoods, stakes and crime scene tape, etc. The surveys that were gathered

by Fruitville 210 and GOODWILL volunteers will help us to determine what we need to do in the future to improve our quality of our life within the alliance area. I feel that we can truly begin to build a true "sense

of community" within the Fruitville 210 Alliance area by putting those neighborhood desires into action. Thanks to those of you who took the time to fill out the survey form.

In closing, I'd like to make the some important remarks. The Fruitville 210 Community Alliance is a real "grassroots" organization comprised of local neighbors dedicated to improving our community. As you know, our hope is to work with our County elected officials and private developers to find solutions to the challenges that we will face in the future. Only by communicating and working together will we be able to accomplish our goals. We hope to make our picnic an annual event and that it gets even better. Please spread the word to fellow neighbors about who we are and what we do. All we have to sacrifice to accomplish our mission to improve our local community is a little time. I encourage everyone to make the monthly meetings. The meeting schedule for next year will be up on the website, www.fruitville210.org, soon. I look forward to working with my fellow alliance residents on neighborhood improvements in 2008. Thanks again and Happy Holidays.

Sincerely, John Krotec Chair, Fruitville 210 Community Alliance

THANKS to the Businesses . . . that support F210

Crossings Shopping Center Merchants:

Postal Mart @ 5317 Fruitville Road - donated P.O. Box space F210

Living Word Bookstore @ 5421 Fruitville Road - Meeting space & Door Prizes fro F210 Picnic

Environeers @ 5373 Fruitville Road - petition drop off & F210 information center