Sarasota News Leader
January 4, 2013
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Orioles Spring Training game and more, the and Pittsburgh Pirates contributed $150,000
for the field. The opening game of the Miracle
release points out.
League of Manasota was held on March 17.
For the 14,000 school-age children with disabilities and their adult counterparts in Sara- For more information, visit www.miracleleasota and Manatee counties, a synthetically guemanasota.org.
surfaced baseball field with all the requisite
amenities was built last year in Longwood For more information or to register for the
Park, just off University Parkway in Saraso- golf event, contact the Miracle League of
ta, the release notes. Sarasota County com- Manasota at 225-2966 or info@miracleleaguemitted $500,000 to the capital improvement of manasota.org. The entry deadline is WednesLongwood Park, while the Baltimore Orioles day, Feb. 6.
CITY���S HOUSING OFFICE WINS NATIONAL HONOR
The Sarasota Office of Housing and Community Development has been honored by the
National Community Development Association (NCDA) as a recipient of the Audrey Nelson Community Development Achievement
Award for exemplary use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
��� Newtown Estates Playground Improvements
��� Orange Avenue Drainage Improvements
��� Bertha Mitchell Development Improvements
Since 2008, $60.6 million in public dollars have
been invested in the Newtown community on
12 projects, the release points out:
��� Janie���s Garden Phases I & II
��� Kingstone Apartments (formerly The Mediterranean)
��� Elms Apartments
��� Fredd ���Glossie��� Atkins Park
��� Storefront Renovation Program
��� Robert L. Taylor Community Center
��� Newtown Training Center
��� Orange Avenue Playground Improvements
manager of the Office of Housing and Community Development, says in the release.
Just 4.2 percent of the total amount invested in
Newtown came from CDBG funds, the release
says. The remainder was from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, economic develSarasota was recognized for its use of CDBG opment initiative funds and disaster recovery
funds and Neighborhood Stabilization Funds funds, but the money was awarded through
in the Newtown neighborhood, a city news the CDBG program, the release notes.
release notes. The funds have been utilized
���This award demonstrates the commitment
to improve neighborhoods, homes and family
that both the city and the county have shown
lives, the release adds.
to rehabilitate this area,��� Don Hadsell, general
���The city and county have not only dedicated
federal and state grant funds to this effort, but
their own general fund dollars,��� he adds.
The award will be presented Feb. 1, during the
NCDA annual conference in Washington D.C.
Audrey Nelson, for whom the honor is named,
was the first deputy executive secretary of the
NCDA. She was committed to neighborhood
improvements in Chicago before she died
with cancer at the age of 29, the release says.
